Don’t these “five Afghan men” know that Obama is President, and that jihad violence is only an invention of greasy Islamophobes? “UPDATE 5-New York homes raided in terrorism probe,” by Edith Honan for Reuters, September 14 (thanks to all who sent this in):
NEW YORK, Sept 14 (Reuters) – New York City police and the FBI raided homes in the borough of Queens early on Monday as part of an investigation into suspected terrorism, focusing on one man who has been under surveillance, officials said.
Authorities searched at least two apartments including one shared by five Afghan men, taking some of them in for questioning, said one man who was questioned.
Members of U.S. Congress briefed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation said there was no imminent danger.
“There was nothing imminent, and they are very good now at tracking potentially dangerous actions and this was preventive,” said Charles Schumer, a U.S. Senator from New York who was among those briefed by FBI officials….
A neighbor said she saw FBI agents armed with what she called machine guns storm the apartment building, and that one of them emerged carrying a box.
“It was scary. I wasn’t going to stop the FBI and ask them what was going on,” said Melissa Khan, 28.
NYPD and FBI officials provided few details, calling it part of an ongoing investigation of the joint terrorism task force.
AL QAEDA IDEOLOGY SUSPECTED
The New York Times, citing an unnamed senior law enforcement official, said authorities had uncovered a small group of people who espoused a militant ideology aligned with al Qaeda.
“A militant ideology aligned with al Qaeda,” a.k.a. the traditional Islamic doctrine of jihad.
Neither a specific plot nor a target of any planned attack had been detected, but their activities had aroused enough suspicion to obtain search warrants, the Times said….