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FOXNEWSW Hannity August 29, 2014

Sounding the alarm about home grown terrorism right here on american soil. First we go to conor powell standing by in jerusalem with the details. Reporter the family reportedly learned of his death not from u. S. Government officials but from a picture of his body sent from rebels in syria. The 29yearold somaliamerican was reportedly killed this weekend during a battle with the prowestern Free Syrian Army like the other american killed fighting alongside isis, mohamed was from minnesota and left the u. S. Some time in the past few months to join insurgents in iraq and syria. U. S. Intelligence officials estimate there are 300 americans fighting right now in the middle east. Just some of the more than 12,000 foreign fighters who have flocked to the region. Though not all have linked up with isis, some have joined the Free Syrian Army or even the al qaeda affiliate in the middle east. But all pose a major risk to the United States. The fear is that these foreign fighters are learning lethal skills in iraq and syria and that they will return to the u. S. Or to europe on their passports and launch some type of attack. Tracking them, eric, is proving to be a very, very difficult challenge for u. S. And western intelligence officials. Conor, thank you. President obama addressed the growing threat posed by the isis Terror Network during a statent from the white house earlier today. Foxs own ed henry standing by in the Briefing Room with the recap. Ed, kind of interesting. What do we hear . Eric, whats interesting is the headline the president wanted was that he was putting the brakes on potential u. S. Military action in syria after days of media reports suggesting he was inching closer to air strikes in syria, expanding it beyond the border of iraq. But i think the headline instead thats emerging is the president kind of stepped in it by suggesting he doesnt have a strategy to battle isis. Thats what he said. Now, his aides are scrambling tonight to explain that, look, earlier in this News Conference the president said he does have a military strategy in iraq, which is protecting americans and our allies there with over 100 military strikes so far. But when he was pressed on syria he suggested he does not have a strategy to deal with isis. And republicans are pouncing. They say the president has really taken this threat lightly for too long. Listen. I dont want to put the cart before the horse. We dont have a strategy yet. I think what ive seen in some of the news reports suggests that folks are getting further ahead of where were at than we currently are. And i think thats not just my assessment but the assessment of our military as well. They are deadly, bloodthirsty and really their target is the United States of america. This is not a jayvee team putting on lakers uniforms. So the context the president was pressed at this News Conference are you going to congress to seek their approval, why havent you had a debate about potential military action in syria. He was trying to say, hey, lets slow everything down here. Dont put the cart before the horse because i havent come up with a strategy. Neither has the military. Remember the joint chiefs chairman, general dempsey said you cant defeat isis unless you go into syria. And defense secretary chuck hagel said the threat from isis is more serious than al qaeda pre9 11. That begs the question if the president s own defense secretary say the threat is that grave, how can the president not have a strategy to deal with it . Theres going to be fallout over this, eric. More questions than answers. Thank you very much. Isis is now one of the best financed terrorist organizations in the world. Fox news correspondent leah gabriel former operative for the navy. More with how isis sustains itself. Eric, were learning that financially isis is a welloiled machine literally. Its selfsustained and much through trading oil on the black market. In red you see territory isis controls in syria and iraq. The terrorist net work has taken croplands and military bases. These areas in blue are the areas isis will likely target next. For example, controlling the northern Syrian Border will make it easier for foreign fighters to enter the region and to smuggle goods. They say isis will probably avoid baghdad for now. Thats because its a hard target to take for the strategic return. Much of isis strength is in the form of money. It currently brings in more than 1 million a day. Heres how, i mentioned illegal oil sales. Isis sells oil at a low price to traders who then mark it up to resell to smugglers. Isis also imposes regional taxes. Now, these are basically extortion schemes where isis forces people and businesses to pay for their protection against isis. Of course, military campaigns and looting and although less consistent than other sources of income, isis makes considerable money from kidnapping people and taking ransom payments. Well, from my experience and intelligence i can tell you that one of the best ways to weaken any terrorist organization is to cut off its financial resources. But in the case of isis this is much more difficult because it raises and spends most of its money inside iraq and syria. Eric. Thank you very much. Meanwhile Washington Times reporting seeing increased terrorist chatter ahead of the 1 th anniversary of the september 11 terror attacks. And thats not all. Suggesting terror targets may include las vegas and military installations implying a looming attack right here in america. Joining me now with reaction to that as well as all the news todays news is texas congressm congressman gohmer. Im quoting the president , we do not have a strategy yet in regards to isis. What are they waiting for . Subway to blow up or vegas eric, dont forget. A year ago right now he was wanting to bomb on behalf of what we now know as isis. If he had gone in, if the republicans hadnt raised cane with a little help from some of our democratic friends, he would have gone in and assured that isis took over syria. Weve already this administrations been pouring in weapons into syria. In his defense, and this may shock you, he did say we dont have a strategy. But he followed that up by saying the strategy is to nip it in the bud. Well, unfortunately its not in a bud, its full blossomed. And do you know who made that line famous . Barney fife. We have barney fife running our Foreign Policy now. All right. So congressman, wouldnt it have been better had president obama come to the podium today or whenever he was ready to say this and said weve decided were bombing in syria, were pushing back isis within syria, were not waiting for Bashar Al Assad to give us the okay. You described it accurately as lame. Unbelievable. You go in there. And he starts off by saying, hey, the economy is going so well we want to make sure everybody gets this president has presided over an economy for the first time in American History where 95 of the income went to the top 1 . Never happened before. And then he judges on russia that russia is more isolated than ever. Are you kidding . They have been filling the void that this president has created around the world. I dont know where hes getting his information. Maybe its cia director brennan who said earlier this year that, no, these guys dont want a caliphate. He must have his head buried somewhere on the first green. Im concerned about the message were sending to isis. Meanwhile he has a different idea of what to do versus chuck hagel, secretary of defense, the Intelligence Community has yet another idea. They see, those people who are in the know, seem to want to convince president obama to act. Why do we have to convince our president , commander in chief, to act . Supposedly it took several months to convince him to let them go after osama bin laden. It took 30 days to convince him to let them go after foley, which came too late. So this president seems to be very feckless. He seems to twitter and diter. And if you look at what their strategy was with regard to russia, they were going to step up their Twitter Campaign because the russians didnt really understand how effective that could be. Neither do most of us. This is a pitiful Foreign Policy. And barneys in charge. Barney and we need andy griffith. New evidence reveals that more and more americans are becoming radicalized and joining isis terrorists. Catherine herridge joining us. And sounding the alarm about the rise of radical islam in our own backyard. Plus, Lieutenant Colonel oliver north and congressman paul ryan as hannity continues. Dont go anywhere. 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Reporter mohamed knew doug lag mccain who also is from minneapolis and killed fighting for isis. These images sent to mccain of to his family and passport. The minneapolis connection was investigated and says theres a pattern. Theres clear and convincing evidence then that there was a pipeline from minneapolis to Islamic Jihad overseas and that people in the community knew about it. And people in the community were covering it up. Reporter while the Defense Department labeled the if the hood shooting workplace violence, the massacre killed 13 and injured more than 30 others at the texas army base. In this letter obtained exclusively by fox news the convicted shooter major nadal hasan tells the isis leader al baghdadi that he wants to be a citizen of the caliphate. It would be an honor for any believer to be an obedient citizen soldier to its people and its leader who dont compromise the religion of the all mighty allah to get along with its leaders. More evidence of hasans extreme belief. Eric. Thank you. Tonight, we turn our focus to terror in the heart land of america. My next guests are two somali leaders in minnesota sounding the alarm about the rise of radical islam right here on american soil and the very real threat posed by home grown terrorism. Omar met with this man, douglas mccain, recreptly killed fighting for isis and played a key role in the investigation into the terror group al shabob. His nephew radicalized in 2008 and killed while fighting for them the very next year. Joining me now, omar and from the somali education and social advocacy center. Let me start with you, mr. Bihi. You have a tie to this, your nephew was killed after being radicalized here. Every parent right now is watching in america saying what is going on . How are they radicalizing Young American men . Well, thank you for having me on the show. Believe me, that is the Million Dollar question. But what is happening right now is that these people have a history of taking advantage of the vulnerability of young men who are in condition with usually a single parent household and do not have a viable resource in their own communities. Those usually are taken advantage of the gangs. This is the same method as the gangs. Theyre bringing that role model by helping them with the resources and then taking them under their wing. Then it starts from there. Okay. Mr. Jamal, there are three young men from the minnesota minneapolis, minnesota area. Mr. Mohamed, mr. Mccain and in 2009 torrey. Two of these young men went to the same high school. What is it about that area to find Islamic Jihad a home, at least an american home. Thanks for having me. It doesnt take a genius to figure that out. Because there has to be some human contact there. People always say theres going to be a media social media outlook, tweeting, facebooking, but this is not going to be able to happen without having a cell or human person on the ground engaging these kids. And we have two issues weve been talking about for so long that the u. S. Government of Public Relations has completely failed to counter this Propaganda Machine by isis and any other Terror Organization. This is not only iraq and syria. You have libyan issue going on, somalia, nigeria, you name it. Whats lacking here is clear Strategic Policy to counter this terrorism. And all at the same time what we have is the silence of the Muslim Leaders to disevolve the isis genocide to come out and speak in one voice as the Muslim Community in this country and to say this is it. Enough is enough. Were not going to take this anymore. So encouraging and empowering those terrorist organizations. The council for American Islamic relations have called both of you guys antimuslim and one of you jew lover believe it or not. You talk about the terror cells within the community, the minneapolis community, are the mosques harboring terrorism and or terrorist cells . Its very difficult to pinpoint the specific building. But what im saying is it defies logic how this is happening under the notice of the Law Enforcement agent. Whats going on here . Young kids, probably at the airport somewhere in this country going to join. What happened . Let me bring to mr. Bihi. Is it all about that . Because theres lack of opportunity in the area, so theyre vulnerable and theyre picked up, these young kids, who are being converted to radical islam. Is that it . Or is it something more insidious that its actually going on and our federal government and our local Police Departments are afraid to go into the mosques, are afraid to be politically incorrect and look like theyre profiling your community . Well, as a matter of fact we dont want them to profile the community. But why not, sir . But why not . Because it is only it is only the muslims that are being radicalized and theyre young men specifically in that area, wouldnt that be an acceptable form of profiling . Also we dont want them to be politically correct because thats dangerous too. But what we want them, and i really tell you we commend the local Law Enforcement here. As a matter of fact, we have really doing a tremendous to the community. But what is needed is that we should look out for the of these jihadists using to engage young people. What were also missing is as a local government and institution and as a community, we have failed to counter or to compete with these ideas by programs and engaging our own community in a conversation. I love that youre bringing this information to our viewers and its very, very important. But it goes beyond recognizing doctrine. We know what the doctrine is. They hate western civilization. They want sha ri. Its not about the doctrine, guys. Its about finding these people while theyre radicalizing. My question is, the nsa, the federal government seems to know everything thats going on. How did they miss this . Would you agree to more surveillance and im going to use the term again, more profiling to save american lives . Save lives of these children . The question is if the federal government knows whats going on, how come theyre not doing anything about it . Because theyre afraid that it will look like theyre profiling. And for me this is one of those cases where i think its time to profile. Americans are let me ask you this. How long before one of these radicalized jihadis go away, learn more of the trade and come back and do something here in america . How long before that happens . Let me start with you, mr. Ja pal. They dont even have to come back. Why bother going and buying a ticket . Why not doing it here instead of going over there. If a kid is convinced to go somewhere else and do that, why not tell him, you know what, why do i have to buy you a ticket . Why dont you stay right there and do right there whatever youre going to do over there. But the question is the only way to do something about it is to appeal and im asking this, the majority of the Muslim American citizens, the leadership of the Muslim Community n

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