'Terrorists may be recruiting white Muslims'

Indian Express ^ | 4/17/06 | AP

[voletti]

Sarajevo, April 17: His code name was Maximus, and he held secret meetings in a shabby room at the Banana City Hotel on the outskirts of Sarajevo. In a raid on his apartment, authorities seized explosives, a suicide bomber belt and a videotape of masked men begging Allah's forgiveness. Investigators believe the cell was close to carrying out a plot to blow up a European embassy.

More troubling, they say, was the ringleader's background: Maximus turned out to be a 19-year-old Swedish citizen of Bosnian origin.

Terrorists have been working to recruit from among European Muslims - so-called "white warriors" who theoretically could more easily blend into European cities and execute attacks - according to classified intelligence documents.

[ExcursionGuy84]

Ahhhhhh, so "Infidels" DO have some worth to the True Followers of allah. [sarcasm off]

[NZerFromHK]

In the future, perhaps the only foolproof way to stop a terrorist from staging an attack is to to conduct background checks on anyone who's boarding a plane/going to a stadium/attending a political rally, and ask him/her to swear under oath that Allah-is-not-the-one-true-God.

[gondramB]

Not a completely new concept

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/features/jan-june02/walker_john_1-2.html

[KeyLargo]

I rented "SLEEPER CELL" over the weekend at Blockbuster.

If you have not seen it, the Showtime movie is good. I would not subscribe to Showtime just to see the series so I waited for it to arrive in the rental store.

[Always Right]

I hope they never get their hands on the member list of DU. They would have hit a gold mine of anti-American juveniles who would soil their diapers for the opportunity to destroy America.

[cripplecreek]

Bacon wristsbands and pork smears.

[tkathy]

There are stupid moronic potentially violent youth in every society who are looking for an excuse to kill.

[stopem]

Iran said they have suicide bombers in place in U.S. didn't they? Thought I heard that on TV over the weekend. With our porous open border policty anyone and everyone are entering and homeland security are doing nothing to stop it, what are they getting paid to do?

[Puppage]

the only foolproof way to stop a terrorist from staging an attack is to to conduct background checks on anyone who's boarding a plane

And, that's exactly what El AL Airlines does. In fact, from what I understand, they actually interview each passenger before boarding

And, there hasn't been a hijacking, bombing, etc since it's inception. Coincidence?

[Husker24]

Well at least we could get away with profiling these terrorists.

[manwiththehands]

I heard of this possibility years ago. I'm surprised it hasn't happened yet.

[Lion in Winter]

There are thousands of bosnian muslims in the USA right now... courtesy of clintonand co.

[MirrorField]

Ahhhhhh, so "Infidels" DO have some worth to the True Followers of allah. [sarcasm off]

Actually, like broken clock that is right twice a day, Islam got one thing right from it's inception and prohibited racism declaring that man's color is between him and god. Being an "infidel" or "muslim" is not a matter of color or ethnicity. (Discussions about Islamic misogynism is left for another time.)

This wannabe terrorist may have been many things but definitely not an "infidel" for islamists.

[ExcursionGuy84]

This wannabe terrorist may have been many things but definitely not an "infidel" for islamists.

Igualamente.