by Steve Watson, Summit News:
The US Special Forces has warned in an open letter that America faces a “gravely” serious threat of a terrorist attack inside the country because of the direct actions of the Biden administration.
Special Operations Association of America (SOAA) Chairman Christopher Miller, notes in the letter that his organisation is “concerned by the current heightened risk of terrorist attacks against targets inside the United States and both U.S. and allied interests abroad.”
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Miller, who served as Acting Secretary of Defense towards the end of President Trump’s first term, adds that Biden’s slapdash withdrawal from Afghanistan is the main reason the threat of terrorism has re-emerged.
The action, Miller asserts has left America “without a viable stay-behind or over-the-horizon counterterrorism and intelligence capability to suppress threats,” and a power vacuum has allowed Islamist extremist groups to flourish again.
“The United States has lost significant intelligence collection capabilities in the region, leaving federal authorities blind and deaf to emerging threats emanating from the region,” the letter urges.
It continues, “The creation of new and reestablishment of previous terrorist training camps within Afghanistan has led to successful, deadly attacks by the Islamic State’s regional branch against targets in Iran and Russia and elsewhere, adding further credence to the notion that the U.S. is at risk.”