American Muslim Celebrates Jewish Massacre

Video of American Muslims celebrating the massacre of Jews in Jerusalem.

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Ahmed Abdellatif Sherif Mohamed's Youtube Jihad

Via Charlotte Observer:

In a 12-minute video posted on YouTube, an Egyptian man wearing a white shirt, khaki pants and rubber gloves explains in Arabic how to turn a toy boat into a bomb.

His name is Ahmed Abdellatif Sherif Mohamed, and last month he was arrested in Goose Creek after authorities found four PVC pipes containing a mixture of potassium nitrate, kitty litter and sugar in his car’s trunk.

Mohamed told FBI agents he made the video to teach “those persons in Arabic countries to defend themselves against the infidels invading their countries,” according to federal court documents released late Tuesday.

Specifically, he told the FBI “the technology which he demonstrated in the tape was to be used against those who fought for the United States.”

What started as a traffic stop for speeding in South Carolina has led to a two-count federal indictment on terrorism-related charges and a multistate mystery investigators still are working to unravel.

So they were not only working on explosive devices. They were part of the online jihadi community. The big question for me is what were they doing in South Carolina to start with? A bit far from Florida for just a Sunday drive eh?

More here at Weasel Zippers and LGF. more...

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New York al Qaeda Devotee at Ahmadinejad Speech: Nuke Israel

It seems that my "buddy" Yousef al-Khattab--the man formerly known as Joseph Cohen--showed up outside of Columbia University yesterday. What did the Jew who converted to Islam have to say? "Nuke Israel".

You'll notice Yousef's shameless self-promotion on the sign.

Like I said before, he claimed to be in Morocco but he's actually living in New York. And he's not just another Muslim, he actually supports al Qaeda.

That's right, an al Qaeda follower in New York City. I wish I could say he was alone, but he's not. He's affiliated with the followers of Omar Bakri Mohammed who has an organized following in NYC called The Islamic Thinkers Society.

Watch. Your. Backs. more...

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Al Qaeda Targetting US Schools?

It's a bit alarmist, but this piece by Marc Shephard reminds us that al Qaeda has been planning to go after 'soft targets' for some time now. Those soft targets include US schools--and we are talking elementary schools here. The brave mujahidin wouldn't want any one fighting back.

I'm convinced that al Qaeda proper would not hit a school. Why? Because it's bad PR. After the Beslan massacre I think al Qaeda figured out that it is not in their best interests to target children. Trust me, these guys follow the media closely.

They didn't stop beheading civilian hostages in Iraq because they thought it was wrong. They stopped because they realized it looked bad. You'll recall Zawahiri's letter to Zarqawi urging him to drop his favorite method of dispensing with hostages because it alienated Muslims.

So, too, would attacking school children.

But this does not mean that a self-directed homegrown al Qaeda 3.0 cell wouldn't hit a school. In fact, it's a much more likely scenario.

Why? Because these jihadis are fed a non-stop stream of propaganda which convinces them that the US and its allies target school children. That is, they actually believe that we kill children on purpose.

And given that another theme of jihadi propaganda is that attacks against US civilians are only a response to US attacks against Muslim civilians--yes, they really believe that we started this war---then it is no stretch to imagine some enterprising young jihadi and his buddies from the Bronx trying to kill as many school children as they can for "revenge".

I'd be less worried about Arab foreigners driving school buses than I would about the sons of Pakistani doctors and lawyers convinced that the US routinely murders women and children throughout the Ummah. Remember, the filthy murderers at Beslan were not foreigners from Arab lands. They were Russian citizens.

Thanks to Larwyn.

UPDATE: Has it begun already? A bomb outside a school in Liverpool.

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Terror Threats in Florida?

I'm going to have to go with not serious. Yeah, I know the word jihad is in there, but still. Notice that the would-be terrorist dropped the postcard in the mail in Gainesville. I'd start by asking the dumbasses in the Florida State chapter of the MSA. I bet there's at least one member dumb enough to pull this kind of prank.

Hat tip: Martin

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Terror in Tampa Update: Iraqi Terror Angle

In addition to the following news posted below, let me clarify something a source told me: that Youssef Megahed and Ahmed Mohamed were probably not planning to commit acts of terror within the United States, but that they actively helping promote violent jihad outside the US--specifically in Iraq.

Specifically that they were trying to come up with easy ways for would-be jihadis around the world to make bombs. In other words, they were experimenting.

Oh, and did I mention that at least one of the two may have been on his way to Iraq? And not to fight for the good guys......

This SP Times report seems to back that assertion up:

When federal agents searched the men's car, a Toyota Camry registered to Megahed's brother, Yahia Megahed, they found the stuffed pipes wrapped in plastic bags in the trunk alongside a 5-gallon container of gasoline.

Explosives experts categorized the items in the trunk as incomplete pipe bombs, each large enough to blow out windows in a room but not strong enough to destroy a house. Potassium nitrate is a low-grade explosive otherwise used as fertilizer. Kitty litter bound the ingredients while syrup could add fuel....

Agents also found a box of bullets underneath the front passenger seat, where Megahed sat. On a laptop hastily unplugged, agents discovered sites that concerned them, including searches of Qassam rockets, weapons developed by the Palestinian militant group Hamas, often made with steel pipe, liquid sugar and potassium nitrate....

In July, Mohamed posted a video on YouTube that explained how to transform a toy remote controlled car into a detonator, Hoffer said. The 12-minute video is narrated by a man speaking Arabic with an Egyptian accent. It shows no face, only hands.

"Mohamed admitted he made and uploaded it," Hoffer said.

The video's narrator says it's meant "to save one who wants to be a martyr for another day in battle," Hoffer said. The narrator also mentions a previous example that used a remote controlled toy boat. Federal agents searched the New Tampa home of Megahed's family and found a remote controlled toy boat, Hoffer said.

Also, it looks like CAIR knows something. They defend Megahed, but...and this may be a first for CAIR....have harsh words for Mohammed.

Ahmed Bedier, director of the Central Florida office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, was quick to distinguish between Megahed and Mohamed.

"It's obvious there are two separate individuals with different charges and different allegations," he said. "I wouldn't be surprised if the two individuals end up having separate cases altogether."

He defended Megahed, saying it appeared he "just happened to be in the car." But he had harsher words for Mohamed.

If he could talk to Mohamed, Bedier said, "I'd say, 'Wake up!' "

It seems that CAIR ought to head those same words. Wake up CAIR!

Hat tip: allahakchew

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Terrorist Sniper in Michigan?

UPDATE: He's definitely a jihadi. His own words. Lots of updates at this link: Houssein Zorkot's personal jihad website.

My initial reaction was "dumb redneck", but I dunno. Are there any Muslim rednecks up in Dearborn, MI?

Press & Guide:

Houssein Zorkot, a 26-year-old Dearborn resident, was arraigned Tuesday in 19th District Court on multiple felony charges, including carrying a dangerous weapon with unlawful intent — a five-year felony.

Zorkot, a third-year medical student at Wayne State University, was allegedly armed with an AK-47 assault rifle and dressed in black clothing with camouflage paint covering his face when he was arrested Saturday in Hemlock Park.

Thanks to Andy who is pretty much convinced that "Hussein" is Amish. Ha, you're such a moron Andy! Don't you know the Amish don't believe in guns? He's probably Lutheran.

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California Terrorist Gets 24 Years

Homegrown terrorists in the news once again. Since Hayat is an American citizen, shouldn't the charge be treason?

STACLU:A federal judge on Monday sentenced Hamid Hayat, a 24-year-old Lodi cherry packer, to 24 years in prison for his conviction on charges that he underwent terrorist training in Pakistan and then returned to Lodi prepared to wage holy war against fellow Americans.

Don't expect any headlines from the MSM.

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UTSA Muslim Student Assoc. Harass Women, Pt II

Having pulled the first video, the misogynist, anti-Semitic Muslim pigs at UTSA are at it again.

Damn uppity women! Someone page Amanda Marcotte - she's got a bonified woman hater on video here.

ht: LGF

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Muslim Student Assoc. Harasses Women, Jews at UTSA

And the misogynist, anti-Semitic cretins even videotaped it.

ht: LGF

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Terror in Tampa Update: Ammo Found, Charges Against CAIR?

As I've been saying for some time: there is more to this case than is being let on. The first clue was that the FBI seized a computer from the two suspects' apartment. The second clue was when they wanted DNA from the suspects, meaning that at least one of them must be implicated in some other crime.

Ahmed Mohamed also faces charges of helping terrorists by demonstrating how to use explosives. I don't think its going out on a limb to suggest that his "demonstration" was done on the internet.

This new report, which I found via Dan Riehl, also adds two items: the arresting officer grew suspicious when he the suspects threw their laptop in the back seat where there was some ammo.

Normally you'd conclude they just didn't want the officer to see the porn on their computer, but I have a gut feeling that isn't what they were hiding. The internet, foreign Muslim nationals, and ammo aren't exactly the best combination.

As Rabbi Abraham Cooper mentioned yesterday, the internet now amounts to a "virtual university of terror" saving would-be jihadists the expense of traveling to Pakistan or Afghanistan for training.

TBO:

Alarm bells started going off for [Officer] Blakely even before he asked the students any questions, he says. They scrambled to toss a laptop into the back seat. Blakely spotted a box of bullets.

Dan Riehl has more.

Again, as I've said before, the fact that they were in Goose Creek was probably only incidental. I now have confirmation that the two were heading somewhere else. Where that other place was, I have no idea. But they were carrying pipe bombs with them.

Probably not on their way to commit an act of terror. In fact, if my hunch is correct on this one, then they weren't planning any acts of terror here. This doesn't mean they weren't planning on helping terrorists in other parts of the world. Specifically in Diyallah province, Iraq.

I'm also told by a source close to the case that certain high placed members of the Tampa chapter of a well known Islamic "civil rights" organization could face obstruction of justice and other charges for making false statements to the grand jury. Let's put it this way: there may be a very good reason CAIR has shut up since Ahmed Bedier testified at the grand jury....

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American Muslim Threatens Rusty UPDATED/BUMPED

On Friday I challenged members of the Global Islamic Media Front to "come and get us". GIMF is an al Qaeda support group located in Germany. Like most of the cyberjihadis they are a bunch of sissies who speak of themselves as if they were engaged in actual jihad rather than the cyber version of it. They claim to be warriors but the last time I checked making "Best of al Qaeda in Iraq" videos isn't exactly dangerous work.

So, I wasn't surprised when someone took me up on the invitation.

Well, Dr. Rusty, maybe it is time we come for you and for other persecutors of Muslims. Many of these are in the news, and we know where they are.

CH | 09.01.07 - 9:46 am

Ah, a real life death threat....on the internet....very brave, once again. But what is surprising is that CH is in the U.S..

IP: 75.33.93.242
AT&T Internet Services (SW Bell)

Most likely location: Texas

UPDATE: I only had a couple of minutes to write the original post. Notice I said most likely location....that means I wasn't 100% sure.

Gilbert Jonathan Garcia, Webb Girl and Wearyman believe that CH is actually in Ohio. GJC traces it to Cleveland but Wearyman, Webb Girl, another friend to Brecksville, which is a suburb of Cleveland.

And just to make it clear, I don't take this threat seriously at all. It's just par for the course for the pussies at GIMF and other internet jihadis to make such idle threats.

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Terror in Tampa Update: Terrorism Charge Filed!

The plot thickening even more. One charged with transporting explosives across state lines and the other charged with instructing how to use them for violence.

I don't think I'm going too far on a limb to suggest that by "violence" they mean jihad.

Whether or not that jihad was going to be waged in the U.S. or abroad is still a mystery. As I said yesterday, the fact that the Feds want DNA from these characters means they suspect that at least one of them is involved in some other plot. The terror charges today tell us nothing about what that plot was.

Despite what you learned on CSI, it will take some time before the DNA can be processed and compared to another sample. Think days or weeks rather than hours. Expect more charges to be filed at a later time against at least one of them. These charges may be the tip of the iceberg.
AP:

Two Egyptian students at the University of South Florida were indicted Friday for carrying explosive materials across states lines and one of them was charged with teaching the other how to use them for violent reasons.

Ahmed Abdellatif Sherif Mohamed, 24, an engineering graduate student and teaching assistant at the Tampa-based university, faces terrorism charges for teaching and demonstrating how to use the explosives.

And to think that I spent all those years as a teaching assistant actually teaching the assigned subject material when I could have been having fun teaching people how to blow sh*t up! Oh, wait...this is USF...maybe learning jihad is part of the curriculum?

Thanks to Michelle for the tip and for reminding me just how right I was ;-) Looks like she will be doing updates, so check her out for the latest.

UPDATE: Michelle now has link to the actual indictment up. But what I find interesting is Dan Riehl's reminder that there is an unindicted third person involved who fled (or left) to Canada.

Hmmm, could the some other place where their DNA may link them be in Canada?

PS-I'm doubling down on the 'tip of the iceberg' statement above. CAIR went from seething about the two getting arrested to shutting up and 'letting the facts stand on their own merit' way too quick. When CAIR abandons your cause then you are up a creek.

UPDATE: For doriangray--why the Sami al-Arian connection matters:

If the Goose Creek two turn out to be the real deal, their recruitment and radicalization may have taken place in engineering school at USF.

Maybe, but I think a likelier explanation would be that they were radicalized on the internet and came to South Florida because of its jihad friendly atmosphere. The fact that the FBI seized their computers is a clue here.

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Terror in Tampa: Suspects Linked to Another Plot?

UPDATE 8/31: Terror charges filed! Thanks to MM for the link.

Whether or not that jihad was going to be waged in the U.S. or abroad is still a mystery. As I said in this post yesterday, the fact that the Feds want DNA from these characters means they suspect that at least one of them is involved in some other plot. The terror charges today tell us nothing about what that plot was.

Despite what you learned on CSI, it will take some time before the DNA can be processed and compared to another sample. Think days or weeks rather than hours. Expect more charges to be filed at a later time against at least one of them. These charges may be the tip of the iceberg.

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No sh*t? "Al Qaeda Planning to Attack the West"

Well, duh. In related news Hillary Clinton plans to run for President, Bush still unpopular, and Franco still dead.

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NYC Muslim Calls Korean Hostages "Terrorists", Smiles at thought of Daniel Pearl Style Beheading

American Muslim convert and New York City native Yousef al-Khattab outdoes himself and compares the Korean hostages to "terrorists" and suggests that because they are guilty of the "crime" of trying to convert Muslim children that they are worthy of Daniel Pearl's death--beheading.

Khattab's Youtube account was suspended because of outrage generated by LGF and other blog readers, including this one, over remarks praising the murder of Daniel Pearl. It looks like al-Khattab has stealthily reentered the Youtube community as SeeFourAtUrDoor. We know this is Khattab because it has his photo up (image right) and also a link to his website where the video is embedded and labeled "Korean Terrorist Crusaders in Afghanistan".

In his Youtube description of the video which shows Afghan children reciting Christian prayers and singing songs, Khattab, who was born Joseph Cohen before converting from Judaism to Islam and taking a new name, says:

Don't fool yourselves the Taliban are not barbarians like the US & it's coalition forces NAY, these Korean Crusaders were tried and sentenced just as the spy Daniel Pearl was. No apology from this Muslim, rather a BIG smile and lots of Duaa (supplications) for my Taliban brothers in Islam.

P.S. I neither support nor condone the Taliban.

He doesn't support them, but it makes him smile to think that the Taliban will behead these civilian hostages? And he asks for prayers for the Taliban, who he, you know, "doesn't support"?

How long before Youtube suspends Khattab's account this time? Hopefully sooner than all the other awful jihadi supporters on Youtube.

I had seen this video several times before on Islamic forum, all with similar reactions, but hadn't thought twice about it until Howie pointed out that Khattab had it up at his website and Youtube page with his despicable comments.

I'm not saying that trying to convert children to ones religion is the best way for any type of missionary to go--Muslim, Christian, Buddhist, or whatever-- but for whatever lack of class that might show it certainly isn't something worthy of death.

Of course, Islam alone officially prescribes the death penalty (as a maximum penalty) for both the apostate and the missionary trying to induce the Muslim to leave the faith. Barbaric.

But I find it absolutely outrageous that an American living in New York City would have such sentiments!

It's not even clear why the children are there. Islamists on the forums linking the video make it sound as if the children are tricked into saying the Christian prayers and songs. But it's not clear that they aren't the children of Christian converts. Nor is it even clear that those leading the prayers and songs are Korean missionaries let alone the same Koreans being held hostage by the Taliban.

I hope the NYPD and the FBI have an eye on Khattab. I know he claims he doesn't support terrorism, but that means nothing from a guy who excludes the beheading murder of civilian hostages from his definition of terror.

Video below.

UPDATE: Michelle Malkin notes that today is day 35 of the Korean hostage crisis and the Taliban have renewed their threats to murder the hostages. Check out the photo she posts of the hostages, do they look like 'terrorists' to you? Somewhere on the streets of NYC Khattab is smiling....... more...

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Seattle ferry evacuated - "suspicious package" found (IMPORTANT UPDATE ADDED - BUMPED - DEVELOPING...

Seattle's Ferry Terminal

Just days after the FBI posted an alert about two "middle eastern" men acting suspiciously aboard Seattle ferry boats, comes word that today a Seattle ferry had to be evacuated when a "suspicious package" was found.

From AP, via KOMOTV:

A "suspicious package" was found at the height of the Wednesday morning commute on one of the largest ferries in the Washington state fleet, idling the vessel for about an hour.
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Patrol Sgt. Craig H. Johnson would not disclose any details on the object, describing it only as a "suspicious package," but said investigators determined it did not pose any immediate threat and carried it off the vessel for further examination.
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Earlier information from law enformcement officials indicating that the package contained sparklers was erroneous.
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No arrests were made and no identified individuals were being sought, but "we'd like to find the person who left it there," Johnson said.

Hat tip: Resa LaRu Kirkland, aka "Warchick"

Update by Vinnie Dude, it's just a bong.

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Terror Dry Run on Seattle Ferries?

The FBI are seeking assistance in identifying these two men. The two men have been reported behaving in an unusual manner on a number of Seattle area ferries.

The photos of the two men were taken by a quick thinking ferry worker. More photos below.

The FBI has been searching for the two for a couple of weeks, but have now asked the public for help. The FBI cautions that the two may have done nothing wrong and that what looks suspicious to some people may be nothing at all. But it seems obvious that those who thought they were acting suspiciously had terrorism on their mind.

Just a precautionary measure? Yes, but Reliapundit reminds us that the Millennium Plot was foiled when a single border guard did something unusual: detained an Arab getting off a ferry.

Several ferries run between Seattle area cities and the Great White North. Ahmed Ressam, the would-be Millennium bomber, was traveling between Victoria, B.C., Canada to Port Angeles.

Michelle Malkin also notes that ferries have been attacked by Islamist terrorists in the past.

Again, precautionary. Probably no big deal. They may be nothing more than curious about how ferries are operated. But if you have information about them, please contact the Seattle FBI. more...

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Padilla Guilty!!!

Breaking: Jury finds Jose Padilla and co-conspirators guilty on all counts!!!!!

UPDATE: Breitbart:

Jose Padilla was convicted of federal terrorism support charges Thursday after being held for 3 1/2 years as an enemy combatant in a case that came to symbolize the Bush administration's zeal to stop homegrown terror.

Padilla, Adham Amin Hassoun and Kifah Wael Jayyousi face possible sentences of life in prison if convicted of all three charges in the case.

Michelle Malkin has the charges:

The charges:

Count 1 - Conspiracy to Murder, Kidnap, and Maim Persons in a Foreign Country as part of a conspiracy to advance violent jihad
Count 2 - Conspiracy to Provide Material Support for Terrorists
Count 3 - Material Support for Terrorists
Counts 4 and 5 are against Hassoun for unlawful possession of a weapon and making a false statement
Counts 6 through 10 are against Hassoun for multiple charges of perjury
Count 11 is against Hassoun for obstruction

Every one covering this: Hot Air and STACLU running updates.

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D.C. Mosque: Embezzlement or Wahhabi Retribution?

The scandal at the Islamic Center of Washington, D.C. centers on embezzlement allegations made against Farzad Darui. Darui claims that the money was not embezzled, but was being used to pay off the mistresses of Abduallah M. Khouj. Polygamy is officially sanctioned under Islamic law, but since the practice is illegal in the U.S., some of these 'mistresses' were really wives. Except for the ones that weren't. At least one of these 'mistresses' is said to have been held against her will.

I'm not sure how that is a good defense. Surely paying off Khouj's wives wasn't in the mosque budget--even if Abduallah M. Khouj is well connected with the Saudi royal family and was a former official at the Muslim World League and even if he was the mosque administrator.

But the crux of Darui's argument is this:

the charges against him had been manufactured by unnamed Saudi government officials as part of a scheme to oust him from his post. Their goal, Darui maintains, was to claim control over the mosque after Darui resisted Saudi efforts to have “radical” Wahhabi figures deliver messages of intolerance there.

“Because Darui barred Islamic radicals, from the [Islamic] Center, the Saudis, via the Center, have falsely accused him of embezzlement,” Darui’s filing claims.

Khouj is said to have invited Ali Al-Timimi, who is in serving life in prison for encouraging Muslims to join the Taliban and engage in jihad against U.S. forces, and Osama Basnan, who was deported because of his known association with 9/11 hijackers Khalid Almihdhar and Nawaf Alhazmi, to speak at the mosque. Darui objected to the radical messages being preached.

The conflict between the Saudi Wahabbi Khouj and the more moderate Iranian born Darui came to a head when Khouj decided to step down and the Saudi government, which funds the mosque,

intended to replace him with a former director of the Institute for Islamic and Arab Sciences, an organization that has been investigated by U.S. officials for possible links to terrorism. (No charges have been filed against the group.) After Darui sought to thwart the move by calling a rare board meeting, “the Religious Section of the Saudi Embassy began spreading the rumor that Darui was embezzling funds.”

And I thought church politics were bad in the Baptist church!

Hat tip: Laura Mansfield

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Home Grown Terrorists A Real Threat, Internet Blamed

Really? Ya think? You mean the internet is a major source of radicalization of Muslims? The Blotter:

U.S. law enforcement officials say they have identified more than two dozen "clusters" of young Muslim men in the northeast United States who are on a path that could lead to homegrown terror, ABC News has learned

They use the word "cluster" because to use the word "cell" would be to imply a greater deal of cohesion and control from outside. But if you think about it, that's at least 24 groups of young Muslim men who live in the Northeast U.S. that may be plotting to blow you up as we speak.

At least one of these "clusters" is certainly the Islamic Thinkers Society of New York.

"The threat is real; this is not some bogey man we are creating here. There are individuals who are proselytizing, inciting angry young men to go down this path," said Jenkins, who reviewed and contributed to the NYPD report.

The report identifies mosques, bookstores, cafes, prisons and flop houses as what it calls "radicalization incubators" that provide "extremist fodder or fuel for radicalization."....

The report, in its conclusions, asserts that the most significant threat to the homeland is not al Qaeda but the spread of the ideology promulgated by violent extremist Muslims, such as those belonging to al Qaeda, into the United States where it helps to radicalize residents....

We assess that the spread of radical -- especially Salafi -- Internet sites, increasingly aggressive anti-U.S. rhetoric and actions and the growing number of radical, self-generating cells in Western countries indicate that the radical and violent segment of the West's Muslim population is expanding, including in the United States," the NIE says in its most significant paragraph on the topic.

Wow, so insightful, new, and shocking.

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Border Agents Bribed by Terrorists?

Those are some serious allegations. I hope to God that they aren't true. The worst part is that it seems that ICE is so badly understaffed that they cannot even investigate the allegations as a criminal matter. Sara Carter in the Washington Times:

A criminal investigations report says several U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services employees are accused of aiding Islamic extremists with identification fraud and of exploiting the visa system for personal gain....

Two District Adjudications Officers are allegedly involved with known (redacted) Islam terrorist members," said the internal document obtained by The Washington Times.

The group "was responsible for numerous robberies and used the heist money to fund terrorist activities. The District Adjudications Officers made numerous DHS database queries to track (Alien)-File movement and check on the applicants' status for (redacted) members and associates."

I'm not sure whether to file this under "Immigration and Border Issues" or "Domestic Terror". I guess both.

This reminds me of a time when we sent out one of our calls to e-mail a terrorist supporter. When the al Qaeda supporter actually responded to one of our readers, we traced his IP to an immigration law firm in Britain. The immigration issue is intimately tied to the threat of terrorism.

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Video: James Ujaama on Jihad

James Ujaama pleaded guilty to terrorism related charges today. Watch the video below of Ujaama and you'll see why he really had no choice.

The video, which was first found by Glen Jenvey, linked Ujaama to Abu Hamza. It wasn't until after seeing the video that Glen had taped and which had worked it's way to the FBI that Ujaama agreed to testify against Abu Hamza. After being released from jail, though, Ujaama fled the country. He was later returned to the U.S. where today Ujaama plead guilty and agreed, once again, to testify against his former associates.

Seattle Times:

James Ujaama, the Seattle man who pleaded guilty in 2003 to aiding the Taliban, admitted to a federal judge in New York on Monday that he fled to Belize last year to avoid testifying against his alleged co-conspirators.

Ujaama, 41, also pleaded guilty Monday to three terrorism charges, including a conspiracy charge related to Ujaama's efforts to establish a jihad-training camp in Bly, Ore., in 1999....

In exchange for the two-year prison sentence, which he completed in 2005, Ujaama agreed to testify against several high-profile alleged terrorism supporters, including al-Masri and at least two of al-Masri's alleged henchmen, Oussama Kassir and Haroon Rashid Aswat.

Aswat has been questioned about the July 7, 2005, London subway and bus bombings that killed 56. All three men have been indicted in the U.S. in connection with the Bly training-camp plot.

Ujaama fled the U.S. with a fake Mexican passport on Dec. 5 of last year....

Ujaama said Monday he fled because he did not want to testify against al-Masri....

Ujaama had said he feared for his life, but federal officials said they aren't convinced his life was in danger. They believe Ujaama may have been attempting to regain credibility within some radical Muslim circles by fleeing to avoid testifying against al-Masri, Kassir and Aswat.

He has also claimed in several occasions that he's "not guilty" of anything. Watch the video and decide for yourself. In it Ujaama speaks of a worldwide Jewish conspiracy to destroy Islam. He also praises Osama bin Laden.

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Afghan Cop Visiting U.S. Assaults Maid

I'm not sure how to read this. Is it just me, or does the article read as if this Afghan cop, who was in the U.S. to be trained, was trying to rape the maid? Why the kidnapping charge and not attempted rape? Or maybe there is some kind of legal distinction I'm missing here?

The State:

An Afghan police officer in town to train with Columbia police was charged today with assaulting and kidnapping a hotel maid, Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott said.

Mohammad Arif Nabel, 43, of Kabul, Afghanistan, was charged with assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature and kidnapping. He was being held at the Richland County Sheriff’s Department until he could be taken to the county jail for booking.

Lott said a 38-year-old housekeeper at the Hampton Inn at 1551 Barbara Drive, Columbia, told deputies a man invited her into his room earlier today at the hotel and asked for shampoo.

When she entered the room, the man grabbed her and threw her onto the bed, Lott said.

The woman fought back and was able to free herself and flee the room, Lott said.

Hat tip: Jeff Quinton for the IM.

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Live from L.A. Nuclear Dirty Bomb Central

I woke up to find out that Los Angeles has been named as one of three locations for a possible nuclear "dirty bomb" attack. Since we may be attacked at any moment naturally I've decided to rush downtown where such an attack is most likely to occur.

That way if I happen to see Adnan G. El Shukrijumah, at least one person will have the presence of mind to kick him square in the nuts. In fact, I'm going to go ahead and tackle any guy who even remotely looks like Adnan. They say he tries to pass himself off as a Mexican national and that he speaks fluent Spanish. Nobody in downtown L.A.'s busy garment district on a Saturday afternoon could possibly fit that description, right?

The attack against Los Angeles, New York, and Miami are said to be imminent and from a credible source. You know, some jihadi jagging off to beheading videos and posting threats from his parent's basement.

Remember the last time when they threatened to blow up NFL stadiums, and then they detonated an atomic bomb in Colorado......or was it Baltimore? I always get confused over the written account of the attack and what I saw on tee-vee. Anyway, the good news was that although Ben Affleck survived the initial blast, six months later he died of fallout related leukemia. Too bad Alec Baldwin wasn't Jack Ryan on that day.......

Anyway, I'll leave you with the DEBKA report:

The al Qaeda communications accuse the Americans of the grave error of failing to take seriously the videotape released by the American al Qaeda spokesman Adam Gaddahn last week. “They will soon realize their mistake when American cities are hit by quality operations,” said one message.

Another said the attacks would be carried out “by means of trucks loaded with radio-active material against America’s biggest city and financial nerve center.”

A third message mentioned New York, Los Angeles and Miami as targets. It drew the answer: “The attack, with Allah’s help, will cause an economic meltdown, many dead, and a financial crisis on a scale that compels the United States to pull its military forces out of many parts of the world, including Iraq, for lack of any other way of cutting down costs.”

If I don't return to blogging today it's because I'm dead or being debriefed by the CIA. That, or because after I'm done with my shopping downtown (I really am going to the garment district today) I'm heading to my brother's wedding and I plan to be busy partying like it was 1999.

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