The Islamic State Is Not The Only Terror Group That We Should Be Concerned About

Source: Staff reports. The Washington Post.

Four Terror Threats More Grave Than Islamic State -- Michael Kugelman, WSJ

President Barack Obama warned in his speech Wednesday that “if left unchecked,” Islamic State militants “could pose a growing threat beyond that region, including to the United States.”

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has described the group–also known as ISIS and ISIL–as an “imminent threat to every interest we have.” Rep. Michael McCaul, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, declared: ”Today, ISIS is the biggest threat to the homeland.” Sen. James Inhofe said that “they’re rapidly developing a method of blowing up a major U.S. city.”

But while ISIS is among the most terrifying terror threats to emerge in recent decades, Washington inflates the risks it poses to the U.S. homeland. Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said Wednesday, just hours before the president’s speech, that “we have no credible information that ISIL is planning to attack the homeland of the United States.”

Unfortunately, other groups do want to strike America–and several have tried.

Here are four that have the U.S. in their cross hairs:

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My Comment: Cyber attackers are not high on my priority list (for now) .... but the other three groups that are listed in this post are definitely a threat. Still .... my gut is telling me that the Islamic State is an organization that is multiple levels ahead than what other terror groups in the world are capable of .... they have the manpower, resources, and money to carry out attacks that no other group in the world can match.