No, that argument is false. A racist is a racist, no matter the pigmentation of that racist.
Posted on 04/05/2007 5:57:09 PM PDT by neverdem
A jazz bassist and martial arts expert charged two years ago in an elaborate undercover terrorism investigation pleaded guilty yesterday to plotting to teach would-be Qaeda operatives how to wage jihad with hand-to-hand combat.
The man, Tarik Shah, 44, entered his guilty plea in Federal District Court in Manhattan. In exchange, he will receive a reduced maximum sentence of no more than 15 years.
The plea by Mr. Shah, who is from the Bronx, brings to a close his involvement in a wide-ranging federal sting operation that reached its height in May 2005 when an undercover F.B.I. agent posing as a recruiter for Al Qaeda met him in a ground-floor apartment near the Grand Concourse. There, the government says, Mr. Shah discussed a failed attempt to attend a terrorist training camp in Afghanistan and then, in words that were secretly recorded, pledged “bayat,” or allegiance, to Al Qaeda.
The government has acknowledged that neither Mr. Shah, nor the three others accused in the case — two of whom have already pleaded guilty — were on the verge of any violent act. But the case stood out because it stemmed, in some measure, from the work of a former jailhouse informer and evolved into a large sting operation, complete with secret meetings, coded messages and talk of travel overseas for formal training in the name of jihad.
Mr. Shah first came to the attention of authorities in 2003, court papers show, when he began a relationship with a man he did not know was a federal informer. He told the man of his martial arts training and of his ability to teach “brothers” how to fight.
The government never revealed the identity of the informer beyond saying he was convicted in 1990 of crimes related to a robbery; his cooperation in...
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I sure hope the Feds are spending more time on catching bigger fish than Kung-Fu Jihads!
New York City Plans to Promote Circumcision This was a minor blurb on the "Inside" section of the frontpage, apparently titled in this section as "Circumcision and AIDS." Check the links in comment# 1.
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Wasn’t there another article saying that NYC was giving away free condoms?
Wrapped in Subway Logos, Free City Condom Is a Hit
It's the regular webpage due to the source of the pic. According to the story, "The city began giving away condoms in 1971, but for decades they were available only in city-run health clinics and from H.I.V. service groups."
Tarik Shah is not of Middle Eastern descent. He’s a black American-born jazz musician, raised right here in the US of A, who later converted to islam and changed his name to something more exotic.
That's why I find this idiocy more disturbing. Islam has no problem with slavery. The vast majority of blacks were sold into slavery by 'brothers' according to the Microsoft Encarta Encyclopedia and a recent PBS show. I can't figure it out except it's just hate honkies.
It's nothing new. Who doesn't have a natural affinity for their own kind? The argument that I really gag on is that only whites can be racists.
No, that argument is false. A racist is a racist, no matter the pigmentation of that racist.
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