Saturday, August 24, 2013

Will Americans Fighting In Syria Bring The War Back To America

Outgoing FBI Director Robert Mueller reacts to applause from the audience during his farewell ceremony at the Justice Department in Washington, August 1, 2013. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

FBI Director Worried Americans Fighting In Syria Could Bring Tactics Home -- Reuters

(Reuters) - The FBI is concerned that Americans may be fighting in Syria and could bring terrorist tactics back to the United States, but U.S. officials say there is a small number of U.S. citizens fighting with Syrian rebels.

FBI Director Robert Mueller told ABC News in an interview aired on Friday that the terrorism threat that began in Afghanistan and Pakistan has now "migrated" to places including Syria, Libya, Egypt and Yemen.

" you have individuals traveling to those venues, you are concerned about the associations they will make, and secondly about the expertise they will develop and whether or not they will utilize those associations, utilize that expertise, to undertake an attack upon the homeland," Mueller said in the interview.

"So, yes, we are concerned about that, and, yes, we are monitoring it," he said.

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My Comment:He is predicting an ominous future .... I hope that he is wrong.

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