As US Sen. John Kerry (P-MA) introduces a bill to form a US-Muslim exchange program targeting 27 to 40 years olds, the US Justice Department has announced terror charges against 14 people for aiding and abetting al Shabaab and al Qaeda.
Source: The Christian Science Monitor
| The Justice Department charged 14 people Thursday with funneling recruits and otherwise supporting an Al Qaeda ally inSomalia. The indictments, involving mostly US citizens in Alabama, California, and Minnesota, were handed down just as the Obama administration was issuing an annual terrorism report citing home-grown Islamic militants as a growing terrorism threat. The indictments involve what the government described as a “deadly pipeline” of money and militants to the organizationAl Shabaab, a Somali insurgent group whose leaders have pledged allegiance to Al Qaeda. US Attorney General Eric Holder said at a news conference that the indictments suggest “a very disturbing trend” of support for radical ideologies among some small subgroups of the youth population. He said the country “must prevent this kind of captivation from taking hold.” The indictments focused on the Somali-American community, but Mr. Holder was explicit in praising the community’s leadership for assistance to federal authorities in their investigation of activities cited in the indictments. The indictments provided the latest evidence of radicalization within the Somali-American community, a phenomenon that has been on the radar of federal law-enforcement agencies for the past few years. Some experts cite difficulties in assimilating for some members of the community’s youth population as one reason for the “captivation” with extremism. That same argument is cited in the State Department’s annual terrorism report as a reason Islamist radicalism is likely to continue rising in Western centers of large immigrant populations, particularly in Western Europe. The State Department also highlights the rise in the US of what are sometimes called “home-grown jihadis” – generally young US residents and citizens who become radicalized in their support for extremist Islamist ideologies – in its congressionally mandated annual assessment of trends in international terrorism. The State Department report notes recent cases in which young Americans traveled to Pakistan and Somalia, reportedly to join the Islamist resistance groups. It also takes up the rise of a few Americans to leadership positions in militant groups... State Department coordinator for counterterrorism Daniel Benjamin said that as disturbing as the rise in cases of home-grown Islamist radicalization may be, it is also a trend that was to be expected. Mr. Benjamin said he did not mean to suggest that domestic radicalization was somehow preordained, only that “in any large group, there is a probability that some small fraction of people will be attracted to any particular ideology over time.” Note to Holder and State Dept.: SHUT DOWN THE MUSLIM TRAINING CAMPS! THE TREND FOR "HOME-GROWN" MUSLIM TERRORIST CAN BE CONNECTED TO MUSLIM TERRORIST TRAINING CAMPS. THERE IS A MAP ON THE INTERNET, LISTING EXACTLY WHERE THESE CAMPS ARE LOCATED! Call 911 or Homeland Security - maybe they can assist you! America, do you feel safer since 9-11? Of course not, with looney tune leaders not having the wisdom to know what to do to prevent the growth of Islamic terrorists within America's borders! Cripes! They can't even say the words "radical Islam" without coughing up fur balls! Bee |
