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Meet The Khorasan, The Terrorist Group That’s Suddenly A Bigger Threat Than ISIS

Meet The Khorasan, The Terrorist Group That's Suddenly A Bigger Threat Than ISIS

By JEREMY BENDER AND BRETT LOGIURATO, at Business Insider

Excerpt:

Up until late last week, no US official had ever publicly mentioned the terrorist group known as the Khorasan. On Monday night, the US carried out unilateral airstrikes against the previously unknown group in northwest Syria. 

And on Tuesday, US officials were describing the group as an imminent threat on par with or worse than the group calling itself the Islamic State (also known as ISIS or ISIL), which has been the focus of US airstrikes for more than six weeks. 

The key difference between ISIS and Khorasan: US intelligence believes Khorasan poses a threat to the US and its homeland, while it believes ISIS does not currently have the capability to carry out a large-scale attack on the US homeland.

Khorasan was involved in "imminent attack plotting" against the US and its interests along with Europe, the Pentagon said Tuesday. The group has been portrayed as a collection of top Al Qaeda officials from Central Asia who have been taking advantage of the chaos in Syria to establish training camps. In a statement from the White House, US President Barack Obama called them "seasoned" Al Qaeda operatives. 

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See also: 

Here Are Pictures Showing The Aftermath Of US Strikes In Syria

Pentagon: US Strikes In Syria Disrupted 'Imminent Attack Plotting' By Al Qaeda

 

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