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To: Salvey
OK, so now how about raiding the homes of the other militia leaders (Al Qaeda cells and sympathizers) who also live in Michigan (can you say "Dearborn"?)

I would not be so quick to associate Michigan Militia with Al Quaeda. IMHO, any Michigan/AQ linkage would be through either extreme left-wing sympathizers or the relatively large Arabic ethnic community. (And I certainly don't mean to imply that all Arab-Americans in Michigan support the atrocities). However, it is my impression that Michigan Militia is more attractive to what's considered extreme Right-Wing fringe, such as KKK or white-supremecists.

There is a broad continuum of beliefs, and one must be careful to judge individuals objectively by the evidence, not merely assuming guilt by association. I myself sympathize in general with Koernke's 2nd Amendment views, but I am also extremely wary of the hard-corps kooks and creeps his brand of fanatic activism attracts. Definitely getting into fringe paranoid kook territory that's best to avoid.

55 posted on 11/07/2002 9:36:53 AM PST by Willie Green
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To: Willie Green
OK, so now how about raiding the homes of the other militia leaders (Al Qaeda cells and sympathizers) who also live in Michigan (can you say "Dearborn"?)

I would not be so quick to associate Michigan Militia with Al Quaeda. IMHO, any Michigan/AQ linkage would be through either extreme left-wing sympathizers or the relatively large Arabic ethnic community.

I think the point was they should be raiding the homes of "real" terrorists if they want to do that sort of thing.

58 posted on 11/07/2002 9:42:25 AM PST by HetLoo
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