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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsUS Intelligence Official: No Evidence ISIL Is Planning Imminent Attack on the US
Gee, I wonder why so many people think ISIS is about to blow up shit in the US?
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US Intelligence Official: No Evidence ISIL Is Planning Imminent Attack on the US (Original Post)
99th_Monkey
Sep 2014
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LexVegas
(6,955 posts)1. Its ISIS thats planning the attack.
ISIL is stockpiling WMD.
grahamhgreen
(15,741 posts)2. They just got yellowcake from Niger!
99th_Monkey
(19,326 posts)5. Jennifer Lasley (Homeland Security) said ISIS is not a threat to the U.S.
"Jennifer Lasley said ISIS is not a threat to the U.S. in the near-term."
(From the article)
ISIS/ISIL are pretty much the same group, and these acronyms
are generally regarded as synonymous, I do believe.
grahamhgreen
(15,741 posts)3. Wait til we bomb them a little more...
99th_Monkey
(19,326 posts)4. There's nothing that says "Bring it on!"
like poking a hornet's nest repeatedly