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Attorney General Holder concerned about lone wolf attacks in US

WASHINGTON - US Attorney General Eric Holder said on Sunday he is concerned about so-called lone wolf attacks in the United States by Islamist militants inspired by al-Qaeda affiliates.

  

Holder said on CBS's "Face the Nation" program that the "decimation" of core al-Qaeda has reduced or eliminated that group's ability to carry out a 9/11-style attack, but he said affiliates like al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula have stepped in to try to inspire people to carry out smaller attacks.

 

"I think the possibility of such attacks exists in the United States," Holder said. "It is something that, frankly, keeps me up at night worrying about the lone wolf or a very small group of people who decide to get arms on their own and do what we saw in France this week," he said.

 


פרסום ראשון: 01.11.15, 18:24