*ISIS Not 'Afraid to Put a Bomb in Lower Manhattan'* *---* *retaliation for US intervention is a bitch.* On Tuesday, September 16, 2014 5:57:35 PM UTC-5, Travis wrote: > > > > > > And if they do blow up one here we should drop 20 megs on Mecca. > > > *Pete King: ISIS Not 'Afraid to Put a Bomb in Lower Manhattan'* > > Tuesday, 16 Sep 2014 07:23 AM > > By Elliot Jager > > Rep. Peter King, R-New York, said that any group that "beheaded two > Americans on television" would not "be afraid to put a bomb in Lower > Manhattan," *Business Insider * > <http://www.businessinsider.com/rep-peter-king-isis-would-put-a-bomb-in-manhattan-2014-9> > reported. > > The Long Island congressman is chairman of the Homeland Security > Counterterrorism and Intelligence subcommittee and also sits on the > Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, according to the Almanac of > American Politics. > > King has said that he knows of *no specific threat* > <http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/peter-king-911-anniversary/2014/09/07/id/593068/> > > against the homeland but is advocating greater vigilance. > > "We have to assume it's a threat. I mean, when people say there are no > terror threats from ISIS, you know, there were no terror threats to the > United States from al-Qaida on September 10th either – 2001," Business > Insider reported. > > He said that ISIS grew out of al-Qaida in Iraq which openly spoke of an > attack on the U.S. homeland. Given that thousands of ISIS fighters carry > Western passports, "we have to assume at least five of them are going to > try to get into this country." > > King estimates that the ISIS threat is no less serious than the danger > posed by al-Qaida and its affiliates, according to Business Insider. > > He said Congress backed airstrikes against ISIS, including in Syria. King > questioned, however, whether the Free Syrian Army was a reliable partner > and whether the administration ought to rule out "so definitively" the use > of U.S. ground troops, Business Insider reported. > > He also thought the president's multilateralism approach was unrealistic. > > "No matter what happens" the U.S. will need to "carry the brunt" of the > burden "because the other countries are not able to," said King. "The > president should make that clear to the American people," Business Insider > reported. > > The 9/11 attacks cost the lives of 160 of King's constituents, according > to the Almanac. > > > > > __._,_.___ > ------------------------------ > Posted by: "Beowulf" <[email protected] <javascript:>> > ------------------------------ > > > Visit Your Group > <https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/grendelreport/info;_ylc=X3oDMTJmcnZvamZ2BF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzIwMTk0ODA2BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTMyMzY2NwRzZWMDdnRsBHNsawN2Z2hwBHN0aW1lAzE0MTA5MDA1OTY-> > > > > [image: Yahoo! Groups] > <https://groups.yahoo.com/neo;_ylc=X3oDMTJlbGZjaW8xBF9TAzk3NDc2NTkwBGdycElkAzIwMTk0ODA2BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTMyMzY2NwRzZWMDZnRyBHNsawNnZnAEc3RpbWUDMTQxMDkwMDU5Ng--> > > • Privacy <https://info.yahoo.com/privacy/us/yahoo/groups/details.html> • > Unsubscribe <javascript:> • Terms of Use > <https://info.yahoo.com/legal/us/yahoo/utos/terms/> > > __,_._,___ > > >
-- -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "PoliticalForum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
