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Ohio Man "Celebrates" 4th of July by Shooting Airman-Then Himself

In Ohio, an off-duty Airman , who works as a loadmaster, was shot ouside his home on Independence Day by an apparently "disturbed" gunman , who "wanted to make a statement " against the military and the government - according to his suicide note .

The Airman was badly wounded.

The gunman "completed his statement" by killing himself.

Little Green Footballs has the story - including an Associated Press "laundering" of the incident.

July 09, 2007 in Homegrown Terrorism | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

The Goldman Sachs Threats : Familiar Rhetoric

Last week, letters went out to a large number of media outlets: letters-mailed from the NYC metropolitan area-that levied familiar-sounding threats against investment giant,Goldman Sachs.

"Hundreds will die.

We are Inside.

You cannot stop us."

Maybe it's just me, but I thought there was some similarity between that rhetoric and this :

" You cannot stop us.

We have this anthrax.

You die now.

Are you afraid ?

Death to America.

Death to Israel.

Allah is great."

Media reports indicate the threat letters were "signed" : AQUSA - which any reasonable person would probably interpret as "Al-Qaeda U.S.A."

The FBI, Postal Inspection Service, and any number of agencies are investigating these letters,in hopes of obtaining some useful clue...but,considering the progress of the FBI's AMERITHRAX investigation, I would not suggest holding my breath.

The FBI , in any event , does not think the Goldman Sachs letters are part of a credible threat...and they may very well be right.

Still, the rhetoric has a familiar tone and message- even if the content has changed a bit to suit a new situation ; and I would not be surprised to learn there are other physical similarities as well.

I must admit to some curiousity as to how this will all work out !

July 07, 2007 in Homegrown Terrorism | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

The" Fort Dix Six "

Yesterday, the media was all a-buzz with wild-but-sketchy details on the six young wannabee Islamists and their ambitious plans to attack Fort Dix.

The list of suspects to date includes:

  • Mohamad Ibrahim Shnewer - age ?- Jordanian born - store clerk;
  • Shain Duka - age 26 - born former Yugoslavia - roofer;
  • Eljvir Duka- age 23 - brother of Shain ,born former Yugoslavia-roofer;
  • Dritan Duka- age 28 - brother of Shain & Eljvir, same P.O.B.-roofer;
  • Serder Tatar- age 23- born in Turkey;
  • Agron Abdullahu - age 24 - born former Yugoslavia. (Agron was known as "the sniper from Kosovo" within the group.)

At the moment, the internet is seething with speculation at least three of the suspects were smuggled into the country. The "Border Patrollers" - a hodgepodge of like-minded anti-immigrant groups - some of which actually have members living in the Border states - (Texas,Arizona, New Mexico, California) -will insist they sneaked across the Rio Grande.They probably came in 3-4 years ago on tourist visas,and "went to earth" once the 30 day period expired - but the "Patrollers" don't want to hear that !

I expect-based on prior observations-we shall soon begin hearing about how unjustly the "Fort Dix Six" are being treated - (Hell, probably as I write this, some dedicated "Progressive" is rushing to publish " the inside story" on how these poor lads were "set up" by the FBI) - and it will soon be published as "a given " that the whole terrorist charade was staged to draw attention away from the Bush administration - and/or to justify new police state measures.

The Alex Jones 9/11 "Truthers" (AJTs) may suggest the whole thing was a Mossad or Bilderberg plot to further Zionist world domination schemes.

CAIR - or some similar organization , will wonder loudly why poor boys of Muslim heritage are being picked on. Some of the wingnuts of the "Christian Right" will express indignation (yet again) because "followers of the Moon God" are tolerated in this country.

There are those who will snicker , and say, because the FBI caught these lads before they could do anything , the whole thing was just a lark. Had they managed to do some harm before the FBI got them,it would be said-with equal fervor-the FBI had failed to protect the American people from vicious terrorists.

This leads me to a small digression: If the FBI had managed to capture the hijackers before they attacked the World Trade Center and Pentagon,would not those same people snicker and belittle their efforts ? Can't you hear it now ? " Boxcutters ? So what if they had boxcutters ??"

Oh, well, not to worry !  By tomorrow there will be something else to divert attention from the very real existence of a large number of "home grown" terror cells - whose "sacred causes" range from Islamic Jihad to machine-gunning Mexican border crossers.

They are out there folks, and no amount of snide, supercilious commentary will make them go away.

May 09, 2007 in Homegrown Terrorism | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

Animal Rights "Activists" Sentenced in Federal Court-Ending Virtual Reign of Terror

Three animal rights "activists" have been sentenced in Federal Court , Trenton, NJ to terms of imprisonment and followup probation : an action,it is hoped, will bring a 5 year campaign of domestic terrorism to a halt.

According to Prosecutors,the campaign - launched by a group calling itself SHAC (Stop Huntington Animal Cruelty) targeted the premises,employees, business associates,stockholders, and even the insurer of Huntington Life Services: a NJ based pharmaceutical research company that is authorized to conduct animal testing.

"The activists were found to have coordinated a campaign of intimidating late-night phone calls, harassing emails, rocks thrown through windows of homes, vandalism of personal automobiles, vandalism of homes, and veiled death threats."

Prosecutors on the opening day of the trial showed the image of a young boy who, in response to activists' stalking of his mother, would run and hide whenever his home doorbell rang.

"He was cowering behind the door because he thought 'the animal people' were coming to get him," executive assistant U.S. Attorney Charles McKenna explained to jurors.

"During the first two weeks of the trial, a woman testified she received an email threatening to cut open her 7-year-old son and poison him; a man testified activists overturned his wife's car and smashed all the windows in his home, showering him with glass; a woman testified masked protestors parked outside her house and videotaped her and her young children, while other protestors verbally abused her through megaphones; and several witnesses testified they felt compelled to change phone numbers, constantly check to see if they were being followed while walking or driving, move to new homes, keep their children from playing outside, and purchase guns for self-defense."

An employee of the Marsh insurance company, which insured Huntingdon until dropping the company after being targeted by particularly disturbing harassment, testified SHAC posted her name, the names of her children, her home phone number, the name of her children's school, and the name of her son's teacher on the SHAC Web site, where acts of violence and intimidation against people associated with the firm were applauded."

The defendants claimed their acts were "protected speech" under the First Amendment, but the jurors disagreed: all six were convicted of animal enterprise terrorism, and several also were convicted of multiple counts of conspiring and committing interstate stalking and of telephone harassment.

There had been prior complaints about the "protest group", prior to the federal action. Group members had been charged with "disorderly-level" offenses in the municipal courts,had been fined, and issued restraining orders... that were routinely ignored.

The three defendants sentenced yesterday made two announcements: They plan to appeal,and they expect to be served a vegan diet while in custody.

Following the court ruling, a SHAC spokesperson announced the group plans to resume its campaign against the victims.The SHAC 7website is only slightly less arrogant : it wants you to send money ...

September 13, 2006 in Homegrown Terrorism | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

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