By Jim Emerson, staff writer

“The American service member is increasingly in the terrorists’ scope and not just overseas in a traditional war setting,” Sen. Joe Lieberman I-CT The insidious threat to American troops is homegrown Islamic terrorisms. Since September 11, 2001 there have been an estimated 54 home grown Islamic terrorist plots with most targeting military bases and troops. During a joint House-Senate hearing, Rep Peter King R-NY stated “The Department of Defense considers the U.S. homeland the most dangerous place for a G.I. outside of foreign war zones — and the top threat they face here is from violent Islamist extremists,”

The session was held to determine infiltration of Islamist extremists in the U.S. military. Ft Hood The worst terrorist attack on U.S. soil since Sept 11 was the Ft Hood massacre. The shooter, Islamist extremist Nidal Malik Hasan has been charged with the murder of 13 people and wounding an additional … Continue Reading:The terrorist threat at home