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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,985 posts)
Tue Sep 21, 2021, 09:19 PM Sep 2021

Wray warns Taliban takeover in Afghanistan could inspire US-based extremists

FBI Director Christopher Wray warned Tuesday that the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan could inspire a new wave of extremism in the U.S.

Wray testified before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee that extremist groups have never stop plotting attacks on U.S. soil.

He also said that the domestic terrorism caseload has skyrocketed since the spring of 2020, from around 1,000 possible investigations to 2,700.

"We are concerned that, with developments in Afghanistan, among other things, that there will be more inspiration to the first bucket," Wray told the committee. "So I think we anticipate, unfortunately, growth in both categories as we look ahead over the next couple of years."

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/wray-warns-taliban-takeover-in-afghanistan-could-inspire-us-based-extremists/ar-AAOG2AQ

We already have our home grown Taliban. They're just not Moslem.

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Wray warns Taliban takeover in Afghanistan could inspire US-based extremists (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Sep 2021 OP
Ya think?? Drum Sep 2021 #1
Some of this increase might be among domestic Muslims, actually ... Hugh_Lebowski Sep 2021 #2
Wray speaks gibberish. Xoan Sep 2021 #3
Who? Wray? Who's that? nt Grasswire2 Sep 2021 #4
Well, he couldn't really predict rainbows and unicorns. nt Baked Potato Sep 2021 #5
 

Hugh_Lebowski

(33,643 posts)
2. Some of this increase might be among domestic Muslims, actually ...
Tue Sep 21, 2021, 09:26 PM
Sep 2021

Not entirely of course, but it's still a concern and possibility.

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