The US Secretary of Homeland Security, Alejandro Mallorcas, acknowledged that the greatest threat facing the United States currently is the threat of domestic terrorism, stressing that it is monitoring terrorist threats from Afghanistan or from the world, ahead of the commemoration of the twentieth anniversary of the attacks of September 11, 2001.
In an interview with ABC, the minister said that his country's intelligence agencies and law enforcement are closely monitoring threats around the world, including those from Afghanistan, stressing that they have established a complete structure to protect the American people.
Mayorkas stressed, in turn, that "the biggest terrorist threat on American soil is domestic terrorism, that is, people who embrace violence because of the ideology of hate or the false narratives that we see on social media and other online platforms."
Al-Jazeera correspondent in New York stated that the manifestations of sadness overshadowed the place during the preparations to commemorate the attacks, explaining that this year's activities were reduced due to the measures to confront the Corona epidemic, as invitations were limited to the families of the victims, and President Joe Biden will participate in them.
The memorial ceremonies for the September 11 attacks are held every year at the site known as Ground Zero in New York City, where the memorial to the attacks was located, whose construction was completed in September 2011, and a museum was added to it three years later, and the memorial was designed in a way that reflects symbolic connotations. regarding this event.
In front of the Pentagon headquarters in Washington, Al-Jazeera correspondent said that Biden and his deputy, Kamala Harris, will attend tomorrow's ceremony in the ministry, which was targeted during the attacks 20 years ago.
Al-Jazeera correspondent in Shaxville, Pennsylvania, said that dozens of people flock to the National Memorial dedicated to the victims of Flight 93, which fell on the same day of the attacks.