Don't be surprised if this man is directly or indirectly involved in future "incidents".
Posted on 06/13/2006 11:24:18 PM PDT by ncountylee
WASHINGTON — U.S. counterterrorism officials say they are uncovering homegrown Islamic radicals inside the United States who lack formal ties to al-Qaida and operate independently.
Those independent qualities — combined with the radicals' ability to organize and plot on the Internet — make them particularly difficult to disrupt, retired Vice Adm. John Scott Redd, director of the National Counterterrorism Center, told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Tuesday.
In a hearing on the changing face of terror, Redd said the threat from homegrown extremism is a recent trend that was seen in successful transit attacks in Madrid in 2004 and London in 2005.
One alleged homegrown North American plot has been disrupted: This month, Canadian authorities arrested 17 men and juveniles who are accused of planning attacks in southern Ontario. They are said to have obtained three times the amount of explosives used in the Oklahoma City bombing.
Redd pointed to what he said were three potential homegrown organizations that have been disrupted in the U.S. in just over a year:
— Two Atlanta-area men, charged earlier this year in a terrorism case, have been publicly linked to some of the Canadian suspects. Prosecutors have said the two traveled to Washington to shoot "casing videos" of the Capitol and other potential targets. The lawyer for one suspect has insisted it wasn't part of any terrorism plot.
— In Torrance, Calif., the head of a radical Islamic prison gang and three others were indicted last year on federal charges of planning terrorist attacks against U.S. military facilities, the Israeli Consulate and other Los Angeles-area targets.
— In the farming town of Lodi, Calif., a young Pakistani man faces at least 30 years in prison for supporting terrorism by attending an al-Qaida training camp in Pakistan
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Don't be surprised if this man is directly or indirectly involved in future "incidents".
termites in the house?
Any of these persons found to be involved with planning terrorism should be locked up forever, which is the only safe sentence considering their prospects for "rehabilitation" are zero.
Exactly like child molesters, they are a lifelong menace to the safety of peaceful law abiding people.
And we should not be forced to take the risk.
It is estimated that around 15 - 20 Al Queda cells are hiding here in America.
Funny that you posted this I was reading a moslem that blogs out of Canada. He sort of attacks this issue head on and asks some difficult questions. One of the terrorist that was arrested was right across from his house and he describes the raid and even took some pictures which he psoted on his blog.
http://www.threaddump.org/tblog/
U.S. is housing Islamic radicals...in other news, water wet, sky blue.
Back in Lodi again......
As long as they remain in the bondage of Islam's web of lies, you are right about their prospects for rehab.
They are pawns of the devil...quite literally.
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