Top US General Offers Warning on IS Fighters in Caribbean

A top U.S. general is concerned that a small number of motivated Islamic State fighters could commit acts of terror in Caribbean nations. General John Kelly, commander of the U.S. Southern Command, told reporters Friday at the Pentagon that about 150 Islamic extremists left the Caribbean region to join Islamic State fighters in the Middle East last year, about 50 more than in the previous year. However, he said, the biggest threat might not be the extremists who leave to train and...

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