Guest post by Bill Challans. Bill is a retired Denver Police Department officer with decades of experience in law enforcement and counter-terrorism.
What 'Threat', you ask? Well, how about this. 18,000 fighters. I will repeat that number.
18,000 known or suspected terrorists are here, now, in America. That's the current estimate from Director Joe Kent of the National Counter-Terrorism Center, who just testified to that effect recently before Congress (1). They infiltrated across our open borders during the last four years of the Biden Admin.
Most of these combat-experienced fighters are from the Middle East, Africa, and Indonesia, war-torn countries such as Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Mali, and Somalia. We are looking at not just shooters, but suicide bombers and "Fedayeen" (they fight to the death-never surrender). Many are Al Qaeda trained terrorists from Afghan training camps.
Intel expert Sarah Adams has corrected her numbers assessment on the SRS podcast - Shawn Ryan Show (2) the other day, now modified to over 8,000 AQ trained. ISIS fighters along with other various Islamic Terror groups make up the other 10,000 killer-force estimate. A recent video (3) smuggled from a Taliban training camp (probably former Bagram AFB), show combat drills with skill sets comparable to our Tier 1 operators (Seals, GB, Delta).
These men (and some women) are not the backwards third world ignorant natives of lore any more, so often stereotyped by the media. They are highly intelligent, clever, sinister, ruthless, and dangerous adversaries. And totally evil.
18,000 men is an Army. LET me repeat - 18,000 minimum - this is an Army of Insurgents here to kill us. Let's put it into perspective: if you divide this army into small 5-man teams, it makes 3,600 teams.
Distributed equally across the US, that would be at least 72 five-man terror teams per state. Did I mention this attack would be multi-faceted on several levels? In other words, multiple swarm attacks using firearms, IEDs, vehicles and possible bio-weapons, targeting soft and hard installations, large events, transportation, communication, military installations, government offices, public safety, power and infrastructure.
They will also be using camouflaged tactics, such as impersonating first-responders like Police, Fire, and Paramedics, possibly even Military. Expect mass shootings, kidnappings, suicide bombers, political assassinations, drone swarm attacks, commercial aircraft bombings, deliberate aircraft targeted crashes (think of it as a missile), arsons (cities and forests), infrastructure attacks, using the same tactics deployed against Israel. According to Europe Intel experts, AQ boasts the Israel massacre 2 years ago was a dress rehearsal for this Homeland attack against the US, striving for 50 to 60 thousand American casualties.
They are going to hit where we live, work, and play.
ATTACK REPERCUSSIONS
If this 'Super 9/11' mass attack comes to fruition, the aftermath will be incomprehensible. Let me spell it out:
Little or No Communications. No public cell phone coverage, targeted cell towers will be down/out, but Public Safety Radio systems are protected. No Internet. It will be down, no working web, computer comms will be useless.
Digital world will collapse with a domino effect. No Power. Targeted Power station attacks will destroy Electrical grids. Any electricity will be intermittent or by self-sustained generators.
No Transportation. Public Transport systems not destroyed will close. This means Air travel, Railways, busses, and taxis. No shipping, trucks or Ships.
Private transports will stop. Gasoline will become unavailable for cars because gas stations close due to computer or power failure. Banks will close. Money Markets will temporarily suspend business.
Most public and private businesses will temporarily close. Employees can't get to work due to transport issues, payroll suspensions, banking and computer issues. No 9-1-1. Emergency responses will be limited.
Limited medical aid. Hospital and clinics will be overwhelmed. Transactions will be limited to cash or barter. Credit, debit cards, and bank accounts will be useless, along with digital cash.
Education suspended. Schools closed, kids will be forced to stay home. Food and Water shortages. Grocery stores will be looted as panic spreads.
No Public Water supplies. Lakes and supply systems will be poisoned, contaminated, or sabotaged. Public Panic will spread as days go by. Rioting in major urban areas will increase as fundamental services and supplies dwindle.
Martial Law invoked. Movements restricted.
SO, WHEN?
The question is not if, but when will they strike? Are there clues? The federal government is staging heavy 'Ice Raids' looking for these terrorists.
The US is about to hit Iran hard, possibly igniting a regional Middle East war. The Taliban (also AQ) last week have indicated their support for IRAN by striking here in the US. I would say these are some red flags on the timeline. It's anyone's guess.
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