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elleng

(130,714 posts)
Sun Jun 29, 2014, 03:22 PM Jun 2014

Obama: Battle-Hardened Militants Pose Threat to US.

President Barack Obama sees a rising threat that battle-hardened militants who have spent time in Syria and Iraq will be able to enter the United States on European passports.

Obama says these militants pose a danger because they won't need a U.S. passport to make such a visit.

He tells ABC's "This Week" that the U.S. must improve surveillance, reconnaissance and intelligence gathering to neutralize the risk, and U.S. Special Forces are going to have a role. And he says military strikes against organizations that could do us harm may be utilized.

The nation has been under serious threat throughout his presidency from Europeans and certain others that embrace jihad. Obama says such militants have been gaining strength in some places.

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2014/06/29/us/politics/ap-us-obama-iraq.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&version=WireFeed&module=pocket-region&region=pocket-region&WT.nav=pocket-region

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Obama: Battle-Hardened Militants Pose Threat to US. (Original Post) elleng Jun 2014 OP
Americans should worry more about these militants than they do about the Louisiana1976 Jun 2014 #1
So. Fight them there before we have to fight Warren Stupidity Jun 2014 #2
Then lets not give tomorrow's battle-hardened militants temporary311 Jun 2014 #3
the TPP is a threat to all Americans, terrorists threaten far fewer nt msongs Jun 2014 #4

Louisiana1976

(3,962 posts)
1. Americans should worry more about these militants than they do about the
Sun Jun 29, 2014, 03:27 PM
Jun 2014

Central American kids who want to take refuge here.

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