Why Khorasan May Be a Bigger Threat to the U.S. Than ISIS

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The Khorasan Group may be a bigger threat to the United States than the Islamic State, according to multiple reports.

This group of al-Qaeda affiliates is tiny by comparison to ISIS and doesn't wield anything close to the same military capability. But Khorasan's extremists are much more sophisticated plotters, and they may have been at work designing new-age explosives built to pass undetected through airport screenings

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Khorasan extremists also think more like the al-Qaeda that Americans are familiar with. They have their eyes on assaulting western targets, whereas ISIS is more focused on its surrounding foes Read more...

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