(WASHINGTON TIMES) Pentagon officials say a little-known al Qaeda splinter group targeted exclusively by U.S. strikes on Monday night was plotting an “imminent attack” against the U.S. homeland.
“Intelligence reports indicated that the Khorasan Group was in the final stages of plans to execute major attacks against Western targets and potentially the U.S. homeland,” Lt. Gen. William Mayville told reporters at the Pentagon.
While a coalition of U.S. and Arab military forces struck at Islamic State targets inside Syria, the Pentagon engaged in a U.S.-exclusive sortie targeting the little-known Khorasan group.