This article actually identifies the "terrorists" as "Islamic extremists," but only does so in the seventh paragraph.
Now, why does this matter? Why should it be mentioned at all? Because the more we remain in denial about the source and nature of the problem, the harder it will be to solve.
"Alleged Somali recruiter arrested, linked to Minnesota," by James Walsh and Richard Meryhew for the Star Tribune, November 11
A 43-year-old Somali man from Minneapolis was arrested this week in the Netherlands for allegedly financing the recruitment of up to 20 young Somali men from Minnesota to train and fight with terrorists in their homeland....The identity of the man, who was arrested Sunday at an asylum-seeker's center 45 miles northeast of Amsterdam, was not released. But Special Agent E.K. Wilson of the Minneapolis FBI office confirmed Tuesday that the man was arrested in connection with the ongoing counterterrorism investigation that began here when young men began disappearing in 2007.
"We are aware of this individual and of this arrest. And it is tied to our ongoing Minneapolis investigation," Wilson said. "We are and have been working closely with Dutch authorities through our legal attaché office in Brussels and coordinating with the Department of Justice Office of International Affairs."
Dutch prosecutors said in a statement that the man lived in Minneapolis before leaving the United States in November 2008 and arrived in the Netherlands about one month later.
The statement said American authorities asked for the man's arrest and are seeking to have him extradited. Wilson said he could not confirm or deny that.
According to the Dutch statement, U.S. prosecutors suspect the man of bankrolling the purchase of weapons for Islamic extremists and helping other Somalis travel to Somalia in 2007 and 2008....
I have no comment.
This article actually identifies the "terrorists" as "Islamic extremists," but only does so in the seventh paragraph.
Now, why does this matter? Why should it be mentioned at all?
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Of course, this is critical—being too cowed to name the enemy puts us at enormous increased danger. It was clearly a major factor in the massacre at Ft. Hood, where so many people were afraid to speak out about the danger Maj. Hasan so obviously represented, for fear of appearing "Islamophobic".
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A 43-year-old Somali man from Minneapolis was arrested this week in the Netherlands for allegedly financing the recruitment of up to 20 young Somali men from Minnesota to train and fight with terrorists in their homeland....
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Why aren't Americans *horrified* by this? That *Americans*—no matter how nominal that status might be—are involved in international Jihad terrorism? And yet, this growing phenomenon has caused barely a stir.
And it's not just in the United States—nominal "Britons", and "Germans", and "Dutch" have been inciting Jihad, as well.
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The identity of the man, who was arrested Sunday at an asylum-seeker's center 45 miles northeast of Amsterdam...
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Why would this Jihadist consider an *asylum-seeker's center* a likely place to recruit Islamic terrorists? Aren't these people who are fleeing the horrors of Islamic violence in their own countries? Aren't these people who are grateful to the decent, enlightened nations of the West who offer them asylum?
Well, with some—like Ayaan Hirsi Ali—this is clearly true. She loves the West more than many natives, and has bravely defended the culture that offered her asylum.
With many others, this is not so clear. I doubt this Jihadist is wrong—I imagine the Dutch asylum-seeker's center is fertile ground for terrorist recruitment. Are we alarmed yet?