(MENAFN- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) WASHINGTON, March 23 (KUNA) -- A senior US military official stressed here Thursday that the attack in London underscores the "dynamic environment" in Europe.
Commander of US European Command and NATO's supreme allied commander, Europe, Army General Curtis Scaparrotti told the Senate Armed Services Committee that Europe is "challenged by both a flow of terrorists returning to Europe from Syria and other places." "They're challenged by an internal threat of those inspired by ISIS or directed by ISIS. And this is another example of the attacks that we've seen in Europe in the past year. It's a difficult challenge," he stressed.
He affirmed "we remain solid and stand shoulder to shoulder with our allies in NATO to defeat this threat." Scaparrotti added "the number of threat streams that we have of this type within Europe, it's probably higher in Europe than any other part of the globe, with the exception of the places where we're actually physically fighting them like Syria... Afghanistan and Iraq." He expressed condolence "on behalf of the entire European Command team for the civilians and policeman killed and wounded in yesterday's terrorist attack in the UK." "Our thoughts and prayers go out to these victims and their families impacted by this senseless attack," he noted.
He stressed "we strongly condemn this attack and will continue to stand shoulder to shoulder with our NATO ally and our partners to defeat terrorism". (end) si.hb
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