U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee warns that Islamic State (ISIS) terrorists are working on the capability to wipe out a city inside the United States
Another from BNI
The Islamic
State (ISIS) has long threatened to carry out a catastrophic attack on
American soil, with a spokesman recently boasting that the militant
group would fly its flag over the White House.
The Hill
Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK) said ISIS members are “rapidly developing a
method of blowing up a major U.S. city and people just can’t believe
that’s happening.” “Yes, it’s really significant what’s happening,” he
added during a local television interview on Wednesday.
President
Obama has stepped up U.S. air attacks against the group in Iraq after it
posted a video online showing the execution of American photojournalist
James Foley. On Thursday, U.S. Central Command announced it had
completed six more attacks near the Mosul Dam, making a total of 90
strikes since Obama authorized them on Aug. 8.
Inhofe said
that despite the pounding by U.S. forces, ISIS could still inspire
followers to attack stateside. He also slammed the president for not
coming up with a strategy to defeat ISIS. “He’s going to have to come up
with something that we’re going to do because they’re holding another
hostage in place and the problem is the president, quite frankly, says
all these things and he never does them,” Inhofe said.
ISIS is
believed to be holding at least four other U.S. prisoners, including
journalist Steven Joel Sotloff, who appeared in the ISIS video showing
Foley’s execution. The man speaking in that video threatened that
Sotloff would be killed next.
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