Shawn Ryan Show
#184 Growing Threat - Christian Persecution in Syria, Homeland Attacks and How to Prepare
20 Mar 2025
Shawn Ryan Show welcomes back Sarah Adams, Scott Mann and Legend to the show. This episode explores the growing influence of terrorist networks in Afghanistan and Syria, with guests detailing how al-Qaeda and the Taliban have facilitated the training and mobilization of fighters. They highlight U.S. policy missteps, including funding through NGOs and intelligence-sharing with questionable actors, which have inadvertently strengthened extremist groups. The discussion warns that the U.S. withdrawal from Syria could lead to the resurgence of ISIS and the ethnic cleansing of religious minorities. The panel critiques U.S. foreign policy, particularly the decision to engage with the Taliban while sidelining the Afghan resistance. They warn of al-Qaeda’s ongoing plans for attacks on U.S. soil and the infiltration of Taliban operatives through flawed vetting processes. The conversation underscores the lack of a long-term counterterrorism strategy, raising concerns that current missteps may lead to another major terrorist attack. Shawn Ryan Show Sponsors: https://ShawnLikesGold.com | 855-936-GOLD #goldcopartner https://amac.us/srs https://bubsnaturals.com/shawn https://americanfinancing.net/srs | 866-781-8900 NMLS 182334, nmlsconsumeraccess.org. APR for rates in the 5s start at 6.327% for well qualified borrowers. Call 866-781 8900 for details about credit costs and terms. https://meetfabric.com/shawn https://helixsleep.com/srs https://preparewithshawn.com https://rocketmoney.com/srs https://shopify.com/srs https://hexclad.com/srs #hexcladpartner This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/srs and get on your way to being your best self. Guest Links: Sarah Adams https://x.com/tpasarah https://bit.ly/m/benghazi Scott Mann https://x.com/rooftopleader The Gathering Storm https://tfpineapple.org/tgs-book https://rooftopleadership.com Legend https://x.com/reallegendafg https://www.vets4nrf.org Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Full Episode
all right guys it's uh been a minute since i've seen you and so here we are we're going to talk about syria afghanistan where the funding it where the bills are and stuff when the federal government to to i guess what do we call it defund the taliban for the 40 to 87 million we're sending
them a week through various NGOs and, you know, talk about, you know, I think the big thing we want to talk about today on top of all that are what can communities do? You know, it's at the top level. And there's only so much we can do.
But one of the things that we can do is talk to communities down at the local level and just get them thinking about this, having the conversations and coming up with some plans and stuff that they can do. But you guys don't need any introduction. All of you have been on the show. Scott, several times. Sarah, several times. Legend. But just a quick intro.
Legend, can't reveal your face because you're still doing the secret squirrel stuff. And you're back and forth in and out of CONUS, so we will reveal your identity. But Afghan-American... former Army intelligence, Sarah, former CIA analyst, former CIA targeter, Scott, former Green Beret, and all of you guys have a very extensive intel-type network and
They all seem to be pretty different networks. It's not like you guys are just all getting your information from the same sources. And so that's kind of what we're going to cover today. And I just want to say thank you for coming back. I love, even though the conversations are heavy, I just love seeing you guys. So thanks for making it back.
But so let's kind of start with some of the intel stuff. Sarah, I know you have some info on this right now. Media is blown up. Christians are being massacred in Syria. And so give us some insight there. How is this happening? Why it's happening? You know, give us what you know about the situation going on in Syria.
Sure. I'm going to have to go back in time just a little bit. So if we go back to November 2021, that is the time basically the planning started for the Syrian blitzkrieg. How it all came together, actually, is one of our Benghazi plotters, the one I talk about all the time, Musa bin Ali, him and Abu Muhammad al-Jalani, the current president of Syria, were running a lot of...
terror line facilitation networks in the Syria. They've been doing this for well over a decade. They run a really big terrorist camp in Libya, south of Misrata. And so they got together and basically decided, let's, you know, pull in al Qaeda and the Taliban, you know, let's do in Syria what happened in Afghanistan, right?
So it was November of 2021 when Abu Jilani came to Afghanistan and he sat down with Musa Sirajuddin Haqqani, who is the Minister of Interior of Afghanistan, and Mullah Yacoub, who is the Minister of Defense of Afghanistan, right? And they came up with this plot and planning to do the Syrian blitzkrieg. So as you can imagine, Julani didn't have enough fighters to take all of Syria by himself.
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