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A Failure of Realization

By KyleS

Omar Farouq Abdelmutalib is a young Nigerian man, son of an eminent banker and former finance minister, educated in London. He went on to attempt to detonate a complicated chemical explosive device hidden inside his underwear in the skies above Detroit. Nidal Malik Hassan is a psychiatrist nearing middle age, a Major in the United States Army, and a resident of... »

Sometimes in America, 2+2=5

By KyleS

"Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two makes four," writes George Orwell's protagonist Winston Smith in 1984. "If that is granted, all else follows." At around 2:30 pm Eastern Standard Time, Maj. Malik Nidal Hasan (alternately given as Nidal Malik Hasan) entered the Soldier Readiness Center at Fort Hood, and allegedly opened fire with two handguns killing thirteen, and... »

Phares: Taqiyya and Jihad

By KyleS

EMET's Speaker of the Truth for 2009 Walid Phares posts on the Counter-Terrorism Blog today about Taqiyya and the North Carolina Jihadists recently arrested. He makes some excellent points regarding the homegrown jihad. Two key issues raised by Phares need to be highlighted: On 9/11, these jihadists were between the age of 10 and 13. Who over the decade indoctrinated them,... »

How Homegrown Jihadists are Radicialized

By KyleS

An interesting article from FDD's Daveed Garenstein-Ross, about the importance of ideology in the radicalization of homegrown terrorists: The study examines several specific manifestations. These include adopting a legalistic interpretation of Islam, coming to trust only select and ideologically rigid religious authorities, perceiving Islam and the West as irreconcilably opposed, manifesting a low tolerance for perceived theological deviance and attempting to... »

Foiled NY Synagogue Bomb Plot

By KyleS

Four African-American Muslim converts were arrested by the FBI in a foiled plot to plant explosives at a synagogue and Jewish Community Center, and to bring down an airplane with a stinger missile (h/t Atlas Shrugs and Israpundit): James Cromitie, David Williams, Onta Williams and Laguerre Payen, all of Newburgh, were charged with conspiracy to use weapons of mass destruction within... »