not to mention a course of the nationals around the airport and around other cities. what are the risks of further attacks? attacks? the risks are extremely attacks? the risks are extremely high. - attacks? the risks are extremely high. i- attacks? the risks are| extremely high. i don t attacks? the risks are - extremely high. i don t expect they will stop now. this was a sense of momentum for them. if you think about isis in iraq and syria, they have been depending on their franchise groups to generate an operational tempo. they have looked at groups in sub saharan africa and now they are looking at groups to be the frank the flag bearer at groups to be the frank the flag beare flag bearer they came on the scene in 2015 flag bearer they came on the scene in 2015 with flag bearer they came on the scene in 2015 with us - flag bearer they came on the scene in 2015 with us forces | scene in 2015 with us forces about to withdraw from the country, are theyjust going to grow and grow
aware of isis-k. i wrote offshoot. anyone paying attention is aware of isis-k. i wrote a offshoot. anyone paying attention is aware of isis-k. i wrote a book, i aware of isis k. i wrote a book, published in 2019, and i laid out exactly what i thought was going to happen, that we were going to see these affiliates, branches and franchise groups grow across the world. we have seen that in north africa, in egypt, in southeast asia and now we re seeing it afghanistan. give me your assessment, the effect that poses internally in afghanistan and externally. i that poses internally in afghanistan and externally. and externally. i think the primary threat is within and externally. i think the primary threat is within afghanistan i and externally. i think the primary threat is within afghanistan and i threat is within afghanistan and within south asia, within the surrounding region. however, that doesn t rule out the possibility that isis k will seek to regenerate its external operations
decade about how much al qaeda has been weakened by the war on terror, but does this contradict that? do these closures suggest they are stronger than we ve been led to believe? i don t want to say it s contradicted and david has put his finger on it. the fact of the matter is we ve always known despite the killing of osama bin laden that there s been a series of franchise organizations directly related to al qaeda. they ve been in the caucuses in the north africa and the al qaeda which committed attacks in amgeria, as well as in libya. there have been, of course, the granddaddy of these franchise groups. al qaeda and the arabian peninsula where the continuous secret shadowy drone wars continue as we speak against terrorists. just the other day the u.s. drone strike took out a series of al qaeda operatives and now we something we never wanted to see again.
flying deep into pakistan, cornering bin laden inside the compound that you re looking at right now. now that the the al-qaeda leader is gone. will america and the world ever really be safe from the threat of terrorism? joining me now to discuss this, retired army major general bob scales, also a fox news military analyst, bob, it s good to have you here today. hi, kelly. general, you and i have talked about this so many times, the impact of actually capturing or actually, i m sorry, destroying the life of osama bin laden and what impact that might have on the military looking ahead. right. what does it say about al-qaeda s makeup, the core of al-qaeda? can they still pose a threat to us, especially now that the anniversary of his death is approaching? that s a great question, kelly and the answer is yes and no. now that he s gone, what happened to most of al-qaeda, is they practiced into franchise groups, think of it sort of like your, you know, your local mcdonald s and they
very much. please explain that. well, you have to put it in context that jihadism is much larger than al qaeda prime today which which is or was bin laden. in fact, some of the franchise groups, bill, like al qaeda in the arabian peninsula has surpassed al qaeda prime or bin laden on the physical, as well as the ideological battlefield. so, in essence, a guy like bin laden is not planning 9/11 attacks anymore. bill: okay. but, let s be honest about this. al qaeda, whether it s in yemen or wherever it is on the run. on the run. now we got their symbolic leader, huge psychological victory and i think tactical victory for the united states of america and the west. so it doesn t seem to me that this al qaeda movement, jihadist movement has any future. yeah, they are around. yeah, the state department issued a warning for americans