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U.S. Identifies Citizens Joining Rebels in Syria
New York Times ^ | 08/28/2014 | By MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT and ERIC SCHMITT

Posted on 08/28/2014 7:29:17 PM PDT by SeekAndFind

WASHINGTON — American intelligence and law enforcement agencies have identified nearly a dozen Americans who have traveled to Syria to fight for the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, the militant group that the Obama administration says poses the greatest threat to the United States since Al Qaeda before the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.

As ISIS has seized large expanses of territory in recent months, it has drawn more foreign men to Syria, requiring more American and European law enforcement resources in the attempt to stop the flow of fighters, senior American officials said. And as a result of the increasing numbers of men, ISIS is now recruiting foreign women as jihadi wives.

ISIS has become more attractive to would-be militants because, unlike Al Qaeda, it has seized territory that it rules by strict Islamic law. “ISIS is able to hold itself up as the true jihad,” said a senior American official. “They’re saying: ‘Look at what we are doing, what we’re accomplishing. We’re the new face. We’re not just talking about it. We’re doing it.’ ”

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Syria; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: ericholder; government; isis; minnesota; syria; terrorists
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1 posted on 08/28/2014 7:29:17 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

Will they mail them their medals or wait until they return to the States and have a ceremony?


2 posted on 08/28/2014 7:31:05 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out for himself.)
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To: SeekAndFind; All

3 posted on 08/28/2014 7:31:38 PM PDT by gura (If Allah is so great, why does he need fat sexually confused fanboys to do his dirty work? -iowahawk)
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To: SeekAndFind

How long before Bammy & MooseShell are flying over there for the party?


4 posted on 08/28/2014 7:32:07 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: SeekAndFind

Drop them in a dingy off the coast of Somalia or in the middle of the Bermuda Triangle...


5 posted on 08/28/2014 7:34:48 PM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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To: SeekAndFind

Is one of them dear leader Zer0?


6 posted on 08/28/2014 7:38:22 PM PDT by MtnClimber (Just doing laps around the sun and shaking my head that progressives can believe what they do!)
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To: SeekAndFind

Hmmm. Meeting with and trying to subcontract the USAF to them might count.

7 posted on 08/28/2014 7:48:22 PM PDT by KarlInOhio (The IRS: either criminally irresponsible in backup procedures or criminally responsible of coverup.)
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To: gura

Wrecking team.


8 posted on 08/28/2014 7:50:48 PM PDT by 353FMG
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To: SeekAndFind
Square this info with THIS:

Obama's DOJ Sues Minnesota City for Rejecting Islamic Center

Minnesota Muslims caught fighting for ISIS in Syria yet Eric Holder sues for a another Mosque to be built there?

9 posted on 08/28/2014 8:03:51 PM PDT by Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America
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Minnesota Muslims caught fighting for ISIS in Syria yet Eric Holder sues for a another Mosque to be built there?

Yes, Holder is such a piece of sh!t. I am glad there are, so far, 3 dead Minnesota ISIS terrorists. That is 216 less inbred virgins we need to worry about, who are looking for husbands.

10 posted on 08/28/2014 8:34:34 PM PDT by Mark17 (Obama & Nero? Both Emperors. The difference is Nero played a fiddle, while Obama plays a "flute")
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To: SeekAndFind

I wonder if I can volunteer to couch potato from Ukraine?


11 posted on 08/28/2014 8:57:24 PM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: SeekAndFind

wonder which one will be a speaker at the next DNC presidential convention????


12 posted on 08/28/2014 9:54:23 PM PDT by RginTN
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Close the made-up anchor baby loophole...


13 posted on 08/28/2014 11:13:21 PM PDT by Plummz (pro-constitution, anti-corruption)
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To: Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America

This country is upside down under Obama. Way upside down and where I did not think this country would EVER be.

It is worse than black is white and white is black.

This Muslim in Chief is destroying our country exponentially not in incremental steps. If he announces the amnesty, like being reported, it will be a 10x multiplier.

The question, how can it be stopped? This is what I ask myself and my direct contacts everyday. IMO, Congress is complicit and will do nothing to stop the destruction and a military takeover by patriots is only option left. But, who will the leader be?


14 posted on 08/29/2014 3:22:39 AM PDT by eartick (Been to the line in the sand and liked it)
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Is one of them dear leader Zer0?

Regrettably America's Military has a cic that works with and for our Military's and America's enemies. It is so much less than wonderful Americans pay this person (zer0), his cabinet and all within his administration to be America's enemies best ally.

My apology MtnClimber for 'striking' two of the words stricken. zer0 is neither dear nor a leader to me ... No offense meant to you.

15 posted on 08/29/2014 5:34:31 AM PDT by no-to-illegals (Scrutinize our government and Secure the Blessing of Freedom and Justice)
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... law enforcement resources in the attempt to stop the flow of fighters...

Why try to stop them from going over there? Wouldn't it be better to have those ISIS sympathizers over there where they are more likely to be taken "care" of rather than here plotting mayhem?

16 posted on 08/29/2014 6:31:07 AM PDT by CPOSharky (I was born with nothing, and I still have most of it.)
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To: SeekAndFind

If I joined a monetary in Hungary, then would the U.S. government publicly call me out? In this country, I have First Amendment rights to protect my “freedom of association”. The Constitution does not apply outside the United States. If someone joins a group and comes back intended to perform treasonous acts, that is another thing called border security.


17 posted on 08/29/2014 8:41:06 AM PDT by sefarkas (Why vote Democrat Lite?)
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Indeed. Viewed from a pesticide perspective, let ISIS be the ‘catch crop’ that draws the pests that would otherwise destroy your main harvest.

I find it amusing ME leaders are alarmed about IS: they have no control over them with which to manipulate world politics and oil prices.


18 posted on 08/29/2014 8:48:12 AM PDT by txhurl (2014: Stunned Voters do Stunning Things!)
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ISIS is not our enemy.! Our enemies are Republicans, Tea Party Members, Fox, and white males who believe in God and own guns.


19 posted on 08/29/2014 11:05:35 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (If you don't Donate to Free Republic. Shame on you! Freep Loaders are scum!)
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To: gura

Look at that. They posed for a group photo before they departed for Syria.


20 posted on 08/29/2014 12:52:32 PM PDT by WayneS (Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos.)
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