Pak a terror haven
Warning that parts of the world, including Pakistan, may become safe havens for new terrorist networks, President Barack Obama made protecting the American people and going after the terror havens his top priority.
Washington: Warning that parts of the world, including Pakistan, may become safe havens for new terrorist networks, President Barack Obama made protecting the American people and going after the terror havens his top priority.
In a powerful speech on Tuesday night, Obama, however, rejected Republicans' suggestion that the spread of the Islamic State across much of the Middle East and the group's apparent widening of its target list to Europe and the United States posed a threat to America itself.
The US President mocked the contention that fighters on "on the back of pickup trucks and twisted souls plotting in apartments or garages" represented an existential threat to America. "As we focus on destroying ISIL, over-the-top claims that this is World War III just play into their hands," Obama said delivering the last State of the Union address of his presidency to the US Congress.
