Now the other gangs, such as the Russians, Yakuza, MS-13, drug cartels, what have you...I would believe they're in bed with Al Qaeda in a heartbeat.
Sorry, but I think this story is a bunch of hot air. I just can't picture the local pinky ring crowd getting in bed with Arab terrorists just to make a buck.
Agreed. It seems to me that we give the "pinky ring crowd" plenty of lucrative income opportunities as it is. Why would they want to go into the messy WMD business?
"Sorry, but I think this story is a bunch of hot air. I just can't picture the local pinky ring crowd getting in bed with Arab terrorists just to make a buck."
The Italian mob might not get involved but what's stopping the Albanian (mulsim) and Russian mobs from aiding and abetting terrorists?
I think you've got it right there. Most of those related to the mob have an inherent disgust for Arabs.
Sorry, but I think this story is a bunch of hot air. I just can't picture the local pinky ring crowd getting in bed with Arab terrorists just to make a buck.
Uh, now I'm just throwing out this wild theory here, but what if the terrorist didn't let the wiseguys in on their whole plan? Maybe if worse, what if they actually lie to the thugs about what they were really doing?
I agree. I think it is law enforcement just trying to conflate the two so that they can use all their new terror-fighting tools against common crimes by labeling them as "terror related." Any sector of government tries to expand their empire -- law enforcement included. They now have enormous powers granted them to sidestep certain legal restrictions as along as they are going after terrorists. And it's just too temping to use those against common criminals since terrorists are hard to find, track, and infiltrate. It's much easier to go after what they know -- and what they know is common crime. And they can claim to be showing progress on terror (where the big funding is) when they are actually working on the much easier common crime targets.