http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/jihadinamerica/ en-us Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:52:05 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050585/posts Lawmakers Who Vote Against Our Security Deserve Our Scorn by Jeffrey Imm Last week, there was an interesting development in the U.S. House of Representatives that will give Americans a clear view as to exactly where their individual representatives stand on the war of ideas in fighting Jihad.Per my previous article on this subject, on May 8, 2008, Congressman Peter Hoekstra attempted to add an amendment on the "terror lexicon" to a House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence bill on 2009 intelligence funding (House Resolution 5959).   Hoekstra's amendment condemned efforts by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), National Counter... Family Security Matters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050585/posts#comment Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:52:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050013/posts HOLLAND, Mich., July 23 (UPI) -- A Republican Michigan congressman is fighting a Bush administration ban on using words offensive to Muslims while describing terrorists. Rep. Peter Hoekstra offered an amendment last week to the 2009 Intelligence Authorization Act that would ban financing for any restriction on use of words such as "jihadist" and "Islamist." Fellow Republican Michigan Reps. Joe Knollenberg and Thaddeus McCotter, and Democratic Rep. Bart Stupak, supported the amendment which was approved by a 249-180 vote in the House, The Detroit News reported Wednesday. Some analysts say the words inadvertently honor terrorists while they are considered slurs... upi via email no link http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050013/posts#comment Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:51:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049824/posts NEW YORK (CNN) -- Ads promoting Islam are to be placed on New York subway cars in September, but a U.S. congressman finds people sponsoring the messages unacceptable. "I have no problem with the ad itself, but I have a very, very real problem with those behind it," Rep. Peter King, a New York Republican, said Tuesday. He is urging the Metropolitan Transit Authority to reject the ads. The campaign is to feature ads on 1,000 of the subway system's roughly 6,200 cars. The main sponsor is a grass-roots organization, Islamic Circle of North America. The ads, simple black-and-white panels,... CNN.Com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049824/posts#comment Wed, 23 Jul 2008 08:48:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049790/posts GUANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE, Cuba (Reuters) - Osama bin Laden's driver knew the target of the fourth hijacked jetliner in the September 11 attacks, a prosecutor said on Tuesday in an attempt to draw a link between Salim Hamdan and the al Qaeda leadership in the first Guantanamo war crimes trial. REUTERS http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049790/posts#comment Wed, 23 Jul 2008 05:05:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/929008/posts CHICAGO (AP)--Prosecutors accused an Islamic charity leader of extensive ties with Osama bin Laden's terrorist network, saying he ushered dozens of armed warriors into Bosnia to establish a base there. Enaam Arnaout ``allowed violent persons both inside and outside of the al-Qaida network to flow to areas of conflict and survive there under the cover of an American charity,'' prosecutors said in court papers made public Friday. Arnaout, 41, is scheduled to be sentenced Monday on racketeering charges. He admitted defrauding donors to Benevolence International Foundation by sending supplies to military-style units in Bosnia and Muslim rebels fighting Russians in... Dayton Daily News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/929008/posts#comment Sat, 14 Jun 2003 14:33:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2049520/posts The Islamic Society of North America's (ISNA) roots in the Muslim Brotherhood have been strengthened by newly declassified FBI memos and from a second, highly unlikely source. The records, recently obtained by the Investigative Project on Terrorism through Freedom of Information Act requests, show that FBI agents investigated a parent organization to ISNA, the North American Islamic Trust (NAIT), during the mid 1980s. The FBI investigation concluded that the Muslim Brotherhood members who founded U.S.-based groups had risen to "leadership roles within NAIT and its related organizations," including ISNA, "which means they are in a position to direct the activities... IPT News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2049520/posts#comment Tue, 22 Jul 2008 19:16:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049288/posts An Islamic subway-ad campaign being promoted by a controversial Brooklyn imam is gaining attention -- with some straphangers angered over the choice of spokesman. The push to promote Islam on the rails this September, in a $48,000 ad campaign sponsored by the Islamic Circle of North America, was reported in The New York Post Monday. Although the group says the ads -- which will coincide with the holy month of Ramadan -- aim to educate non-Muslims and reach out to those interested in joining the faith, many are incensed that Imam Siraj Wahhaj was chosen as the face of the... WNBC.COM http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049288/posts#comment Tue, 22 Jul 2008 12:14:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049247/posts New York City subway to host Muslim recruit campaign Siraj Wahhaj has defended convicted would-be bombers and labeled FBI and CIA agents "real terrorists," according to a report by the New York Post. He is now attempting to convince New York City residents that Islam is a religion of peace by promoting advertisements for the Islamic Circle of North America. The campaign has been approved by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and is set to run four weeks in September during Ramadhan. Wahhaj, a former member of the Nation of Islam, was named by U.S. Attorney Mary Jo White as one... WorldNetDaily.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049247/posts#comment Tue, 22 Jul 2008 09:29:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049109/posts A California terrorist who plotted to wage war against the United States was sentenced Monday to more than 12 1/2 years in prison, prosecutors said. Gregory Patterson, 24, of Gardena was part of a domestic terrorist cell that intended to wage jihad, or holy war, against U.S. military facilities, as well as Israeli and Jewish targets and "infidels," the U.S. Justice Department said. Another member of the cell, Levar Washington, 30, was sentenced to 22 years in prison last month. The men had pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court last December to conspiring to wage war against the United States.... UPI http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049109/posts#comment Tue, 22 Jul 2008 00:37:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049013/posts A former college student who was sentenced to 12½ years in federal prison today broke down crying as he apologized for his part in a rare domestic terrorism plot to kill Jewish civilians, as well as attack U.S. military sites and recruiting centers in Southern California. Gregory Patterson, 24, of Los Angeles pleaded guilty in December to two counts: conspiracy to levy war against the United States through terrorism and conspiracy to possess and discharge firearms. "Your honor, I'm thoroughly embarrassed and appalled by my actions," a shackled Patterson told U.S. District Court Judge Cormac J. Carney. "I don't even... The Orange County Register http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049013/posts#comment Mon, 21 Jul 2008 21:54:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048853/posts Welcome to your Monday morning blood-boiler. The NY Post reports that a jihadi group in NYC planning on running a series of subway ads is led by a Muslim imam tied to the terror plot to bomb the city’s landmarks. Submission: Allah board!An Islamic group plans to blitz 1,000 subway cars with advertisements this September in a campaign being promoted by a Brooklyn imam whom federal officials have linked to a plot to blow up city landmarks.The group says its mission is to explain the true nature of Islam to non-Muslims who believe the religion is bent on acts of... michellemalkin.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048853/posts#comment Mon, 21 Jul 2008 16:54:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048842/posts MUSLIM SUBWAY ADS LINKED TO TERROR PLOTS - New York Post Jul 21, 2008 ... An Islamic group plans to blitz 1000 subway cars with advertisements this September in a campaign being promoted by a Brooklyn imam whom ... nypost http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048842/posts#comment Mon, 21 Jul 2008 16:39:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048772/posts A Pakistani filmmaker has launched a campaign to secure the release of 78 American teenagers from a Taliban-backed madarsa in the country and asked the US to step in to check students enrolment in radical seminaries to close ''the pipeline to jihad''. Imran Raza, who helped secure the release of two US teenagers of Pakistani origin, found up to 80 other such boys and girls in Karachi-based Jamia Binoria madarsa while shooting Karachi Kids a documentary on American children in Pakistan's seminaries that will be released next week. Raza's film focuses on Noor Elahi Khan, 17, and Mahboob Elahi Khan,... Press Trust of India http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048772/posts#comment Mon, 21 Jul 2008 14:30:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047791/posts War On Terror: After 9/11, Pakistan promised to close its radical madrassas as part of anti-terror reforms. Now we learn they're not only still open, but also recruiting and brainwashing American boys.All told, 600 American children are being indoctrinated into jihad in 22 madrassas across Pakistan. A U.S. filmmaker stumbled on them while tracing the path of the London suicide bombers. He discovered they attended the same radical Islamic schools. A congressional delegation has confirmed his findings. One particularly radical school in Karachi freely displays a banner at its main gate urging Muslims to join the Taliban. At least 80... IBD Editorials http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047791/posts#comment Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:07:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2046819/posts Nearly seven years after the 9-11 attacks, the Bush administration is finally reconsidering its opposition to one of the most effective counterterrorism weapons at its disposal. In the months ahead, FBI agents may be able to profile potential terrorists on the basis of suspicious traits and activities, including their ethnic and religious backgrounds. Those most likely to commit acts of Islamic terrorism will no longer be able to hide in plain sight. It is a modest step. The Justice Department insists that the “FBI is not going to open an investigation simply on the basis of race, ethnicity, or religion.”... FrontPageMagazine.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2046819/posts#comment Thu, 17 Jul 2008 12:08:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2046817/posts CAIR’s Medical School Grievance Theater   By Patrick PooleFrontPageMagazine.com | Thursday, July 17, 2008 When Iram Qureshi of Dublin, Ohio was dismissed from the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine last month after having to repeat her first year and then failing two “systems” in her second year after she stopped attending classes, she did what any normal American Muslim woman would seem to do these days – she called the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) and sued.Tragically, perhaps fatally one day for one of her future patients, a Kanawha County Circuit Court judge has granted her a... Frontpagemagazine http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2046817/posts#comment Thu, 17 Jul 2008 12:06:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2046555/posts A former corrections officer has filed a religious discrimination lawsuit against the Kane County Sheriff's Department, claiming he was forced to resign after refusing to shave his traditional Muslim beard. The lawsuit, filed Monday in federal court, seeks unspecified damages and a letter of apology to Abal Zaidi, who says he was forced out of the department because of his faith. "I always had a beard as long as I can remember," Zaidi, 31, said in a brief telephone interview Tuesday. "They were just giving me a hard time." According to the lawsuit, Zaidi, of Streamwood, was a Kane County... Daily Herald http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2046555/posts#comment Wed, 16 Jul 2008 21:54:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2046244/posts Saudi “Charities” and the War Against America   By Jamie GlazovFrontPageMagazine.com | Wednesday, July 16, 2008 Frontpage Interview’s guest today is Alex Alexiev, vice president for research at the Center for Security Policy. FP: Alex Alexiev, welcome to Frontpage Interview. Alexiev: Thank you, Jamie, It’s always a pleasure to chat with you.FP: The U.S. government recently designated the infamous Saudi Al-Haramain Islamic Foundation as a terror financier. Tell us about Al Haramain. Alexiev: Well, there is a lot to tell and a lot has been written about it already in the counterterrorism blog and elsewhere for those who want... Frontpagemagazine http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2046244/posts#comment Wed, 16 Jul 2008 12:15:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2046082/posts By Jerry Markon and Ben Hubbard Washington Post Staff Writers Tuesday, July 15, 2008; Page B01 A Saudi-funded academy in Fairfax County used textbooks as recently as 2006 that compared Jews and Christians to apes and pigs, told eighth-graders that these groups are "the enemies of the believers" and diagrammed for high school students where to cut off the hands and feet of thieves, a Washington Post review of the books has found. Saudi officials acknowledged that the textbooks used at the Islamic Saudi Academy had contained inflammatory material since at least the mid-1990s but said they ordered revisions in... Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2046082/posts#comment Wed, 16 Jul 2008 01:01:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2045971/posts In the documentary film "Karachi Kids", two brothers from Atlanta who were forced to study at a Pakistani madrassa wanted to take the "first plane back to America", but three years later, the boys had been brainwashed into jihad. VIDEO Eyeblast.tv http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2045971/posts#comment Tue, 15 Jul 2008 21:29:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2045969/posts A Saudi-funded academy in Fairfax County used textbooks as recently as 2006 that compared Jews and Christians to apes and pigs, told eighth-graders that these groups are “the enemies of the believers” and diagrammed for high school students where to cut off the hands and feet of thieves, a Washington Post review of the books has found. It seems that some pretty smart kids go there. And the school's track record is pretty good, if you don't count the one kid who bypassed college, joined al-Qaeda, and tried to kill President Bush. The Patriot Room http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2045969/posts#comment Tue, 15 Jul 2008 21:24:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2045934/posts WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush can order the imprisonment of an al Qaeda suspect in the United States but the detainee must be able to challenge his status as an "enemy combatant," a federal appeals court ruled on Tuesday. The court, based in Richmond, Virginia, was split 5-4 on both issues in a mixed ruling about a Qatari national, Ali Saleh Kahlah al-Marri, the only foreign national held in the United States as an "enemy combatant." If the government's allegations about Marri are true, then the U.S. Congress gave Bush the power to detain him as part of... Reuters on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2045934/posts#comment Tue, 15 Jul 2008 20:19:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2045555/posts WASHINGTON (AFP) - A watch list of suspected and known terrorists, compiled by the US authorities, has ballooned and contains more than one million names, the American Civil Liberties Union said Monday. The ACLU said it derived that figure from a Justice Department report on the FBI's Terrorist Screening Center, which consolidates terrorist watch list information. The Center "had over 700,000 names in its database as of April 2007 and that the list was growing by an average of over 20,000 records per month," according to a report by the Justice Department Inspector General, the rights group said. "By those... AFP on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2045555/posts#comment Tue, 15 Jul 2008 02:49:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2039268/posts EMP is electromagnetic radiation from an explosion (especially a nuclear explosion). The worst of the pulse lasts for only a second but any unprotected electrical equipment - and anything connected to electrical cables, which act as giant lightning rods or antennas - are affected by it. If a nation with a nuclear bomb and the ability to explode it high above an American city were to do so, it would have a massive effect in all directions. Almost immediately all communications systems in the country would be disrupted completely. No radio. No television. No internet. Indeed no electricity at all.... Cross Action News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2039268/posts#comment Tue, 1 Jul 2008 17:12:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2045472/posts A WATCH list of suspected and known terrorists, compiled by the US authorities, has ballooned and contains more than one million names, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) said today. The ACLU said it derived the figure from a Justice Department report on the FBI's Terrorist Screening Centre, which consolidates terrorist watch list information. The centre "had over 700,000 names in its database as of April 2007 and that the list was growing by an average of over 20,000 records per month", according to a report by the Justice Department Inspector-General, the rights group said. "By those numbers, the list... Herald Sun http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2045472/posts#comment Tue, 15 Jul 2008 00:05:32 GMT