Yahoo NewsWASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said on Sunday he is concerned about so-called lone wolf attacks in the United States by Islamist militants inspired by al Qaeda affiliates.
Holder met with his European counterparts in Paris on Sunday to discuss ways to prevent violent extremism, after Islamist militants killed 17 people in several attacks in the French capital.
Holder said on CBS’s “Face the Nation” program that the “decimation” of core al Qaeda has reduced or eliminated that group’s ability to carry out a 9/11-style attack, but he said affiliates like al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) have stepped in to try to inspire people to carry out smaller attacks.
“I think the possibility of such attacks exists in the United States,” Holder said.
“It is something that, frankly, keeps me up at night worrying about the lone wolf or a very small group of people who decide to get arms on their own and do what we saw in France this week,” he said.
Holder said authorities have not determined if AQAP or a group like Islamic State, which has declared a caliphate and seized large areas of Iraq and Syria, is responsible for the Paris attacks.
The two brothers who carried out the attack in Paris on a satirical weekly newspaper traveled in 2011 to Yemen, where AQAP is based, for weapons training, two senior Yemeni sources said on Sunday. The gunman who staged an attack on a Paris deli appeared in a video declaring his allegiance to the Islamic State group.
Holder, who appeared on several U.S. television shows on Sunday morning, said the United States and its allies need to do a better job sharing information about possible threats.
“One nation cannot by itself hope to forestall the possibility of terrorism even within its own borders,” he told ABC’s “This Week” program.
President Barack Obama will hold a global security meeting in Washington in February to discuss domestic and international efforts to counteract violent extremism.
Holder said Americans should feel secure with U.S. officials’ efforts to prevent attacks by Islamist militants.
He told CNN’s “State of the Union” program that about 150 Americans had gone or attempted to travel to Syria or Iraq to fight with militants there, and about 12 were there now.
(Reporting by Emily Stephenson; Editing by Eric Beech)
http://news.yahoo.com/attorney-general-holder-u-war-terrorists-144257998.html
He should be worried, but of course, he’s not worried about Islamic terrorists, because they work for him. He’s worried about “domestic terrorists” (Patriots), but I think the propagandists know they’ve pushed the envelope too far in that direction, so they’re shifting the public debate back to Al Qaeda and Muslims rather than the “lone wolf domestic terrorists” that threatened us a month ago.
That’s my BS of the week diagnosis, anyway. Next week he’ll be saying something totally different, and it won’t stop until his treasonous neck is in a noose.
the son of a muslim is a pathological lyer. You cant trust one word that comes out of his filthy mouth.
The only “demestic terrorists” are the money changers and officers of USCorp.
What he should be worried about is the skill level of the hangman. Treason or just plain old fashioned theft and murder this guy is guilty.
I’ve got rope NTB I also know where there is a good tree for it.
I heard tobasco sauce helps soften the loop. You know, for comfort.
Does that tree have a hornets nest Paul? For a pre-show warm-up act.
🙂 Not sure but it would be interesting to watch. 😎
I got some old “hemp rope” courtesy of diggerdan that I’m holding on to for a keepsake. I wouldn’t hesitate to bring it “out of retirement” for special events, like a good hanging!
Hi ya Millard.. Glad to know you have Dan’s rope. I bet you know what tree I’m thinking about too. 😎
Hey Paul, I drove by Dan’s place last week. Still looks the same. It doesn’t appear the owner has done anything with it. It’s too bad. He had a nice piece of property and his ex-girlfriend, who ain’t got a pot to piss in, has done nothing with it that I can see. Digger ain’t worried about it so I’m not gonna lose any sleep over it.
So we’re back to the Muslim card again. Won’t last. They’ll play their trump card with a major false flag blamed on Christians soon.
9/11 will likely pale by comparison.
He’s so worried about lone wolf attacks
That he’s making sure they happen exactly as he has planned