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US worried by Islamist radicals |
2006-06-14 |
![]() Those independent qualities _ combined with the radicals' ability to organize and plot on the Internet _ make them particularly difficult to disrupt, retired Vice Adm. John Scott Redd, director of the National Counterterrorism Center, told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Tuesday. In a hearing on the changing face of terror, Redd said the threat from homegrown extremism is a recent trend that was seen in successful transit attacks in Madrid in 2004 and London in 2005. One alleged homegrown North American plot has been disrupted: This month, Canadian authorities arrested 17 men and juveniles who are accused of planning attacks in southern Ontario. They are said to have obtained three times the amount of explosives used in the Oklahoma City bombing. |
Posted by:Dan Darling |
#8 Besides, those paying attention in the US have been worried about Islamist radicals since about 1991. This is not new news. |
Posted by: trailing wife 2006-06-14 23:07 |
#7 No, Methodists are fine, it's that radical mainstream branch of the Presbyterians, the ones who are just about to vote again to boycott Israel, that need to be watched closely. >:-( |
Posted by: trailing wife 2006-06-14 15:44 |
#6 Just give us the word to destroy all mosques, without concern for colateral damage, and the problem will evaporate. The people await the gelding government to grow a set of balls. |
Posted by: wxjames 2006-06-14 10:33 |
#5 It's the Methodists you've got to watch. |
Posted by: Darrell 2006-06-14 09:43 |
#4 How many Lutherans are to be found in the home-grown Islamic terror cells? Huh? What's the common thread here? |
Posted by: Laurence of the Rats 2006-06-14 09:02 |
#3 Well, US demographics mean you do not have yet to worry about mainstream, average muslims, only radical ones. |
Posted by: anonymous5089 2006-06-14 05:59 |
#2 Surprise meter? |
Posted by: gromgoru 2006-06-14 00:47 |
#1 "Crumpton conceded that his department didn't anticipate the events." Quelle surprise. |
Posted by: Fordesque 2006-06-14 00:33 |