ISIS was trending this morning on Twitter, and that’s never a good thing.
The reason was because there’s a very real terror threat warning for the weekend in Northern Virginia.
Just outside D.C., law enforcement warns of a potential attack by an active terrorist cell at shopping malls and other centers.
NEW: New Sources @CBSNewsISIS was the one who warned of possible threats to shopping malls in Washington D.C. Law enforcement continuously assesses credibility. pic.twitter.com/SfCD56Noje
— Catherine Herridge (@CBS_Herridge) October 29, 2021
CBS
“We have increased our police presence throughout the county to include major thoroughfares, transit hubs, shopping plazas and shopping malls,” Fairfax County police chief Kevin Davis said Friday.
Police said the increased law enforcement presence will be in place through the Halloween weekend and ahead of Virginia’s gubernatorial election. Law enforcement officials said they are acting out of an abundance of caution, and as they learn more about the threat, the increased law enforcement presence could be extended through Tuesday’s election.
“It’s just our responsibility to have a greater presence, to be more aware and to ask the community to have their eyes and ears peeled for suspicious activities,” Davis said.
The CBS story also notes the following: “ISIS has been more active since the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan in August. Officials say threats from the international terrorist group and al Qaeda are accelerating.”
ISIS has been active more since our withdrawal. Why is al-Qaeda’s threat increasing? At Bagram, ISIS had thousands of terrorists freed by Joe Biden. He also has now provided a nice safe haven now for al-Qaeda, which no longer has to be concerned about any action by the ‘government’ against them in Afghanistan — now that the Taliban have taken over.
I’m sure that the tens of thousands of random folks that Biden let into the country to pump up the numbers during the Kabul evacuation aren’t going to pose any kind of a danger at all. It was bluntly stated by one member of Congress.
Biden flown 45,000 Afghan nationals from Afghanistan to Dulles, without knowing whether any were ISIS terrorists. He also opened the southern border to anyone who wanted to enter. Now DC faces a terror threat by ISIS. https://t.co/t2xRrGvIrA
— Congresswoman Mary Miller (@RepMaryMiller) October 30, 2021
Gen. Mark Milley had already warned that more threats from Afghanistan itself were more likely — the only question was when, which he estimated could be as soon as 12 months.
We also no longer have bases in this area to respond to any threat from Afghanistan. The Biden team says they’re in “conversations,” but they don’t have anything yet — so we’re just out of luck because of the Biden precipitous withdrawal in the meantime.
Qatar lies 1,500 km away. They’ve tried various inducements, but nothing’s worked yet. After the horrible Biden withdrawal from Afghanistan, it’s not exactly inspiring too many people to want to ally with us, when we throw our allies under the bus as we did.
Undersecretary Colin Kahl (yes, that same guy who told Congress this week that they hadn’t left any Americans behind in Afghanistan) said they had nothing.
“We have not secured firm basing agreements” with any of Afghanistan’s direct neighbors, he said. U.S. intelligence had estimated that Islamic State-Khorasan could plan and carry out international operations within six to eight months if left unchecked.
We’re going to have to rely upon that Biden claim about its “over-the-horizon” counterterrorism operations.
Given what the Biden team did when they blew up 10 innocent people, including seven children, I’m not feeling very secure with their claims to be able to deal with much.
Unfortunately, while their claims of “over the horizon” capabilities are questionable, the threats from ISIS and other terrorists who hate us are very real.
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