Of course he must not have had anything to do with this plot. How could an imam misunderstand Islam on such a huge scale? Couldn’t happen, right? Right? Ahmad Afzali Update. “Queens Imam Pleads Not Guilty To Federal Charges,” from NY1 News, November 2 (thanks to all who sent this in): A Queens imam accused […]
New York Islamic cleric misunderstands Islam, indicted for role in NYC jihad terror plot
How did an Islamic cleric, who had dedicated his life to understanding the Koran and the teachings of Islam, come to misunderstand Islam so thoroughly as to get involved in a terror plot? And this guy was a moderate, also — someone who had cooperated with the FBI in the past. You’d think that a […]
New York jihad plotter had contact with Al-Qaeda top dogs
Evidently this was going to be a very major attack. New York Jihad Plot Update. “Officials: Zazi Had Contact With Top Al-Qaida Leaders,” by Dina Temple-Raston for NPR, October 15 (thanks to James): The man arrested last month for allegedly plotting to blow up targets in New York contacted one of Osama bin Laden’s right-hand […]
New York: Muslims complain about “racial profiling” in wake of arrests in major jihad terror plot
Think about what they could be doing in the aftermath of the revelation of the New York jihad plot. They could have demonstrated against those who supposedly “twist” and “hijack” Islam to find in it justification for terrorism. They could have offered full and open cooperation from law enforcement to root out the terrorists from […]
DHS slashes funds for NYC counterterror funding
After all, the war on terror is over, right? Najibullah Zazi? Pah! “Stunning: Despite Plot, NYC’s Terror Funds Slashed,” by Marcia Kramer for CBS, October 10 (thanks to Pamela): NEW YORK (CBS) “• After facing one of the most serious terror threats since the 9-11 attacks, Department of Homeland Security officials are slashing a big […]
Report: Several of NY jihad suspect’s fellow travelers to Pakistan also back in U.S.
New York Jihad Plot Update. “Sources: Several who went to Pakistan with Zazi back in U.S.,” from CNN, October 4: (CNN) — Several people who traveled from New York to Pakistan last year with a man accused of plotting a terrorist attack have since returned to the United States, sources close to the investigation told […]
Accused New York jihadist pleads not guilty
Anyone can find himself downloading bomb-making material from the Internet by accident. Why, it’s as common as the air we breathe. New York/Colorado Jihad Plot Update: “US Terror Suspect Zazi Pleads Not Guilty,” from the VOA News, September 29 (thanks to James): An Afghan-born terror suspect, Najibullah Zazi, has pleaded not guilty in a New […]
New York jihad plot: “We just know that it was going to be a very bad attack”
More on the New York/Colorado jihad plot. “Officials: NYC Plot Operational, Not Just Aspirational,” by Dina Temple-Raston for NPR, September 28 (thanks to James): The man at the center of an alleged plot to blow up transportation targets in New York City is scheduled to appear before a Brooklyn judge for the first time Tuesday. […]
The threat and the threat
Pamela Geller has a terrific piece in today’s American Thinker, “Is This Any Way To Fight A War?” In it, she points out the irony as an actual threat that was playing out in New York City last week just as Barack Obama was at the United Nations talking about a threat, all right — […]
After three jihad terror plots uncovered in the U.S., Obama frees three more Gitmo detainees
New York/Denver. Dallas. Springfield, Illinois. Three plots, three released detainees. No, I am not saying there is some connection, some jihad terror plot-for-detainees exchange program. I am saying that the plots show that there is a manifest jihad threat, and that Obama continues to act as if there isn’t. Release more Gitmo detainees — what […]