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Exclusive: U.S. Studying Two Dozen 'Clusters' Of Possible Homegrown Terrorists
ABC News ^ | August 15, 2007 | Brian Ross, Richard Esposito & Maddy Sauer

Posted on 08/15/2007 5:10:48 AM PDT by period end of story

U.S. law enforcement officials say they have identified more than two dozen "clusters" of young Muslim men in the northeast United States who are on a path that could lead to homegrown terror, ABC News has learned.

"Any one of those clusters may be capable of carrying out a terrorist action that will result in fatalities," Rand Corporation terrorism expert Brian Jenkins tells ABC News.

In a report to be made public today, New York City Police Commissioner Ray Kelly concludes the 9/ll attacks were an "anomaly" and the most serious terror threat to the country comes from clusters of "unremarkable" individuals who are on a path that could lead to homegrown terror.

The report by the NYPD intelligence division, "Radicalization in the West and the Homegrown Threat," plots "the trajectory of radicalization" and tracks the path of a non-radicalized individual to an individual with the willingness to commit an act of terror, multiple sources say.

"The threat is real; this is not some bogey man we are creating here. There are individuals who are proselytizing, inciting angry young men to go down this path," said Jenkins, who reviewed and contributed to the NYPD report.

The report identifies mosques, bookstores, cafes, prisons and flop houses as what it calls "radicalization incubators" that provide "extremist fodder or fuel for radicalization."

The leader of an American Arab civil rights group labeled the NYPD report as "unfortunate stereotyping" and at odds with federal law enforcement findings that the threat from homegrown terrorists was minimal.

(Excerpt) Read more at blogs.abcnews.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: globaljihad; gwot; jihad; jihadinamerica; terroristconnection; terrorists; threatmatrix; waronterror; wot
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1 posted on 08/15/2007 5:10:49 AM PDT by period end of story
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To: period end of story

9/11 was NOT an anomaly, just a successful battle in rekindled Jihad.


2 posted on 08/15/2007 5:14:31 AM PDT by Paladin2 (Islam is the religion of violins, NOT peas.)
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To: period end of story
The enemy is inside the gates. Yet the Famous But Incompetent cops deny there is a terrorism problem in the United States. Go figure.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

3 posted on 08/15/2007 5:14:32 AM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: period end of story
...two dozen "clusters" of young Muslim men in the northeast United States...

How many in Florida and other places?

4 posted on 08/15/2007 5:15:51 AM PDT by FreePaul
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To: period end of story

Oh my goodness. Two dozen clusters of young Muslim men. The libs and ACLU will start screaming about profiling.


5 posted on 08/15/2007 5:16:08 AM PDT by AlphaOneAlpha
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To: period end of story

They are no worse than the “peace groups” of the 60’s and 70’s.


6 posted on 08/15/2007 5:16:17 AM PDT by U S Army EOD (Say Cheese.)
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To: period end of story

“U.S. law enforcement officials say they have identified more than two dozen ‘clusters’ of young Muslim men in the northeast United States who are on a path that could lead to homegrown terror...”

Hey, that’s profiling and constitutes blatant discrimination. Why ignore all those young Mormon, Mennonite, and Buddhist men on a path that could lead to homegrown terror?


7 posted on 08/15/2007 5:18:26 AM PDT by Jack Hammer
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To: AlphaOneAlpha

you should have heard the idiot on Good Morning America this morning saying just that. ‘It’s un-American!’


8 posted on 08/15/2007 5:18:45 AM PDT by RDTF (Republicans believe every day is July 4th, but Democrats believe every day is April 15th. - Reagan)
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To: Paladin2

"Our studies shows that these terrorists are good people and future voters.
We will give these illegals Amnesty. It IS MY JOB #1!!!!."

9 posted on 08/15/2007 5:19:48 AM PDT by Diogenesis (Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum)
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To: goldstategop

“Yet the Famous But Incompetent cops...”

Can you explain that comment?

Meanwhile, if we know where there places are and what they are doing, shut them down! Duh! Let them take us to court, at least we are doing something constructive.


10 posted on 08/15/2007 5:19:58 AM PDT by Bulldawg Fan (Victory is the last thing Murtha and his fellow Defeatists want.)
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To: U S Army EOD

As far as I know those “peace groups” from the ‘60’s weren’t Muslims.


11 posted on 08/15/2007 5:21:07 AM PDT by period end of story (What is the antonym of competition?)
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To: period end of story

Cluster bombs anyone?


12 posted on 08/15/2007 5:21:58 AM PDT by shove_it (nonilligitimus carborundum)
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To: FreePaul
"How many in Florida and other places?" They live heren and like it so strike elsewhere. Their support is in NJ, no insult meant to Dearborn, Detroit etc. The ones spreading the discontent?...DNC?
13 posted on 08/15/2007 5:27:35 AM PDT by Mumbles (Because we disagree doesn't make you or me right. Treat each other with respect.)
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To: AlphaOneAlpha
"Two dozen clusters" Quotas again.
14 posted on 08/15/2007 5:28:25 AM PDT by Mumbles (Because we disagree doesn't make you or me right. Treat each other with respect.)
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To: period end of story
"The threat is real; this is not some bogey man we are creating here. There are individuals who are proselytizing, inciting angry young men to go down this path," said Jenkins, who reviewed and contributed to the NYPD report. The report identifies mosques, bookstores, cafes, prisons and flop houses as what it calls "radicalization incubators" that provide "extremist fodder or fuel for radicalization."

The mosques and the bookstores are the problem. They teach young Muslim men to hate, and to prepare themselves for the day they can martyr themselves. We need to put an NSA agent in these mosques, taping what is being said; and then we need to arrest and prosecute the people who are saying it.

15 posted on 08/15/2007 5:29:01 AM PDT by Philo1962 (Iraq is terrorist flypaper. They go there to die.)
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To: period end of story
Dubya: importing 100,000 legal Mohammedans a year since 9/11. After all, its' a religion of peace.
16 posted on 08/15/2007 5:30:48 AM PDT by Old_Mil (Fred Thompson isn't the second coming of Reagan; He's the second coming of Dole.)
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Also, the mosques and the bookstores need to be seized under the asset forfeiture laws, like a drug dealer’s car. Take away their toys, throw them in prison for 40 years, and let’s see if they still want to play.


17 posted on 08/15/2007 5:32:06 AM PDT by Philo1962 (Iraq is terrorist flypaper. They go there to die.)
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".two dozen "clusters" of young Muslim men in the northeast United States"


"That's it, we're suing!"

18 posted on 08/15/2007 5:33:24 AM PDT by Rb ver. 2.0 (Reunite Gondwanaland!)
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Dubya: importing 100,000 legal Mohammedans a year since 9/11. After all, its' a religion of peace.

I think that's an exaggeration, but I will answer that most Muslims really are peaceful. Like Christianity, the Muslim religion has several "denominations." The Wahhabi sect is the most dangerous.

19 posted on 08/15/2007 5:34:20 AM PDT by Philo1962 (Iraq is terrorist flypaper. They go there to die.)
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To: period end of story

Well ABC and NYPD, since you’ve tipped off the “clusters”, why don’t you just go ahead and give us the names and addresses of the “unremarkable...non-bogey men.”


20 posted on 08/15/2007 5:35:48 AM PDT by subterfuge (Today, Tolerance =greatest virtue;Hypocrisy=worst character defect; Discrimination =worst atrocity)
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