Epstein Secrets

more than 90 percent of them against American and coalition forces in Iraq, Afghanistan, and elsewhere. Many of those attacks were orchestrated by al-Qaeda's Iraqi affiliate, which in 2006 established the Islamic State of Iraq. After weakening in 2007 and 2008 (when the U.S. paid Sunni tribal leaders to

States escalate its air war in Iraq and Syria, send additional Special Forces, or enforce a buffer zone, which the head of Central Command, General Lloyd Austin, has said would require deploying U.S. ground troops. Most Americans now favor doing just that. The primary justification for this new hawkishness

llivan maintained that by keeping forces in the region, the U.S. will be able to ward off any threats that may arise from organizations like ISIS or al-Qaida. He said that according to intelligence, the U.S. would have 'months of warning before al-Qaida or ISIS could have an external plotting capability

guided, and dangerous." Cornyn "said Republicans would fight Guantanamo's closing tooth and nail,' just as they did under Obama." Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin "said in his Senate confirmation he supported shuttering the prison's doors as well." COUNTER-INTELLIGENCE DO) Investigating If "Russiagate" Inqui

llivan maintained that by keeping forces in the region, the U.S. will be able to ward off any threats that may arise from organizations like ISIS or al-Qaida. He said that according to intelligence, the U.S. would have `months of warning before al-Qaida or ISIS could have an external plotting capability

uided, and dangerous." Cornyn "said Republicans would fight Guantanamo's closing 'tooth and nail,' just as they did under Obama." Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin "said in his Senate confirmation he supported shuttering the prison's doors as well." COUNTER-INTELLIGENCE DO) Investigating If "Russiagate" Inqui

43 EFTA02708696 What so many Americ=ns, including their leaders in government, have long failed to understand =s that this was what bin Laden and AI-Qaeda wanted all along. The intent o= the bloody attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon was to lure the U.S. and its allies into attacking=the

the interests of the United States. Today, foreign fi=hters from around the globe are said to number anywhere from 8,000— t=e estimate given by Gen. Lloyd Austin, U.S. Central Commander—to 12,000,=and several of the groups are linked to al- Qaeda. The Secretary of Homeland Security, Jeh Johnson, said in April