Posted on 12/26/2009 10:06:15 AM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist
ISLAMABAD (AP) ―
Police are trying to determine whether five Americans detained in Pakistan had planned to attack a complex that houses nuclear power facilities, authorities said Saturday.
The young Muslim men, who are from the Washington, D.C., area, were picked up in Pakistan earlier this month in a case that has spurred fears that Westerners are traveling to the South Asian country to join militant groups.
Pakistani police and government officials have made a series of escalating and, at times, seemingly contradictory allegations about the men's intentions, while U.S. officials have been far more cautious, though they, too, are looking at charging the men.
A Pakistani government official alleged Saturday that the men had established contact with Taliban commanders and planned to attack sites in Pakistan. Earlier, however, local police accused the men of intending to fight in Afghanistan after meeting militant leaders.
The men had a map of Chashma Barrage, a complex that along with nuclear power facilities houses a water reservoir and other structures, said Javed Islam, a senior police official in the Sargodha area of Punjab province. He stressed that the men were not carrying a specific map of any nuclear power plant, but rather the whole of Chashma Barrage.
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Splitting hairs now; are they?
The headline is typically deceptive.
I hope Pakistan deals with these “men” in the appropriate way.....not in the way Obama would treat them.
An overlooked article on this was sent out by NAFBPO. The feds can’t decide if they will even charge these jihadists.
They’re afraid they will offend the Muslim ‘community’.
FBI walks tightrope in outreach to Muslims, fighting terrorism
Dec. 20 (by way of NAFBPO)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/19/AR2009121902019.html
[snip]agents and prosecutors facing a dilemma as the case has morphed from a missing persons investigation into a counter-terrorism probe. As U.S. officials consider whether to file criminal charges against the men and how aggressively to prosecute any potential case, some Muslim leaders are calling for leniency, saying the tough approach often used by the Bush administration would alienate a community whose relationship with law enforcement is uneasy.
“Charging them and throwing them in jail is not the solution,” said Nihad Awad, national head of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, which approached the FBI on behalf of the families. “The government has to show some appreciation for the actions of the parents and the community. That will encourage other families to come forward.
Headline emphasizes US men and leaves the muslim part out. Typical drive by media tactics.
bttt
On election night, I heard from the media that with the election of obama, the workd and everyone in it would love us again. What happened?
Very odd strategy. As Americans they would seem to be better suited to attack a target in the Great Satan.
Why waste such valuable resources on a third-class enemy like Pakistan?
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“I hope Pakistan deals with these ‘men’ in the appropriate way.....not in the way Obama would treat them.”
Surely the Pakistani intelligence service will read them their rights... wait... even Pakistanis would have no rights. Oh, dear, I’m thinking they may apply the jumper cables without reading them any rights at all.
Let’s hope so, anyway.
They’ve never been Americans.
Muzzies are muzzies.
EOD.
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