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2010-06-06 Home Front: WoT

Two US men arrested at JFK airport on terrorist charges

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Posted by tipper 2010-06-06 11:47|| || Front Page|| [11135 views ] Top

#1 The men were not, however, planning an attack in the United States, authorities said.

Are we sure about that? Why come out and say that so early?

Posted by HammerHead 2010-06-06 12:04|| 2010-06-06 12:04|| Front Page Top

#2 From the other post on this. in quotes: "the arrests do not relate to any known immediate threat to the public or active plot against the United States." Parse that.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2010-06-06 12:44|| 2010-06-06 12:44|| Front Page Top

#3 Surely they wouldn't receive training, go through a couple of operations, and then be returned home to start mayhem. No, that would be stupidity in planning by AQ.

Posted by gromky 2010-06-06 13:21|| 2010-06-06 13:21|| Front Page Top

#4 Area familiarization and language immersion. They'll probably be offered Georgetown enrollment and DOJ positions before they leave. Nothing new here.

Posted by Besoeker 2010-06-06 13:50|| 2010-06-06 13:50|| Front Page Top

#5 it would have been better to let them go as far as Egypt and let the Egyptians interrogate them for a few weeks

Posted by lord garth 2010-06-06 14:32|| 2010-06-06 14:32|| Front Page Top

#6 yes, being interviewed upside down can be effective.

would have been better to let them go as far as Egypt and let the Egyptians interrogate them for a few weeks

Posted by HammerHead 2010-06-06 14:41|| 2010-06-06 14:41|| Front Page Top

#7 "Mohamed" and "Carlos", what a pair.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2010-06-06 14:56|| 2010-06-06 14:56|| Front Page Top

#8 per Fox news: SO they were plannng anything in the US, huh?
"In late November 2009, Alessa was recorded as saying that if he and Almonte cant kill targets overseas, then theyll "start doing killing here" in the United States, according to court documents. He later said he would return to the "crap hole" of the United States if "the leader ordered me to come back here and do something," court documents allege.

Posted by HammerHead 2010-06-06 17:50|| 2010-06-06 17:50|| Front Page Top

#9 Lots of conversions to Islam among Hispanics in prison here. A growing number of conversions outside of prisons in Latin America.

We'll see more of this.

Website for Mayan converts to islam

Note that its from Chiapas, home of radical leftwing Commandante Marcos, who is reported to have converted a few years ago and to have welcomed a lot of Saudi money that went into a huge mosque, schools etc. in the region.

Posted by lotp 2010-06-06 17:52|| 2010-06-06 17:52|| Front Page Top

#10 Some kind of psychological affinity of a certain kind of person to gangster thugism, to radical Islam, and to the militant left wing? Mix-n-match, makes no difference?

Posted by Glenmore 2010-06-06 19:45|| 2010-06-06 19:45|| Front Page Top

#11 See also FRONTIER INDIA > AL-SHABAAB'S THREATS TO THE UNITED STATES [covert = subtle for the time being]. Pro-Islamist/Shabaab Somalis are a'comin to America = Amerika.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2010-06-06 22:41|| 2010-06-06 22:41|| Front Page Top

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