White House Narrative Breaker: New Study Finds That Al-Qaeda Is Not ‘On The Run’

639 Shares By Kevin Boyd 2 days ago


Remember the 2012 election campaign? President Barack Obama was fond of claiming that Al-Qaeda is “on the run.” However, the reality is that Al-Qaeda is far from on the run and instead may actually be surging.
A new study by the Rand Corporation shows that Al-Qaeda and other radical Islamic groups have been steadily increasing their strength and numbers since 2010.
From the Washington Times:
The study’s author looked at “thousands of published primary source documents, including public proclamations and internal memos written by senior operatives from al Qaeda and other terrorist groups,” the security website Defense One reported Wednesday.
RAND Corp. concluded that there has been nearly a 60 percent increase in the number of Islamic radical groups over the last four years and a 300 percent jump in the number of attacks perpetrated by al Qaeda and its affiliated groups.
An image provided by RAND Corp. on its Twitter feed asserts that there were roughly 950 attacks by Islamic radical groups in 2013.
It appears that the biggest difference in the Rand Corporation study and the Obama administration’s assessments on terrorism is how they gather their data. For starters, the Rand Corporation actually collects data and accounts to back up their arguments. The Obama administration flat-out denies that there is a problem and its spokespersons say whatever they think is useful for public relations, even if it endangers the country’s national security.
Not only that, the Obama administration claims that they hear about anything unfavorable “in the news.” So let the Obama administration be notified: this new Rand report is consistent with other reports, such as a map showing that Al-Qaeda controls more territory than ever before.
Al Qaeda “on the run”? More like the Obama administration is “on the run” – from the truth about our weak economy, foreign affairs, national security…


http://www.ijreview.com/2014/06/1446...-al-qaeda-run/