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2007-05-09 Home Front: WoT

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Posted by Glenmore 2007-05-09 07:27|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 I was reading all this yesterday and was wondering if the surveilance on them was good enough to let them try to pull it off, setup an ambush on them, and wipe them out. Might've sent a nice message to all the wannabes out there.

Posted by tu3031 2007-05-09 08:54|| 2007-05-09 08:54|| Front Page Top

#2 And the obligatory...

The arrests renewed worries among New Jersey's Muslim community. Hundreds of Muslim men from New Jersey were rounded up and detained in the months after the 2001 terror attacks, but none were connected to that plot.

"If these people did something, then they deserve to be punished to the fullest extent of the law," said Sohail Mohammed, a lawyer who represented scores of detainees after the Sept. 11 attacks. "But when the government says `Islamic militants,' it sends a message to the public that Islam and militancy are synonymous."

"Don't equate actions with religion," he said.

Posted by tu3031 2007-05-09 10:39|| 2007-05-09 10:39|| Front Page Top

#3 The only down side of this is that the tip that set the FBI on them has been made public. This has taught others of this intention that sharing videos with patriotic Americans will cause mission failure. These are jerks, but they learn from our actions and make adjustments.

Posted by wxjames 2007-05-09 10:40|| 2007-05-09 10:40|| Front Page Top

#4 How long before CAIR, MSM, Surrendercrats and fellow travelers spin this as a case of entrapment of another little group of stupid, hopelessly inept wannabees, all set up to give the Bushies something to talk about.

That was Michael Isikoff (Newsweek) yesterday being interviewed on NPR's All Things Considered. Also, apparently because there was no known link to "official" jihadist groups such as al Qaeda, it's not really important and the government has overreacted before and...blah, blah, blah...

Posted by JDB 2007-05-09 10:52|| 2007-05-09 10:52|| Front Page Top

#5 Three of them were here illegally. More reason to clamp down on borders and keep tract of who's here.

Posted by JohnQC 2007-05-09 12:32|| 2007-05-09 12:32|| Front Page Top

#6 Two comments:
...in a militia-like style What style would that be? Hip shooting?

three brothers involved, all with the last name Duka. Duka, Duka, Duka, Mohamad Jihad!

Posted by rjschwarz 2007-05-09 14:23|| 2007-05-09 14:23|| Front Page Top

#7 wait a sec. they handed in a tape of their jihadi practice to a shop, to make it into a DVD for them?

How are these guys NOT stupid.

If they ARE connected to AQ, evidently they didnt get the tradecraft manual that Dan Darling posted a while back.

Posted by liberalhawk 2007-05-09 14:40|| 2007-05-09 14:40|| Front Page Top

#8 Lest anyone forget: Fort Dix was the temporary home for Kosovar refugees back in 1999.

Who sez that the Kosovo intervention didn't pay any dividends in terms of good will among Muslims?

Hat tip: Rush

Posted by eLarson 2007-05-09 15:20|| 2007-05-09 15:20|| Front Page Top

#9 The Salt Lake City mall shooter was also a Kosovar jihad wannabe.
Thanks, Clinton, you fuckin shit eater.

Posted by wxjames 2007-05-09 15:28|| 2007-05-09 15:28|| Front Page Top

#10 This will be claimed as proof that strict national gun control laws are needed

It's easy for gun dealers to screen out this portion of the population. Have them eat a ham sandwich and a beer in front of you while you discuss the latest playboy centerfold pinned up on the wall behind the counter. If they pass, then give them their gun.

Posted by gorb 2007-05-09 16:27|| 2007-05-09 16:27|| Front Page Top

#11 "This will be claimed as proof that strict national gun control laws are needed - what could have happened if these guys had been somewhere besides gun-free NJ?"

The exact same thing that happened in "gun-free NJ": they were attempting to buy automatic weapons-- i.e., weapons capable of continuous automatic fire, and you cannot buy those anywhere in the United States unless you have a Federal machine gun permit.

In other words, the guns they were trying to buy are already illegal, EVERYWHERE in the US.

Posted by Dave D.">Dave D. 2007-05-09 17:37|| 2007-05-09 17:37|| Front Page Top

#12 FoxNews:

Three brothers charged in the alleged Fort Dix terror plot have been living illegally in the U.S. for more than 23 years. A federal law enforcement source confirmed to FOX News that the three Dritan "Anthony" or "Tony" Duka, 28; Shain Duka, 26; and Eljvir "Elvis" Duka, 23 also accumulated 19 traffic citations, but because they operated in "sanctuary cites," where law enforcement does not routinely report illegal immigrants to homeland security, none of the tickets raised red flags.

The brothers entered the United States near Brownsville, Texas, in 1984, the source said, which would put their ages at 1 to 6 when they crossed the border. The source said there is no record of them entering by way of a regular border crossing, so they are investigating whether they were smuggled into the country.

Posted by trailing wife 2007-05-09 19:35|| 2007-05-09 19:35|| Front Page Top

#13 How are these guys NOT stupid.

When it could possibly be labeled as arrogance?

Posted by Pappy 2007-05-09 21:36|| 2007-05-09 21:36|| Front Page Top

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