Symposium covers radical Islamic threat to U.S. - (Event featuring panel of experts, Sept. 21, CT)

An event slated for September will bring together experts on radical Islam and terrorism to educate attendees on the state of national security and the threat posed by Muslim enemies of the U.S.

Sponsored by the People's Truth Forum, the event, titled "The Radical Islamist Threat to World Peace and National Security," is scheduled for Sept. 21 in Plantsville, Conn.

"The symposium will sound a potent, nonpartisan alarm – a warning which is intended to serve as a wake-up call to all those in attendance," said Jeffrey Epstein, who is organizing the dinner event.

Epstein says he expects to have a "large contingent of first responders" who deal with national-security issues on a daily basis.

Among the speakers are Harvey Kushner, Ph.D., an internationally recognized authority on terrorism and related security matters. Kushner has advised and trained numerous governmental agencies, including the FBI, FAA, INS, and U.S. Customs.

Also scheduled to speak is Brigitte Gabriel, a former anchor for world news in the Middle East and a prominent Arab-American journalist. Having survived a terrorist bombing in her home in Lebanon, Gabriel is slated to present a first-hand account of her experience with Islamic jihad.

Robert Spencer, director of Jihad Watch and author of "Onward Muslim Soldiers: How Jihad Still Threatens America and the West and other books, also will speak.

The fourth speaker is epidemiologist Judith Jacobson, vice president of Scholars for Peace in the Middle East.

Yesterday, members of the 9/11 commission criticized Congress and the Bush administration for getting complacent about the threat of nuclear terror to the United States. "We said on the 9/11 commission that there needed to be maximum effort and a sense of urgency. The sense of urgency is more a mood of complacency today," said former Commissioner Timothy Roemer.

"Rather than a brisk pace of activity, we are more seeing a business-as-usual approach," he said.

Noted Epstein: "We have ignored the problem for too long. Now that the vehicles of terrorism have invaded our shores we have a civic responsibility to act. This time, sticking our heads in the sand or making this a political issue may just cost us our lives."

Tickets for the event are $115 and the organizers have set a deadline of July 29 for reservations. More information can be obtained on the People's Truth Forum website. http://www.peoplestruthforum.com/

These things are nice but ultimately do very little. The only thing that will re-mobilize everyone again is another 9/11 type event.

Everyone here will say "WE TOLD YOU SO" while the rest of the world says "HOW COULD WE LET IT HAPPEN AGAIN?"

Action will be taken. After some time it will begin to be questioned whether the action is necessary. And then some time will pass and complacency will again rear its head. And then we will get hit...again.

Everyone here will say "WE TOLD YOU SO" while the rest of the world says "HOW COULD WE LET IT HAPPEN AGAIN?"

Action will be taken. After some time it will begin to be questioned whether the action is necessary. And then some time will pass and complacency will again rear its head. And then we will get hit...again.
Everyone here will say "WE TOLD YOU SO" while the rest of the world says "HOW COULD WE LET IT HAPPEN AGAIN?"

Action will be taken. After some time it will begin to be questioned whether the action is necessary. And then some time will pass and complacency will again rear its head. And then we will get hit...again.
Everyone here will say "WE TOLD YOU SO" while the rest of the world says "HOW COULD WE LET IT HAPPEN AGAIN?"

Action will be taken. After some time it will begin to be questioned whether the action is necessary. And then some time will pass and complacency will again rear its head. And then we will get hit...again.
Everyone here will say "WE TOLD YOU SO" while the rest of the world says "HOW COULD WE LET IT HAPPEN AGAIN?"

Action will be taken. After some time it will begin to be questioned whether the action is necessary. And then some time will pass and complacency will again rear its head. And then we will get hit...again.

Santayana (sp?) said: Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it. We have not learned. I just hope I am not around when it repeats itself.

You pretty much covered it there-

To be honest with you, Im not optimistic at all with regards to this subject.

I don't see any hope for the United States or Europe in recognizing the threat - Islam is viewed simply as a religion and this is what allows it to sneak under the radar - our adversaries know more about our country's legal system and their "rights" that most Americans do. They know exactly how to defeat America (from within) and they are doing it.

What Americans dont understand is that Islam (which by the way, means 'submission') is an antagonist to liberty and freedom. You are not "free" when you "submit".

What America is losing now daily is their freedom and many don't even realize the real reason why.

An American Expat in Southeast Asia

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