America is being attacked by terrorism but doesn’t know it

[Sally]

I think American is aware of terrorism here. Look what happened the other day, and we don't even know the amount of terrorist actions the FBI was able to stop.


America is being attacked by terrorism but doesn’t know it

BY GEORGE KOO on DECEMBER 3, 2015 in AT OPINION, MIDDLE EAST

November was an eventful month and may go down as a fateful chapter in the US history.

First was the IS attack on Paris. The calculated, cold-blooded violence shocked and horrified the world. The realization began to sink in that fanatical Islamic acts of terrorism isn’t limited to the Middle East but can strike anywhere. IS even boasted that Washington, DC would be next.

Obama finally and grudgingly joined France’s Holland and Russia’s Putin to direct their full attention on IS and defer Syria’s Assad from immediate liquidation—as if merely railing from Washington was going to topple him.

As more information about the terrorists became available, it became known that the attackers of Paris were home grown, either having been native born from France or Belgium.

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America is being attacked by terrorism but doesn’t know it?

 

[S.J.]

We all know it but liberals won't admit it. They can't stand to be wrong.

 

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Obama offers a couple of explanations...

California shootings 'may have been terror attack' President Obama reveals as police uncover 12 pipe bombs
3 Dec 2015 - A young husband and wife went on a shooting rampage murdering 14 and injuring 21 yesterday before being killed in a gun fight with police

US President Barack Obama has said the deadly California shootings may have been a terrorist attack. A young husband and wife went on a shooting rampage at a social services centre murdering 14 and injuring 21 yesterday before being killed a gun fight with cops. Several of those wounded remain in a critical condition. Speaking from the Oval Office Obama said: "It's possible this was terror-related, but we don't know, It's also possible this was workplace related." According to sources, Farook was in touch via telephone and social media with more than one international terrorism subject who the FBI were investigating.

It is believed he was radicalised, but investigators have said the couple were not known to them before the killings took place. Cops say they found 12 pipe bombs as well as other bomb making material during a raid at a California home. Obama added that it was a "terrible event" and that Americans felt powerless to stop the violence . He went on to say: "We do know that two individuals who were killed were equipped with weapons and appeared to have access to additional weaponry in their home. But we don't know why they did it. "We don't know at this point the extent of their plans. We do not know their motivations."

Syed Rizwan Farook, 28, and Tashfeen Malik, 27, went on their killing spree at San Bernardino, southern California, and targeted a party attended by Farook's work colleagues. It is understood he left the party after a dispute and later returned with Malik, the pair were armed with two assault rifles and two handguns legally bought in America. A police spokesman said the pair "sprayed the room with bullets," and still had 1,600 rounds of ammunition left when they were killed. He added that an explosive device had been left at the scene which failed to detonate. About 300 cops attended the incident and 23 were involved in the fire fight which brought down the couple - who at that point had fired 76 rounds

Flags have been flown at half-mast since the tragedy. The San Bernardino shooting is the latest in a long series of U.S. mass shootings during Obama's seven years in office, and is the deadliest since the December 2012 shooting at Sandy Hook elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut, which he has said was his toughest day as president. In the wake of the latest gun tragedy Obama expressed sympathy for the victims and said the United States needs to pass laws to "make it a little harder" for people seeking to do harm to get access to weapons.

California shootings 'may have been terror attack' President Obama reveals

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Obama on Day 2: ‘It’s Also Possible That This Was Workplace-Related’
December 3, 2015 - In a statement made from the Oval Office this morning, President Barack Obama told the nation that it “is possible” that the mass murder in San Bernardino on Wednesday was “terrorist-related” but that it also could have been “workplace-related."

Later in his statement, he suggested it might have been a mix of both. “We don’t know at this point the extent of their plans,” Obama said of the killers. “We do not know their motivations.” “It is possible that this was terrorist-related, but we don’t know,” Obama said. “It’s also possible that this was workplace-related.” “Our expectation is, is that this may take some time before we’re able to sort it all through,” said the president. “There may be mixed motives involved in this, which makes the investigation more complicated.”

One of the things that needs to be looked at, the president said, is "the nature of the workplace relationship between the individual and his superiors." Here are some key excerpts from the president’s statement, which can be read in full at the White House website:

“We do know that the two individuals who were killed were equipped with weapons and appeared to have access to additional weaponry at their homes. But we don’t know why they did it. We don’t know at this point the extent of their plans. We do not know their motivations. "And I just received a briefing from FBI Director Comey, as well as Attorney General Lynch, indicating the course of their investigation. At this point, this is now a FBI investigation. That’s been done in cooperation and consultation with local law enforcement. It is possible that this was terrorist-related, but we don’t know. It’s also possible that this was workplace-related. And until the FBI has been able to conduct what are going to be a large number of interviews, until we understand the nature of the workplace relationship between the individual and his superiors -- because he worked with the organization where this terrible shooting took place -- until all the social media and electronic information has been exploited, we’re just not going to be able to answer those questions….. "Our expectation is, is that this may take some time before we’re able to sort it all through. There may be mixed motives involved in this, which makes the investigation more complicated. But rest assured that we will get to the bottom of this.”

Obama on Day 2: ‘It’s Also Possible That This Was Workplace-Related’