Dire Warning: Syria The New Cauldron For Hatching Terrorist Strikes In The West -- Washington Times
Intelligence officials and lawmakers are concerned that al Qaeda-linked extremists battling Syria’s regime have established safe havens in the eastern part of the country, where they are considering launching attacks throughout the Middle East.
“The only thing we think is stopping it now is the fact that there is this struggle between al Qaeda core leadership saying, ‘Hold off. Don’t do it yet,’” Rep. Mike Rogers, Michigan Republican and chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, said at the 2013 Foreign Policy Initiative Forum.
A U.S. counterterrorism official said Syria poses a “two-pronged terrorist threat” to Western nations.
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My Comment: These Al Qaeda safe havens have now established themselves in certain parts of Syria, and while their focus is on overthrowing the Assad regime .... it will only be a matter of time before their focus will be on other targets .... Western targets included.
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