{"id":942145,"date":"2021-10-30T15:14:40","date_gmt":"2021-10-30T19:14:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=942145"},"modified":"2021-10-30T15:14:43","modified_gmt":"2021-10-30T19:14:43","slug":"police-increase-presence-at-shopping-malls-crowded-areas-in-northern-virginia-amid-isis-terror-threat-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/police-increase-presence-at-shopping-malls-crowded-areas-in-northern-virginia-amid-isis-terror-threat-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Police Increase Presence At Shopping Malls, Crowded Areas In Northern Virginia Amid ISIS Terror Threat: Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpolice-increase-presence-at-shopping-malls-crowded-areas-in-northern-virginia-amid-isis-terror-threat-report%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=942145&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Law enforcement officials in Northern Virginia have increased their presence at shopping malls and other crowded venues this weekend in response to a possible ISIS terror threat.<\/p>\n<p>CBS News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/isis-threat-virginia-malls-shopping-centers-increased-security\/\">reports<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><em>Police said the increased law enforcement presence will be in place through the Halloween weekend and ahead of Virginia\u2019s gubernatorial election. Law enforcement officials said they are acting out of an abundance of caution, and as they learn more about the threat, the increased law enforcement presence could be extended through Tuesday\u2019s election.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have increased our police presence throughout the county to include major thoroughfares, transit hubs, shopping plazas and shopping malls,\u201d Fairfax County Police Chief Kevin Davis said on Friday. \u201cIt\u2019s just our responsibility to have a greater presence, to be more aware and to ask the community to have their eyes and ears peeled for suspicious activities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>John Cohen, who is the top counterterrorism official at the Department of Homeland Security and the head of the department\u2019s Office of Intelligence and Analysis, <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/10\/30\/isis-threat-forces-virginia-police-to-beef-up-security-at-malls-shopping-centers-outside-dc\/\">warned<\/a> that U.S. officials have seen a surge in ISIS activity ever since Democrat President Joe Biden\u2019s disastrous pullout from Afghanistan in August.<\/p>\n<p>Cohen said, \u201cRight now we\u2019re seeing a dramatic increase \u2014 or an increase \u2014 in online activity by media operations associated with different al Qaeda elements and Islamic State.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Colin Kahl, undersecretary of Defense for policy, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/pentagon-official-isis-k-us-attack-6-to-12-months\">told<\/a> the Senate Armed Services Committee this week that ISIS-K and al-Qaeda have increased their capabilities ever since the withdrawal, and that they may soon have the ability to attack the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think the intelligence community currently assesses that both ISIS-K and al Qaeda have the intent to conduct external operations, including against the United States. But neither currently has the capability to do so,\u201d Kahl said. \u201cWe could see ISIS-K generate that capability in somewhere between six or 12 months. I think the current assessments by the intelligence community is that al Qaeda would take a year or two to reconstitute that capability.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kahl said that the U.S. needed to \u201cremain vigilant\u201d against the threats, and that U.S. intelligence had \u201cconsiderable evidence\u201d that the two terrorist groups \u201chave the intention to do so.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is our assessment that the Taliban and ISIS-K are mortal enemies,\u201d Kahl claimed. \u201cSo, the Taliban is highly motivated to go after ISIS-K. Their ability to do so, I think, is to be determined.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Law enforcement officials in Northern Virginia have increased their presence at shopping malls and other crowded venues this weekend in response to a possible ISIS terror threat.CBS News reports:Police said the increased law enforcement presence will be in place through the Halloween weekend and ahead of Virginia\u2019s gubernatorial election. Law enforcement officials said they are acting out of an abundance of caution, and as they learn more about the threat, the increased law enforcement presence could be extended through Tuesday\u2019s election.\u201cWe have increased our police presence throughout the county to include major thoroughfares, transit hubs, shopping plazas and shopping malls,\u201d Fairfax County Police Chief Kevin Davis said on Friday. \u201cIt\u2019s just our responsibility to have a greater presence, to be more aware and to ask the community to have their eyes and ears peeled for suspicious activities.\u201dJohn Cohen, who is the top counterterrorism official at the Department of Homeland Security and the head of the department\u2019s Office of Intelligence and Analysis, warned that U.S. officials have seen a surge in ISIS activity ever since Democrat President Joe Biden\u2019s disastrous pullout from Afghanistan in August.Cohen said, \u201cRight now we\u2019re seeing a dramatic increase \u2014 or an increase \u2014 in online activity by media operations associated with different al Qaeda elements and Islamic State.\u201dColin Kahl, undersecretary of Defense for policy, told the Senate Armed Services Committee this week that ISIS-K and al-Qaeda have increased their capabilities ever since the withdrawal, and that they may soon have the ability to attack the U.S.\u201cI think the intelligence community currently assesses that both ISIS-K and al Qaeda have the intent to conduct external operations, including against the United States. But neither currently has the capability to do so,\u201d Kahl said. \u201cWe could see ISIS-K generate that capability in somewhere between six or 12 months. I think the current assessments by the intelligence community is that al Qaeda would take a year or two to reconstitute that capability.\u201dKahl said that the U.S. needed to \u201cremain vigilant\u201d against the threats, and that U.S. intelligence had \u201cconsiderable evidence\u201d that the two terrorist groups \u201chave the intention to do so.\u201d\u201cIt is our assessment that the Taliban and ISIS-K are mortal enemies,\u201d Kahl claimed. \u201cSo, the Taliban is highly motivated to go after ISIS-K. Their ability to do so, I think, is to be determined.\u201dRelated:The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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