Portland tries to make sense of terror arrests Muslim leaders resent being labeled

San Francisco Chronicle ^ | September 6, 2020 | Janine DeFao

[sarcasm]

Portland, Ore. -- As a worldwide manhunt intensified Saturday for two fugitives believed to be members of an al Qaeda cell here, residents expressed grave concerns that there may be terrorists in their midst.

The fugitives are among six people indicted in what federal authorities said was a conspiracy to provide aid to the Taliban and Osama bin Laden's terrorists. Three of those indicted were arrested in Portland on Friday. A fourth was arrested in Michigan.

[breakem]

too bad the feds cannot refuse cooperation like this pantywaost did. Put a fence around the town and let tham wallow in their own sewage.

[doug from upland]

Keep your eyes open. Watch for things that are unusual like filming buildings, bridges, power plants, etc. (and if they take a bath and wash their hair that might be worth reporting)

[csvset]

Greetings! We're Islamist extremists and we've come to kill you! Have a nice day!

[cake_crumb]

"too bad the feds cannot refuse cooperation like this pantywaost did."

Yeah, that was really something. The mayor was in on that too, IIRC. There are not words in the English language to express how really MAD that made me...STILL makes me.

No wonder the terrorist types are attracted to Portland.

[RWG]

One person in Seattle and four to nine in Portland is hardly an international terrorist cell in operation...right, one or two short of the group from Florida who crashed into the WTC. Yeah, don't worry, what could a few monsters do?

[cake_crumb]

"One person in Seattle and four to nine in Portland is hardly an international terrorist cell in operation...right, one or two short of the group from Florida who crashed into the WTC."

....And NINE MORE than the registered Democrat terrorists who were arrested from the terrorist cell in Buffalo, N.Y.

[mikeIII]

Love it or leave it.

Oh, they love it, alright. There's freedom to practice their "religion", run their own schools and mosques and raise monies for their "charities"; a fertile ground for conversions and spread of Islam.

[Michael2001]

"The reaction is, 'Why are they doing this to this community?' There's fear and concern," said the mosque leader, who declined to give his name. "Muslims are looked upon differently. People are rethinking, 'Should we even live in the United States.' "

I'm starting to like the way this is going.

[Lion's Cub]

What about that member of the Naval Reserve that was arrested in Tacoma a few months ago? Didn't he and his buddy Ujaama turn out to have connections to radical imam Abu Hamza al Masri in London?

Yup. I assume you mean Sami Samir El-Kassem who enlisted under the alias Semi Osman. Story here: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/722854/posts