Posted on 11/17/2009 7:44:43 AM PST by AJKauf
Since the 9/11 attacks, conventional wisdom has held that acts of terror on U.S. soil would most likely come from abroad. Much time and effort have been spent on beefing up border security to make sure the next Mohammad Atta never reaches the homeland. Yet the massacre at Fort Hood by Major Nidal Hasan underscored what has long been known in counterterrorism circles: Muslims born and raised in the U.S. might become radicalized and perpetrate acts of terror here at home, and more resources need to be directed inward.
Now, a string of arrests by the FBI over the past year has raised awareness of a new phenomenon: there exist Americans who wish to commit acts of terror abroad.
For the most part, those arrested have been individuals who wished to join foreign jihadi groups as foot soldiers. Many of those attempts have failed. Boston’s Tarek Mehanna went to Yemen to join al-Qaeda but was rebuffed. His friend Ahmad Abousamra traveled to Pakistan and Iraq for the same purpose and also failed. Similarly, several young men from North Carolina made a pilgrimage to the Palestinian territories to join in jihad against Israel, but they seem to have spent the majority of their time seeing the sights in Cairo.
Late last month, two arrests in Chicago seemed to confirm a pattern of American citizens wishing to engage in acts of terror abroad but failing. But new reports from India indicate that at least one of the two arrested may have been involved in planning the coordinated attacks in Mumbai last year.....
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Sadly, there is a common theme here though. But we won’t get into the religious argument now will we FBI?
Tarek Mehanna? Of the Beacon Hill Mehannas? Yeah, a real Boston Yankee.....
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This stands to reason.
Greater freedom of action, more anonymity and more prosperity.
All abused by the blood cultists.
Not surprising.
The 9/11 attackers had roots in Europe. And the US has ignored these looming threats here and refused to call Islam what it is - a death cult. It was only a matter of time before American freedom and ingenuity made us exporters of terror.
Our AG, FBI all accept CAIR, ISNA as “moderate.” The Muslim Student Assoc thrives on campuses despite their outright intimidation.
We need to want to survive more than we want to be PC and multicultural. Stop Wahabbi funding. Stop Muslim immigration. Stop student visas to Muslims.
“A nation can survive it’s fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within. An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known and carries his banner openly. But the traitor moves amongst those within the gate freely, his sly whispers rustling through all the alleys, heard in the very halls of Government itself.”
Taking down Sarah Palin is more important.
Several things bother me here. These terrorists were arrested several weeks ago. The intelligence linking them to the Mumbai attacks appears to have been developed by India. I suppose it's possible that participants in one of the most notable post 9/11 terrorist attacks were arrested in the US, but neither the FBI, nor the Chicago Police, nor the federal attorney nor Mayor Daley, nor The One wanted to take credit for it, so they kept it quiet. But there's at least a slight possibility we missed this one, even after they were in custody. Not a good sign.
Headley being an American citizen, I certainly hope we didn't evesdrop on his conversations with foreign terrorists. That wouldn't be nice, we aren't going to do that in the era of Hope and Change.
bump!
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