Sunday, July 26, 2015
FBI: threat of ISIS is bigger than Al Qaeda
Aspen, KOMPAS.com — an effort the Group Islamic State in Iraq and Syria or better known by the name of ISIS to inspire troubled Americans do violent action has become a terror threat that is more harmful to US than external attacks by Al Qaeda. The Director of the FBI, James Comey, pointed it at the Aspen Security Forum (the Aspen Security Forum), Wednesday (23/7/2015).
Comey said, groups of ISIS, which had been declared a Caliphate in the region of Syria and Iraq, has affected a large number of u.s. residents, although the exact amount is not known, through campaigns in social media over the past year by urging Muslims who can not travel to the Middle East to "committed murder where you guys are." He said, addressing more than 21,000 Twitter followers United Kingdom-speaking groups around the world. Thousands of people it may be u.s. citizens.
Comey revealed, the FBI had arrested a large number of people who have been teradikalisasi for the past eight weeks. He did not mention the amount. He repeats his assertions before, without explaining further, that some people who have been arrested planning attack on July 4, U.S. independence day.
Comey said, it is too early to say how Muhammad Youssef Abdulazeez, armed men in Chattanooga that killed five u.s. soldiers last week, has become a radical. Abdulazeez relatives have said that he had a history of drug use and depression. Comey asserted, "people ISIS is trying to approach people that Al Qaeda will never will use in its operations because people are often unstable, problematic drug users."
When asked if the threat of the group exceeds a rival organization ISIS has attacked the US on September 11, 2001? Comey responded, "Yes."
He said, the u.s. has been keeping track of dozens of American citizens, of which 18 to 62-year-old, who has traveled to Syria or Iraq to fight along with ISIS. "I am very worried about what I can't see," said Comey. He said, the recruiter group ISIS software use encrypted communication to avoid U.S. security services lacakan.
Comey had raised domestic radicalization problem warning that before. However, yesterday's statement on Wednesday gave a signal of deep concern among u.s. officials related to the impact of the efforts of ISIS to inspire violent terrorists. Last September, a number of senior us intelligence officials are downplaying the Group's capacity to attack us. Matt Olsen, head of the National Counterterrorism Center, told Congress that the us has no credible information reserved ISIS are planning to attack the United States.
Intelligence officials last year said, they most worry about is a mass attack against a U.S. airliner by Al Qaeda Yemen, or by the Khorasan Group, the Al Qaeda branch in Syria. However, Comey said on Wednesday, a group menace of Khorasan had "significantly reduced" by the u.s. military. The Pentagon on Tuesday announced that it had killed the leader of a group of Khorasan, Muhsin al-Fadhli, in an air strike in Syria on July 8th, 2015.
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