Terrorist 'Blowback' Predicted In United States — Western Jihadists Who Were Encouraged to Commit Mayhem in Syria Will Eventually Return To the West

Jihadist Eric Hauron is typical of the Westerners who fought along al Qaeda-linked terrorist in Syria and
will ultimately return home to commit more mayhem. (Screen capture from YouTube video)

By ABC News
Federal authorities are worried that Americans or other Westerners who have trained with terrorists in war-ravaged Syria may slip back into the United States looking to strike the U.S. homeland, Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson told ABC News in an exclusive interview.

“We’re very concerned about Syria foreign fighters, people who are going into Syria, who are being recruited by extremists there and who then may leave Syria with a different purpose in mind,” Johnson told ABC News’ Pierre Thomas for “This Week,” in his first network interview since becoming Homeland Security secretary in December 2013.

Several Americans have already been arrested inside the United States for Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula – the Yemen-based affiliate behind the failed Christmas Day “underwear bombing” in 2009 and a cargo-based plot the next year – is “still very active.”

“They’re still making efforts to attack the homeland,” he said.

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