http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/domesticterrorism/ en-us Thu, 31 Dec 2009 18:54:56 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2418518/posts According to a news report out of Houston this morning, police there found an AT-4 shoulder-mounted rocket launcher like the one shown in the photo above, alleged to belong to a man by the name of Nabilaye I. Yansane, in a southwest Houston apartment complex. Though I have yet to see comments by members of the Obama Administration in response to the news about this weapon, I have some ideas about what they might say Bob McCarty Writes http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2418518/posts#comment Thu, 31 Dec 2009 18:54:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417870/posts The Nigerian man accused of trying to bomb an airliner on Christmas Day attended classes here last year, a leader of a Houston Islamic educational institution said today. Shaykh Waleed Basyouni, vice president for the AlMaghrib Institute in Houston and imam of the Clear Lake Islamic Center, said he would provide more details on 23-year-old Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab’s studies in Houston this afternoon. Basyouni had asked a team of staffers to investigate a report that Abdulmutallab had attended classes at the institute in 2008. The Nigerian-born son of a prominent banker, Abdulmutallab is accused of attempting to blow up a... Houston Chronicle http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417870/posts#comment Wed, 30 Dec 2009 20:35:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417212/posts President Obama said Tuesday that a "mix of human and systemic failure" allowed a terror suspect to board a U.S. airliner in the botched bombing attempt on Christmas Day. CNN http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417212/posts#comment Tue, 29 Dec 2009 22:07:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416397/posts Today, while Christians around the world are celebrating Christmas, radical Muslims will be gathering in Atlanta, Georgia for the beginning of their annual hatefest. The irony of this cannot be overstated, as the group sponsoring the event, ICNA, and its followers openly denounce Christians and propagate material cursing and calling for violence against Christians. ICNA or the Islamic Circle of North America was created nearly 40 years ago as the American affiliate to the terror-related Jamaat-e-Islami (JI), the Muslim Brotherhood of Pakistan. But while JI has focused the majority of its faith-based ire on Hindus, the religious groups of choice... Front Page Magazine http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416397/posts#comment Mon, 28 Dec 2009 18:23:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412768/posts SNIPPET: "If a major homegrown terrorist attack happens on U.S. soil in the coming years, 2009 will be looked at as the year when the warning signs were missed. According to the Rand Corporation, the U.S. has experienced 30 homegrown terrorism plots since 9/11. One-third of these occurred in 2009; a frightening spike that warrants more attention than it is currently being given by public officials. The Obama Administration began its term by refusing to include terms like “radical Islam” as part of its lexicon. The Global War on Terrorism was alternatively called an “overseas contingency operation” or “a campaign... FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412768/posts#comment Tue, 22 Dec 2009 05:48:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409627/posts JUDITH MILLER Apple-Pie Jihad Homegrown terror takes root. 11 December 2009 They are named David. They are clean-shaven dental students and attendees of community colleges. They study hard, play sports, and open Facebook accounts. Their friends call them “normal Joes.” And they’re being arrested in ever-growing numbers, would-be terrorists plotting to kill their fellow Americans and conduct “holy war” at home and abroad. Wednesday’s arrest in Pakistan of five Muslim-American men attests to a growing phenomenon: the radicalization of young American Muslims on American soil. When the New York Police Department first issued a 90-page report in August 2007 asserting... City Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409627/posts#comment Thu, 17 Dec 2009 16:27:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2404676/posts Five young American Muslims arrested in Pakistan met with representatives of an al-Qaida linked group and asked for training but were turned down because they lacked references from trusted militants, a Pakistani law enforcement official said Thursday. SNIP Javed Islam, a regional police chief in Pakistan, said the men wanted to join militants in the country's tribal area before crossing into Afghanistan and said they met with a banned military organization, Jaish-e-Mohammed in Hyderabad, and with representatives of a related group, Jamat-ud-Dawa, in Lahore. Another law enforcement official, Usman Anwar, the local police chief in Sargodha, told The Associated Press... AP via The Houston Chronicle http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2404676/posts#comment Thu, 10 Dec 2009 17:27:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2403747/posts The FBI is searching for five "missing students" from the Washington, D.C., area who may have gone overseas, according to a source familiar with the situation. Families of the missing men "raised concerns" with the FBI, which has launched an investigation into the matter, the source said. The source said agents from the FBI's Washington field office have been interviewing family members, friends and others who may know where the five students went, and how they got there. "It's a concern," the source said of the missing men. It is believed the men are Muslim. Asked whether the men may... Fox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2403747/posts#comment Wed, 9 Dec 2009 16:06:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2401902/posts As the United States turns its attention to security threats abroad, the disturbing trend of extremism in America’s Somali communities is a reminder that there are also real and present dangers at home. A growing body of evidence suggests that Somali communities in the Unites States have become fertile ground for terrorist groups to recruit and implant operatives. On November 23, the federal government announced eight more indictments of Somali-Americans in Minnesota on charges of recruiting members of their community to join the al-Shabaab terrorist organization in Somalia. This brings to 14 the number of Somalis from Minnesota who have... FrontPage Magazine http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2401902/posts#comment Mon, 7 Dec 2009 09:34:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2399216/posts Al-Qaeda followers are inside the United States and would like to attack targets here and in other countries, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said Wednesday night. WASHINGTON POST.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2399216/posts#comment Thu, 3 Dec 2009 13:11:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2398683/posts Defense Attorney Hints at Army's Possible Conflicts of Interest Galligan said he is also concerned about the composition of the "Sanity Board," since it would be likely to include Army psychiatrists. Major Hasan is himself a psychiatrist, and his alleged actions have raised questions about his training and about whether warning signs were missed by the Army's medical personnel. ABC News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2398683/posts#comment Wed, 2 Dec 2009 20:05:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2386607/posts SNIPPET: “Accusing the alleged cop killer of waging a “one-man war against police,” King County Prosecutor Dan Satterberg announced charges that could see Christopher J. Monfort executed. Monfort, 41, has been charged with aggravated first-degree murder in the Oct. 31 slaying of Seattle Police Officer Tim Brenton, Satterberg announced Thursday. Prosecutors also charged Monfort with three counts of attempted first-degree murder and one count of arson, asserting that the man rigged several bombs at a City of Seattle garage hoping to kill officers and firefighters. Like Monfort’s other intended victims, Brenton and partner Officer Britt Sweeney were “targeted solely because... SEATTLEPI.com - SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2386607/posts#comment Sat, 14 Nov 2009 23:25:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2385810/posts ilitary prosecutors plan to seek the death penalty for alleged Fort Hood shooter Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, who was formally charged Thursday with 13 counts of premeditated murder, according to a senior Army officer familiar with the matter. The last execution of an active-duty serviceman took place in 1961. Despite evidence that Maj. Hasan had contact with a radical Muslim cleric, the decision to file the murder charges against him in military court, rather than in a civilian one, reflects the Army's belief that the suspect acted alone and without any assistance from foreign or domestic terror groups. Christopher Grey,... Wall Street Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2385810/posts#comment Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:26:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2385248/posts U.S. District Judge Dee Benson on Thursday rejected a plea bargain that called for a Layton man to serve six months in prison for releasing hundreds of mink last year in support of animal rights. Instead, Benson said he plans to sentence William James Viehl to at least two years behind bars and could go even higher. The law allows a maximum of five years imprisonment. The judge said he generally deals leniently with offenders who have no criminal record. But he said Viehl's actions -- letting more than 600 mink out of their pens at the McMullin Fur Farm... The Salt Lake Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2385248/posts#comment Fri, 13 Nov 2009 03:05:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2385034/posts Of all the sins of the campus left, the worst is hypocrisy. Academic freedom is a spigot they turn on and off at their convenience. This evening, Ray Luc Levasseur, a convicted terrorist who served 18 years of a 45-year sentence, will participate in a "Colloquium on Social Change" at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, sponsored by a "progressive" faculty group called "Social Thought and Political Economy." Levasseur was the leader of the United Freedom Front, which worked for social change from 1976 to 1984 by bombing government buildings, robbing banks, murdering a New Jersey state trooper, and attempting... American Thinker http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2385034/posts#comment Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:59:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2385030/posts Just as Muslims turned in massive support for the Detroit Imam who was shot dead by the FBI, they have packed the courtroom in support of an American Muslim accused of wanting to open fire on mall shoppers. They stick together, while we fight amongst ourselves over whether there really is an Islamic threat. This needs to change. Supporters of Sudbury terror suspect pack courtroom Islam in Action http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2385030/posts#comment Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:52:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2384938/posts The ranking Republican on the House intelligence committee on Tuesday night accused the White House of withholding information on the Fort Hood attack. Rep. Pete Hoekstra (Mich.) said administration officials delayed briefing members of Congress about the alleged gunman, raising "red flags" about what the White House was hiding. "When they withhold information, you always start asking questions," Hoekstra told Fox News. "That's what raises red flags. What do they know that they don't want us to know?" Hoekstra linked President Barack Obama's handling of Fort Hood to a chain of other GOP criticisms of the president, including the administration's... The Hill http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2384938/posts#comment Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:53:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2384002/posts LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — U.S. Sen. John McCain says last week's shooting rampage at Fort Hood, Texas was an "act of terror." McCain said there were signs that the alleged shooter had shown "disturbing behavior" and that those signals should have been passed along to the proper authorities. The Arizona Republican made the comments Wednesday during a Veteran's Day speech at the University of Louisville as a guest of Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell. AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2384002/posts#comment Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:00:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2383977/posts A few short days ago thirteen America soldiers were murdered in cold blood on American soil by an American Muslim terrorist – Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan. The day after this heinous crime was committed against members of the American military by an American Muslim, members of the Islamic community spoke out about the incident . . . No Compromise Media http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2383977/posts#comment Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:34:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2383527/posts JARRATT, Va. -- John Allen Muhammad, the sniper who kept the Washington region paralyzed by fear for three weeks as he and a young accomplice gunned down people at random, was executed Tuesday night by lethal injection. The Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2383527/posts#comment Wed, 11 Nov 2009 02:21:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2383481/posts According to the Seattle Times, the suspect in the slaying of Seattle Police Officer Timothy Brenton has been labeled as a “domestic terrorist” by Assistant Seattle Police Chief Jim Pugel.   Nobody in an official capacity appears to have slapped that label on Army Major Nidal Malik Hasan, although there has been plenty of banter about that involving people like Dick Morris and even Sen. Joseph Lieberman, who is now asking for a probe into Hasan’s background. (Indeed, one has to work hard to find anyone using that label in relation to Naveed Haq, the man on trial – for the... Examiner http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2383481/posts#comment Wed, 11 Nov 2009 01:34:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2383382/posts t - 3 hrs and counting down.. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2383382/posts#comment Tue, 10 Nov 2009 23:03:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2383393/posts Virginia Gov. Timothy M. Kaine (D) denied clemency for John Allen Muhammad on Tuesday, clearing the way for the sniper to be executed by lethal injection at 9 p.m. and putting an end to one of the most trying local criminal cases in U.S. history. Muhammad, 48, was convicted of capital murder in the slaying of Dean Harold Meyers on Oct. 9, 2002, at a gas station outside of Manassas, part of a spree that left 10 people dead in the Washington area and included shootings in several other states. A jury in Virginia Beach, where the trial was moved... The Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2383393/posts#comment Tue, 10 Nov 2009 23:09:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2383157/posts STREAMING ON FOX: http://interactive.foxnews.com/livestream/live.html?chanId=5 FOX http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2383157/posts#comment Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:41:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2383203/posts WASHINGTON - The man at the center of the investigation for the sniper shootings says he won't be at John Allen Muhammad's execution Tuesday night. "I don't think I will be personally interested. I have seen a lot of death and destruction and I don't think I am interested anymore," former Montgomery County Police Chief Charles Moose tells Channel 5. Moose was the face of law enforcement during those three terrifying weeks in October 2002. Muhammad is scheduled to be executed at 9 p.m. for the killing of Dean Harold Meyers at a Manassas gas station. Meyers is one of... WTOP.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2383203/posts#comment Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:45:20 GMT