Posted on 01/21/2015 10:11:56 AM PST by Perseverando
Groups fly under radar as Congress seems unconcerned
Last weeks brazen attack by a home-grown terrorist cell in France that targeted the staff of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo has sparked renewed interest in potential cells operating inside the United States.
And there are many.
The FBI is aware of at least 22 paramilitary Islamic communes in the U.S., operated by the shadowy Pakistan-based group Jamaat al-Fuqra and its main U.S. front group, Muslims of the Americas.
With U.S. headquarters in Islamberg, New York, the group headed by Pakistani cleric Sheikh Mubarak Ali Gilani operates communes in mostly remote areas of California, Georgia, South Carolina, New York, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia, Michigan, Tennessee and other states.
The FBI describes the MOA compound in Texas, called Mahmoudberg, as an enclave and communal living site. Located in Brazoria County along County Road 3 near Sweeny, Texas, it was discovered more than 10 years ago by the FBI through a tip from an informant in New York, according to a 2014 article by the Clarion Project.
The Texas commune, in a heavily wooded area, is estimated by a local resident to encompass about 25 acres. It dates back to the late 1980s, the resident said, which is confirmed by the FBI documents previously reported on by WND.
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Oh, wait, I am talking about the government. Never mind.
It will be a problem when they all become a problem at the same time.
HIGHLY doubtful that's the reason. If that were the reason...they CERTAINLY wouldn't be in Sweeny, Texas...which is where I grew up.
Matter of fact, the encampment off of county rd 3 in Sweeny (actually Old Ocean) is about 3 miles as the crow flies from my old house....and I have a high school buddy who lives across the street!
And he CERTAINLY qualifies as an armed redneck...
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