Training for terror

47 percent of US offenders received formal training; 28 percent in UK.

68 percent of American offenders were trained in Afghanistan before 9/11; of UK offenders, 21 percent trained in Afghanistan, while 55 percent trained in Pakistan.

1 percent of US offenders had additional training here; 40 percent of UK offenders got training in the UK.

18 percent of US offenders had overseas combat experience; 4 percent of UK offenders.

“Between 1997 and 2011, individuals who committed al-Qaeda–related offenses in the US killed a total of 3,223 people, of whom 2,996 died on 9/11 (the total figure does not include either the 2009 Fort Hood shooting, which the Obama administration has designated as ‘workplace related violence’ and as of yet has not led to a conviction, or the Boston bombings). Prior to the recent murder of a British soldier, in the UK, fifty-two have died—all on 7/7/05.”

http://www.worldaffairsjournal.org/article/terror-data-us-vs-uk?utm_source=World+Affairs+Newsletter&utm_campaign=b58a156eda-WAJ_Simcox_Dyer_7_22_2013&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f83b38c5c7-b58a156eda-294583209

On warnings about the Tsarnaev brothers: “But the Russians have their own agenda about ethnic Chechens, none of whom have ever before been convicted in US courts for al-Qaeda–inspired offenses, let alone engaged in a terror attack.”

(Yes, Russian intelligence did send information, but the Tsarnaevs were Chechen, and you know how the Russians are about Chechens.

(Comment: So the number of Chechens killed in Afghanistan and Iraq while trying to kill Americans … All those just fly away somewhere when Russian intelligence gives a warning?)