The United States is doing what it must to "take the fight to terrorists," leading a coalition of Arab nations in a series of airstrikes against the so-called Islamic State terror group in Syria, U.S. President Barack Obama said Tuesday.<br /><br />At the same time, the United States took action -- on its own -- against another terrorist organization, the Khorasan Group. Obama described its members as "seasoned al Qaeda operatives in Syria."<br /><br />U.S. officials said the group was plotting attacks against the United States and other Western targets.<br /><br />The plots against the United States were discovered by the intelligence community in the past week, an intelligence source with knowledge of the matter told . The source did not say what the target may have been, but said the plot potentially involved a bomb made of a nonmetallic device like a toothpaste container or clothes dipped in explosive material.<br /><br />A plot involving concealed bombs on airplanes "was just one option they were looking at," a U.S. official said.<br /><br /><br />For More information on this news visit : http://www.newsx.com/<br />Connect with us on Social platform at : http://www.facebook.com/newsxonline<br />Subscribe to our YouTube Channel : http://www.youtube.com/newsxlive
