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After Thwarted Attack, Question Is ‘Why Portland?’
New York Times ^ | November 28, 2010 | BETH SLOVIC

Posted on 11/29/2010 5:18:38 AM PST by reaganaut1

Edited on 11/29/2010 5:49:26 AM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]

But on Sunday, two days after federal law enforcement officials arrested Mohamed Osman Mohamud, 19, and accused him of plotting to bomb the square during a Christmas tree-lighting ceremony, it was more subdued.

Workers were preparing the brick-covered plaza for the 15th annual Holiday Ale Festival that starts on Wednesday. Private security officers patrolled the area. And visitors were still puzzled by the news of the plot.


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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Oregon; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: jihadinamerica; muslimamericans; portland; portlandor; targets
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To: Sacajaweau
Last week, I pulled into a NJ Turnpike service area. On the base of one of the parking lot lights was printed with a paint pen the word “MALVO”. The last letter had a cross thru the middle, imitating a telescopic lens.
41 posted on 11/29/2010 5:49:57 AM PST by Pecos (Liberty and Honor will not die on my watch.)
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To: reaganaut1
Why don't we ban immigration from Somalia? Why do we need more Somalis in the U.S.?

By and large, allowing Somalis into the country seems to be akin to letting a rabid dog live in your house.

42 posted on 11/29/2010 5:50:01 AM PST by Rummyfan (Iraq: it's not about Iraq anymore, it's about the USA!)
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To: Eric in the Ozarks
Liberals invite this sort of thing.

The Muzzies are going after the weak spots, the soft underbelly. Portland and Seattle are both up near the top of the list. It cracks me up when I hear New Yorkers claim to be bad asses. How many times have they been hit? Funny, down here in redneck land of SE Tennessee, where most of the population is armed to the teeth, I don't recall ever hearing about a terrorist attack, or even a plot for that matter......

43 posted on 11/29/2010 5:50:58 AM PST by Thermalseeker (Stop the insanity - Flush Congress!)
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To: Rummyfan

In a determination letter to Congress, President Barack Obama has announced
that he will allow an additional 80,000 immigrants – - mostly from Islamic
countries – - to resettle in the United States during fiscal year 2011.

Over 15,000 will come from Africa – - most from Somalia.

The increase in Somali immigrants, according to Mr. Obama, “is justified by
humanitarian concerns or is otherwise in the national interest.”

The actual number of Somalis have been resettled in the United States during
the past two decades remains a matter of conjecture, since reports to
Congress from the Office of Immigration and Naturalization Services (INS)
were not filed before 1993... -(read more) http://www.desertconservative.com/2010/11/02/selective-immigration-practiced-by-obama-administration-must-be-stopped/


44 posted on 11/29/2010 5:54:48 AM PST by WVKayaker (Remember that the faith that moves mountains always carries a pick.)
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To: reaganaut1

Exclusive: Small Town America Transformed By Somali Migrants
Paul Williams, PhD

Newly arrived Somali immigrants have transformed small towns and cities throughout the United States into tuulas (Somali villages).

The process is underway in such places as Lewiston, Maine; Shelbyville, Tennessee, St. Cloud, Minnesota, Clarkston,Georgia, and Jamestown, North Dakota.

The Jamestown Sun reports that 400 Somalis have applied for public housing in the past four months.

The Somali immigrants in Garden City, Kansas and nearby small towns have created the Somali Community Center of Southwest Kansas in order to tap into public welfare programs. Within this section of the heartland, white Christians have become the minority.

In East San Diego, the newly arrived Somalis have created a Little Mogadishu. The streets are lined with Somali stores, shops, and mosques. In the midst of this ethnic enclave stands the Iftin Charter School, where K-8 students are introduced to Arabic. 99% of the student population is Somali; Arabs constitute the remaining 1%.

The American Somalis now display the highest unemployment and poverty rates in the country. They also remain the least educated. According to Andrew Liepman, the deputy director of intelligence at the National Counterterrorism Center, Somali-Americans face “greater insularity compared to other, more integrated Muslim immigrant communities, [which] has aggravated the challenge of assimilation for their children.”

This problem is crystallized by the present situation is Lewiston, Maine, where African Muslims, many from the Bantu tribe, began arriving in 2001 at the rate of 100 a month.

Mohammed Maye, the president of the African Community and Refugee Center in Clarkston, Georgia posted a map of Lewiston on the wall of his office. “Go to Maine,” he advised the Somali immigrants. Abdullahi Abdullahi, the president of the Somali Community Development Organization in Clarkston, upheld this advice by telling his fellow countrymen that, unlike Georgia, Maine has terribly cold winters, but “the welfare system is better.”

Lewiston, indeed, was better. The small town in Maine with a population of 30,000 provided welfare to anyone in need, with the state picking up half the tab. Recipients, including the Muslim refugees, were allowed a generous five years of assistance before their benefits became terminated, and extensions for several additional years on the public dole were not difficult to obtain. Single parents could stay on welfare and go to college.

Public housing was also available, although, with the influx of Somalis, the housing projects became packed to capacity. Many of the new project dwellers were single Somali mothers with large broods of children. Those who are unable to obtain public housing were handed Section 8 vouchers, which the federal government provided to subsidize their rent in private apartments. The northern city with its frigid climate became welfare heaven for the arrivals from the vast desert areas of northern Africa.

The newcomers have shown scant interest in securing employment. When Renee Bernier, the president of the Lewiston city council, offered to hire 30 Somalis at the rate of $8 to $10 an hour to hold warning signs at construction sites, few displayed interest. The handful, who did apply, said that they were only willing to work between the hours of 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.

The Somali population of Lewiston now exceeds 40,000. -http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.6756/pub_detail.asp


45 posted on 11/29/2010 5:56:47 AM PST by WVKayaker (Remember that the faith that moves mountains always carries a pick.)
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To: Eric in the Ozarks

First Lady Michelle Obama holds a vegetable grown by Somali immigrant Khadija Musame. center, as Musame's friend Bilal Muya helps interpret at the New Roots Community Farm Thursday April 15, 2010 in San Diego. (AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi)
46 posted on 11/29/2010 5:59:30 AM PST by WVKayaker (Remember that the faith that moves mountains always carries a pick.)
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To: reaganaut1

Because Porkland is part of the Dar al-Harb and not ruled by sharia!


47 posted on 11/29/2010 6:00:13 AM PST by Jack Hydrazine (It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
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To: Anima Mundi
"“City officials said they were also concerned about the safety of Portland’s Muslim population. The police authorized additional patrols around Muslim community centers, said Sgt. Peter Simpson, a police spokesman."

Pitty he didn't have the additional patrols around a day earlier............then he would have caught the miscreants who set the fire.....

Better yet....would have preserved the records at the mosque.

48 posted on 11/29/2010 6:02:46 AM PST by spokeshave (Islamics and Democrats unite to cut off Adam Smith's invisible hand)
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To: spokeshave

You can bet your ass that the one[s] who set fire to the mosque, as the old saying goes”knew my dog because a stranger can’t get in”.

In other words, it was an inside job.


49 posted on 11/29/2010 6:12:50 AM PST by sport
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To: eyeamok

You’re still mad at the federal government for ignoring your repeated calls to eliminate the sales tax on tinfoil, aren’t you?


50 posted on 11/29/2010 6:15:35 AM PST by wideawake
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To: reaganaut1

It’s not, why Portland? it’s why not Portland? Why do these libs think that Islamo-fascists want to kill them less than other Americans? They probably want to kill them more because they despise weak, decadent, amoral naifs who think all the world’s problems would be solved if everybody just sat down and smoked a joint while listening to Deepak Chopra.


51 posted on 11/29/2010 6:18:38 AM PST by driftless2 (For long-term happiness, learn how to play the accordion.)
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To: PghBaldy
Yes, he decided to bomb Portland because he lived in the area. I heard he actually lived in Corvallis (about 1 hour south) and went to the Univ. there. Corvallis is a lovely college town surrounded by forests and farm land. This slime ball, I heard, lived with his parents.

He no doubt was familiar with Pioneer Square and the lighting of the Christmas tree. That event is lovely and draws a large crowd with LOTS of little kids. He wanted to make a splash in the media, no doubt.

The “teen” should be hung.

52 posted on 11/29/2010 6:18:44 AM PST by Pigsley
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To: reaganaut1

Simple.
Scare the hell out of the Liberal Population.
Let them taste what is in store for the rest of the world.
Nobody better to target then a group of people with their heads stuck in the sand.


53 posted on 11/29/2010 6:19:35 AM PST by jongaltsr (It)
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To: Christian Engineer Mass

Yes, but in the state of Oregon are they taught to love all. All trees, all nature, all people groups....... This guy must have learned more at mosque meeting than at school convocations.


54 posted on 11/29/2010 6:20:15 AM PST by grame (May you know more of the love of God Almighty this day!)
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To: reaganaut1

SOFT TARGET


55 posted on 11/29/2010 6:50:49 AM PST by SC_Pete (pRO)
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To: Minn

Why Portland?

Simple.

You were “The Nearest Infidel”


56 posted on 11/29/2010 7:11:07 AM PST by calljack (Sometimes your worst nightmare is just a start.)
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To: eyeamok
This is and was a FUND RAISER for the FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
in an effort to exert their control over a city in a sovereign state.


57 posted on 11/29/2010 7:17:22 AM PST by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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To: reaganaut1

Why attack Portland?

I spent a week there one afternoon.

After that, I can completely understand the desire to blow something up.

[Of course, I am being sarcastic. It was a tad liberal for my taste though.]


58 posted on 11/29/2010 7:20:07 AM PST by Vermont Lt (Don't taze my junk bro.)
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To: reaganaut1
"Why Portland"

For the same reason anti-fur/animal rights activists attack little old ladies wearing fur rather than bikers wearing leather.

59 posted on 11/29/2010 7:23:23 AM PST by IYAS9YAS (Liberalism can be summed up thusly: someone craps their pants and we all have to wear diapers)
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