http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/jihadinamerica/ en-us Sun, 3 Jan 2010 02:35:24 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2419792/posts <p>WASHINGTON (AP) -- A top counterterrorism official is warning that al-Qaida and other extremists are working to test U.S. defenses and launch an attack on American soil.</p> <p>National Counterterrorism Center Director Michael Leiter says the failed Christmas Day attempt to bring down a U.S. airliner is the starkest reminder of that threat.</p> New York Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2419792/posts#comment Sun, 3 Jan 2010 02:35:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2419443/posts The lawyer appointed to represent the man accused of attempting to bomb Northwest Flight 253 had prior success helping to defend an alleged terrorist. Miriam Siefer, the chief public defender in Detroit, also has handled cases involving disturbances on other Northwest flights, including one in which a man pleaded guilty after illegally transporting ammunition and saying he was traveling overseas to kill Osama bin Laden. Defense lawyers with experience in terrorism-related cases say Ms. Siefer's latest job -- representing 23-year-old Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, who was charged with trying to blow up a Christmas Day flight to Detroit -- will be... Wall Street Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2419443/posts#comment Sat, 2 Jan 2010 13:28:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2418968/posts On August 1, 2001, Hollywood actor James Woods witnessed four men of Middle Eastern appearance engaged in suspicious behavior on a transcontinental flight from Boston to Los Angeles. Mr. Woods’ first public recounting of his observations was five months after 9/11 on The O’Reilly Factor. During that February 15, 2002 broadcast, Mr. Woods stated that the suspicious behavior of the four men “would have been blatantly obvious to the most casual observer.” Investigation ultimately confirmed that the actor witnessed a “practice run” for the 9/11 hijackings. He ultimately learned that all four men he observed aboard his flight were terrorists... CAnada Free Press/ Northeast Intelligence Network http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2418968/posts#comment Fri, 1 Jan 2010 15:55:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2419107/posts ATLANTA (AP) -- Delta Air Lines' chief is upset the 278 passengers and 11 crew members aboard Flight 253 were put at risk by a suspected terrorist despite the carrier's compliance with government security measures. CEO Richard Anderson told employees in a recorded message Thursday that airlines have done everything the government has asked since 9/11 to follow advanced passenger notification requirements and heightened screening measures. He said that should have brought a better result than the peril those aboard the Christmas flight from Amsterdam to Detroit faced. Delta will insist Washington do a better job. "Having this occur again... AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2419107/posts#comment Fri, 1 Jan 2010 20:10:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418560/posts State Department spokesman Ian Kelly held a press conference Monday afternoon at the State Department focused almost exclusively on State's role in the visa process for the underwear bomber Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab. Here are the important parts: Abdulmutallab received his State Department visa on June 16, 2008. It was good for two years. As for what was the classification under which he applied for a visa, "We don't talk about what's on his application," Kelly said. "You damn well better start talking about it because you're about to have the hammer of God come down on your head," a reporter... The Cable http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418560/posts#comment Thu, 31 Dec 2009 19:48:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418090/posts WASHINGTON, DC, December 30, 2009 (ENS) - President Barack Obama today ordered federal agencies to establish a national system for dispensing medical countermeasures in the event of a large-scale biological attack, "with anthrax as the primary threat consideration." The U.S. Postal Service would be responsible for delivering the medical countermeasures, such as antibiotics, to residents for self administration across all communities in the United States, according to the President's Executive Order issued today. Anthrax is an acute infectious disease caused by the spore-forming bacterium Bacillus anthracis, which can cause human disease through ingestion, through the skin, and by inhalation. Although... ens-newswire.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418090/posts#comment Thu, 31 Dec 2009 02:29:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417890/posts Kristol: Obama Can Still Designate Abdulmutallab An Enemy Combatant Unable to defend themselves on the merits, the administration and Democratic leaders are trying to change the topic to blaming Bush and Republicans. This is pathetic. First of all, Obama is president. He has been for almost a year. Whatever mistakes Bush did or didn’t make, Obama is in charge -- and the issue isn’t partisan score-settling, it’s whether the system he is in charge of is working. It isn’t. One reason the system isn’t is some of the people he put in charge -- Janet Napolitano and Dennis Blair come... Weekly Standard http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417890/posts#comment Wed, 30 Dec 2009 21:03:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2416539/posts A Newport Michigan couple, who were on board Northwest Airline flight 253, report that an Indian man tried to get Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab on board the plane without a passport. The couple also allege that a different Indian man was arrested after the plane had landed when a bomb sniffing dog detected a bomb in his carry on bag. And, now this:A Wisconsin family aboard the plane that Nigerian man Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab is accused of trying to bomb on Christmas Day said another passenger videotaped the entire flight including the attempted detonation of explosives, local media reports. Patricia and... My Fox Orlando http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2416539/posts#comment Mon, 28 Dec 2009 22:06:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416281/posts CBS News has learned the State Department system designed to keep track of active U.S. visas twice failed to reveal Nigerian terror suspect Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab had been issued an active visa allowing him multiple entries into the United States. According to a law enforcement source, the first failure came on Nov. 19, 2009, the very same day Abdulmutallab father’s, Dr. Umaru Mutallab, a prominent banking official in Nigeria, expressed deep concern to officials at the U.S. Embassy in Abjua, Nigeria, that his 23-year-old son had fallen under the influence of "religious extremists" in Yemen. The second failure to flag... CBS News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416281/posts#comment Mon, 28 Dec 2009 15:42:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416017/posts Janet Napolitano says the system worked. No, we were brave and lucky. A U.S. government that has barred the phrase "war on terror" has nonetheless acknowledged that a failed Christmas day bomb attack on an airliner was a terrorist attempt. Can we all now drop the pretense that we stopped fighting a war once Dick Cheney and George W. Bush left the White House? The attempt by 23-year-old Nigerian Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab follows the alleged murders in Ft. Hood, Texas by Islamist-inspired Major Nidal Hasan in November. Brian Jenkins, who studies terrorism for the Rand Corporation, says there were more... The Wall Street Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416017/posts#comment Mon, 28 Dec 2009 02:27:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2388394/posts We need an observation network of Jihadi Training Camps in the USA. Our government has now classified terrorist acts as crimes. That invokes the right of citizen self defence agaist crimes. To defend ourselves we need information on threat, which our government, including Homeland Security, no longer provides to the people. We need to do that ourselves. A Congressional Hearing into the Issue has been derailed. We need to organize. Seeking Freepers in these locations who are interested in providing information: Jamaat ul-Fuqra camps (Also known as Muslims of America and Quranic Open University) 1. Deposit, NY 2. Hancock, NY... Free Republic Jihadi Intel Thread http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2388394/posts#comment Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:29:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415422/posts A Michigan man who was aboard Northwest Airlines Flight 253 says he witnessed Umar Farouk Abdul Mutallab trying to board the plane in Amsterdam without a passport, and believes at least one other person from the flight was arrested on Friday at Detroit Metro Airport. Kurt Haskell of Newport, Mich., who posted an earlier comment about his experience, talked exclusively with MLive.com and confirmed he was on the flight by sending a picture of his boarding pass. He and his wife, Lori, were returning from a safari in Uganda when they boarded the NWA flight on Friday. Kurt HaskellLori and... mlive.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415422/posts#comment Sat, 26 Dec 2009 19:55:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415271/posts In the past year, exposure of significant jihadist recruitment inside the United States has left Americans worried that "homegrown terrorism" may become a serious threat. Eight years after the atrocities of September 11, 2001, media and government appear stunned by the upsurge of jihad incidents in the United States, including two lethal attacks. The Fort Hood massacre on November 5, for which an Army psychiatrist, Nidal Hasan, has been charged with 13 deaths, has been followed by two more cases. On December 9, five college-age Muslims from northern Virginia were arrested in Pakistan. They were allegedly headed for terror training... Weekly Standard http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415271/posts#comment Sat, 26 Dec 2009 13:32:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415389/posts Rep. Hoekstra: Attempted airline bombing should 'connect the dots' for Obama By Jordan Fabian - 12/26/09 12:46 PM ET Rep. Pete Hoekstra (R-Mich.) Friday said that the attempted bombing of a Northwest Airlines flight bound for Detroit should "connect the dots" for the Obama administration. Hoekstra, who is the top Republican on the House Select Intelligence Committee, told the Detroit Free Press that the attacks are an indication that al Qaeda is beginning to plan more widespread attacks on the United States. “It’s not surprising,” Hoekstra said of the attempt to blow up a Northwest airliner. “People have got to... The Hill http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415389/posts#comment Sat, 26 Dec 2009 18:30:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414701/posts DEA Acting Administrator Michele Leonhart and United States Attorney Preet Bharara announced today the arrests of three individuals for drug and terrorism charges. OUMAR ISSA, HAROUNA TOURÉ, and IDRISS ABELRAHMAN arrived in the Southern District of New York early this morning to face charges of conspiracy to commit acts of narco‑terrorism and conspiracy to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization. The charges stem from the defendants' alleged agreement to transport cocaine through West and North Africa with the intent to support three terrorist organizations ‑‑ Al Qaeda, Al Qaeda in the Islamic Magreb ("AQIM"), and the Fuerzas Armadas... US DOJ http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414701/posts#comment Thu, 24 Dec 2009 22:22:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415298/posts A Dutch airline passenger told The Post how he leapt into action when an alleged Muslim terrorist tried to blow up a Detroit-bound airliner packed with 300 people just moments before landing. Chaos erupted as alleged terrorist Umar Farouk Abdul Mutallab, 23, tried to set off a sophisticated explosive device strapped to his body. "Suddenly, we hear a bang. It sounded like a firecracker went off," said Jasper Schuringa, a film director who was traveling to the US to visit friends. "When [it] went off, everybody panicked ... Then someone screamed, ‘Fire! Fire!’" New York Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415298/posts#comment Sat, 26 Dec 2009 14:55:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415086/posts A 23-year-old Nigerian man tried to light a powdery substance aboard a Northwest Airlines flight before landing in Detroit on Friday, a senior U.S. counterterrorism official told NBC News. Two people noticed the attempt and a third person jumped on the man and subdued him, an airline official told NBC News. The man is being treated at the burn unit of the University of Michigan Medical Center in Ann Arbor, officials said. The man told investigators that he wanted to set off a bomb over the United States, and the incident is being handled as a possibile terrorism attack by... MSNBC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415086/posts#comment Fri, 25 Dec 2009 22:06:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415182/posts An al Qaida-linked suspect who allegedly tried to blow up a transatlantic plane is studying at a UK university, it has been reported. The Nigerian is accused of trying to detonate a powdery substance on a plane from Amsterdam as it prepared to land at Detroit with 278 people on board. US sources said he was subdued by passengers and has since claimed to have been acting for al Qaida. He has been named by ABC News as Abdul Farouk Abdulmutallab, 23, an engineering student at University College London, with the broadcaster citing US government documents. The suspect, who has... This is London http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415182/posts#comment Sat, 26 Dec 2009 03:17:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415162/posts A White House official said the incident was an attempted act of terrorism. The FBI is investigating and President Obama, celebrating Christmas in Hawaii, was told of the incident about three hours after the plane landed, officials said. Obama has told White House officials that all appropriate measures be taken to increase security for air travel, a spokesman said. Nevertheless, officials said, they are not prepared to raise the terrorism alert level, currently at orange -- or the second-highest of five levels -- for domestic and international air travel. Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415162/posts#comment Sat, 26 Dec 2009 02:01:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415137/posts Rep. Peter King has named the suspected terrorist who attempted to blow up an Amsterdam to Detroit flight today as "Abdul Mudallad.", according to the AP in an article timestamped 7:04 p.m. EST.King was just on live with CNN talking about the failed terrorist attack, but the CNN anchor cut King off when he started to say the suspect's name and would not allow King to name him. The anchor said CNN was not able to confirm the name.King is the Ranking Member on the House Homeland Security Committee.Citing federal officials, MSNBC is also naming the suspect, but uses a... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415137/posts#comment Sat, 26 Dec 2009 00:53:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415129/posts Man on Flight to Detroit Claims Al Qaeda Ties; Obama Tightens Security DETROIT -- A passenger on a Detroit-bound Northwest Airlines flight tried to detonate an explosive device that was strapped to his leg and later told investigators that he was trying to blow up the plane and had affiliations with al Qaeda, according to a senior U.S. official. The man, who has not been publicly identified by officials, told investigators that he was given the device by Al Qaeda operatives in Yemen, where he was also given instructions on how to detonate it, the official said. The Associated Press... The Wall Street Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415129/posts#comment Sat, 26 Dec 2009 00:32:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415071/posts Federal officials and police are interviewing a man, believed to be Nigerian, who allegedly was trying to "explode" a powdery substance aboard a flight from Amsterdam to Detroit, injuring himself and two other passengers, law enforcement officials said. ABC News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415071/posts#comment Fri, 25 Dec 2009 21:14:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415055/posts A passenger on a Northwest Airlines flight from Amsterdam, Netherlands, to Detroit, Michigan, caused a brief disturbance Friday at the end of the trip by igniting firecrackers, a Delta Air Lines spokeswoman said... CNN http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415055/posts#comment Fri, 25 Dec 2009 19:59:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2413157/posts The Wall Street Journal reports this week that U.S. investigators are discovering that more and more young Muslims are vanishing from mosques, madrassas, and Islamic centers. The disappearances, the Journal notes, are raising grave concerns among FBI and Homeland Security officials who fear that an onset of jihadist activity will take place on American soil in the near future. Hundreds of Muslim men are also missing from Islamberg and this is not a propitious omen. The New Media Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2413157/posts#comment Tue, 22 Dec 2009 18:43:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2410440/posts You gotta love these terrorists! They make a video for the world to see , and tell us that the majority of America are Muslims--WITHOUT A DOUBT! But I ask my fellow Americans tonight to take a closer look at the video: you'll see something that I bet you skipped over. The leaders of the Muslim terrorists, bent on vanquishing America, are home-grown blacks. In fact, I could've sworn that Muhammad character was an ex-teacher buddy of mine, constantly griping to me about how the Whites must be made to pay....(for what? to whom?which Whites?) I'm waiting for Rev. Al... Facebook http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2410440/posts#comment Fri, 18 Dec 2009 15:58:20 GMT