DHS says airstrikes may have ‘disrupted’ plotting

Published September 23, 2014 10:41pm ET



WASHINGTON (AP) — There is no indication of advanced al-Qaida or Islamic State group terror plotting inside the United States, but airstrikes in Syria may have temporarily disrupted attack planning against U.S. or Western targets, according to a security bulletin Tuesday from the FBI and the Homeland Security Department.

U.S. and Arab allies carried out more than 200 airstrikes against the Islamic State group in Syria and Iraq, the U.S. on its own launched more than 20 Tomahawk cruise missiles and other ordnance against eight Khorasan Group targets near Aleppo in northwestern Syria, Pentagon officials said.

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