Yes, there are. That much is certain. However, it is no longer certain that the primary response of the U.S. government will be not to protect the public from these jihadis, but assurances that they have nothing to with Islam.
“Man gets 20 years for plotting New Year’s machete attack,” by Carolyn Thompson, Associated Press, January 26, 2017:
An ex-convict who plotted a foiled New Year’s Eve machete attack at an upstate New York restaurant in the name of the Islamic State group was sentenced Thursday to 20 years in prison, provoking a courtroom outburst in which he shouted “there’s going to be more of us.”
Emanuel Lutchman, 26, wrote before the sentencing that he had moved on from a “radical Islamic ideology,” but after drawing a sentence twice as long as his lawyer had sought, became agitated.
“You think because I’m going to be incarcerated there aren’t going to be more of us that rise up?” he said while shouting and swearing at U.S. District Judge Frank Geraci.
In response, Geraci increased Lutchman’s supervised release after serving his time from 30 years to 50 years.
Lutchman pleaded guilty in August to conspiracy to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization.
At the direction of a now-deceased recruiter for the Islamic State group in Syria, Lutchman planned a knife and machete attack inside Merchants Grill in Rochester on Dec. 31, 2015, according to the plea agreement. The attack never happened.
The goal was to give the terror group an attack to claim and prove Lutchman worthy of joining the organization when he traveled overseas, court documents said.
“Viewed in this context, it would be hard to overstate the danger that Lutchman presented,” Acting United States Attorney James Kennedy, Jr. said Thursday….
Lutchman was arrested the next day, after covering his face with a scarf and making a video in which he said: “The blood that you spill of the Muslim overseas, we gonna spill the blood of the kuffar,” or non-believers.
In a pre-sentencing letter to the court, Lutchman called the plot “twisted” and said his history of mental illness and “abandonment issues” led him toward terrorism. Lutchman was a former gang member who converted to Islam while in prison for a 2006 robbery conviction and was influenced by other inmates’ religious extremism, his lawyer said in court documents.
“I was never certain on this path I didn’t really want to tread,” Lutchman wrote.
Geraci said Lutchman’s behavior in court showed otherwise and that he still adheres to his old beliefs.
“Yes I do,” Lutchman responded. “There’s going to be more of us.”

ElderlyZionist says
Somebody needs a time-out. Twenty years sounds about right.
ElderlyZionist says
“At the direction of a now-deceased recruiter for the Islamic State group in Syria…”
And I’d like to hear more about that. Roast in pieces.
eagle says
These Muslims cannot understand what it is to be an American. They should leave America. This Muslim theocracy has no place in America. The American people need to be educated more on the Muslim theocracy and put in place legislation to remove this theocracy from America.
Bill says
Cuomo will commute it far short of the 20 years the moment he has a chance. Cuomo is a great fan of terrorists, with special fondness for those who kill policemen.
karl anglin says
This terrorist should be forced to live in Cuomo’s home.
Frank says
I guess these muslim Donkies never heard of General MAD DOG
Angemon says
And the more there are, the less there will be, assuming Trump, unlike Obama, backs law enforcement and doesn’t get in the way of them doing their job.
stan lee says
The fanatic represents his fanaticism exactly. I’ll suggest that his fanatic drive against America and its constitutional law exists in about 99% of Muslims. It appears as dormant until anything awakens their murderous hate. They are in the wrong country for them and for us.
They need to be locked away or deported where they can live up to the koran and sharia law, and that country is definitely not the United States, even though leftist Americans are doing their utmost to undermine the U.S. Constitution. We cannot allow them to bring their agenda to fruition in the United States of America.
tom parry says
a simple hanging in the market place, no need to incarcinate this ingrate, unless you work at the jail or are a lawyer.
Guest says
“You think because I’m going to be incarcerated there aren’t going to be more of us that rise up?” And we will be ready. Trump is President now and nothing is going to stop us from finally putting them in their place
Mo Gilbert says
As he threatened, “there are going to be more of us:; I wonder if he even thought of the idea that there just might be a helluva lot more of US – we’re beginning to get a little tired of the radicals…who are slowly, gradually, trying to take over this country!!
theendofthedemonrat says
Just twenty years? What would one of us get in their country if we attempted to do this?
Debi Brand says
Why is Mr. Trump our President?
Here’s why:
“Back-cloth” “Mural” and Reflections of the making of Inaugural Day, 20 January 2017
http://islamexposed.blogspot.com/2017/01/back-cloth-mural-and-reflections-of.html
Peter says
Yes, if two-thirds of Muslims worldwide, according to numerous polls, want to live under Shariah, then one can presume that 1 billion Muslims are our self-declared enemies. No one has a right of entry into the U.S., let alone the West. Ban entry of immigrants and refugees from all Muslim-majority countries, and screen those from non-Muslim majority countries, including from Western Europe.
Cicero says
From his name one may assume this person is dual – heritage ( African – Caribbean/Indo-Caribbean heritage). It is possible that he may be from either Trinidad or Guyana. Emmanuel is a Christian name and Latchman is a corruption of the Name of Lord Rama’s brother Lakshman. Rama is. Hindu avatar held in esteem by Hindus worldwide.
In the Caribbean island of Trinidad ” Latchman” is a common first name or surname amongst Trinidadian Hindus.who are normally of East Indian ancestry. Emanuel is a popular and well respected name amongst Caribbean Christians.
This man is an Islamic convert. It shows how effective is the Islamic “dawa” amongst. Vulnerable individuals in the non Islamic community. They prey on them: they pathem a great deal of attention: they flatter them: they make them feel valued and important and voila! A fierce zealous warrior for the cause.