European Intelligence Agencies Were Never Briefed By The U.S. On The Khorasan Group

A fighter from the Islamist Syrian rebel group Jabhat al-Nusra is seen in front of a burning vehicle. Reuters

Europeans Say U.S. Never Briefed Them On Plot By al-Qaida Group -- Kansas.com/McClatchy News

IRBIL, Iraq

European counterterrorism specialists say their American counterparts never mentioned an imminent plot by al-Qaida operatives in Syria to attack Western targets and didn’t brief them on the group that’s supposedly behind the plan, a previously unknown terrorist unit that American officials have dubbed the Khorasan group.

The interviews with the specialists, from two European NATO allies with close intelligence ties to the United States, raise questions about why the United States used its first series of airstrikes on the Islamic State, also known as ISIS or ISIL, in Syria to also attack eight installations belonging to the Nusra Front, an al-Qaida affiliate that anti-government rebel groups consider an important ally in their fight to topple the government of Syrian President Bashar Assad.

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Update #1: Khorasan Demystified: Nothing Terrifying about this Group -- IBTimes
Update #2: The Khorasan Group: Anatomy of a Fake Terror Threat to Justify Bombing Syria -- Glenn Greenwald and Murtaza Hussain

My Comment: All of the terrorism experts/websites/pundits that I follow on my news feed never heard of the Khorasan Group until recently .... and now the European Intelligence Agencies are saying the same thing. This is just more evidence that something is not right.