[Libloather]

How Great a Threat Were the Lackawanna Six?

Morning Edition, September 10, 2007 · Five years after the arrest of six young men from Lackawanna, N.Y., questions remain about whether the so-called "homegrown terrorists" are as dangerous as authorities initially suggested. The Jihad Next Door, a book by NPR's Dina Temple-Raston, explores the subject. Temple-Raston discusses the case against the Lackawanna Six with Steve Inskeep.

Excerpt: 'The Jihad Next Door' by Dina Temple-Raston

[vbmoneyspender]

The moral of this story is if you don’t attend Al Qaeda sponsored training camps, then you have nothing to worry about.

[Travelgirl]

I can’t remember the exact number, but most of these were registered democrats.

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#1 : Yahya Goba : arrested Saturday, September 14, 2002

#2 : Sahim Alwan : arrested Saturday, September 14, 2002

#3 : Shafal Mosed : arrested Saturday, September 14, 2002

#4 : Yasein Taher : arrested Saturday, September 14, 2002

#5 : Faysal Galab : arrested Saturday, September 14, 2002

#6 : Mukhtar al-Bakri : arrested in Bahrain as he was allegedly preparing for his arranged marriage.