Washington, June 23 -- The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) warned of increased risks of terrorist attacks in the next two months related to the US Air Force strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities.
"The likelihood of violent extremists in the Homeland independently mobilizing to violence in response to the conflict would likely increase if Iranian leadership issued a religious ruling calling for retaliatory violence against targets in the Homeland," the department said in a bulletin.
It noted that, according to US law enforcement, many terrorist attacks in the United States were motivated by anti-Semitism.
"The ongoing Israel-Iran conflict could contribute to US-based individuals plotting additional attacks," the document says.
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