Q&A: Meet Khorasan, the Terrorist Group That Might Be Scarier Than ISIS

The Khorasan threat is part of the al-Qaeda network’s war against America.

James Phillips, Josh Siegel, --September 22, 2014

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As the Islamic State terrorist organization commands attention with its cold-blooded tactics of rape and murder, another group of violent extremists in Syria considers itself tougher — and actually may have more ambition to attack the United States.
The group, known as Khorasan, was acknowledged and named publicly for the first time Thursday by National Intelligence Director James Clapper. Clapper confirmed that Khorason may pose as great a threat to the U.S. as the Islamic State, also called ISIS or ISIL. “There is potentially yet another threat to the homeland, yes,” he said at an intelligence conference in Washington. More...

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