Jihad Comes to New Jersey
By Joe Mariani (05/11/07)
It sounds like a long bad joke, the kind that never seems to reach the punchline. A group of Muslims living the good life in America -- some of whom came here illegally, and lived in "sanctuary cities" -- decide the country's so bad, they ought to buy some AK-47s and grenades and take on the US military base at Fort Dix, NJ. To get into the killing mood, they film themselves running around waving guns and screaming for jihad. Then they take the film to be transferred to DVD. Luckily, an alert Circuit City employee tells the cops, who tell the FBI, whose agents infiltrate the group. A proper punchline would have been to sell them weapons designed to malfunction, let them launch their attack, and film them getting slaughtered by the men they were trying to kill. It'd make a good training exercise.
Unfortunately, this is no joke, but an example of what we're up against. Liberals try to tell us that there are no terrorists, or that 9/11 -- if not a government conspiracy -- was some kind of one-time fluke we should all just ignore. (What 1993 World Trade Center bombing?) We're lucky that some people in this country take the threat of terrorism seriously enough to report suspicious behavior to the authorities. People like the Circuit City clerk who helped stop these would-be killers should be rewarded. Instead, it will be a surprise if he's not sued and branded a "racist." Sooner or later, the New York Times will publish his name, and the lawsuits will begin.
Concerned passengers on board an airliner in November 2006 complained about a group of imams who were praying loudly, changing seats to cover all the exits, and asking for seatbelt extenders although none of them were particularly overweight. We still don't know whether that was merely a "dry run" or an actual terrorist attack in progress. The six imams are currently suing not only US Airways, but the unnamed passengers who questioned their decidely questionable behavior. That's the latest way our enemies have discovered to frighten people into ignoring them as they plot and plan. Who needs the hassle of a lawsuit? Don't make waves. It's probably not what you think, anyway.
On 9 May 2007, a woman called a flight attendant when she realised that the seat-back pocket in front of her contained a box cutter such as the terrorists used on 9/11. The passengers were taken off the plane and re-screened before the flight was allowed to take off. Because no Muslims were directly offended, the media barely reported the story. If she'd said nothing, would another flight from that airport have contained more hidden weapons along with hijackers prepared to use them, having walked through screening without being stopped?
The media and those on the Left like to downplay stories like the planned Fort Dix attack, as they have every terrorism-related incident in this country since 9/11. Because these men were caught, we are told they never posed a serious danger. Some have used this incident to question our involvement in Iraq, since fighting them "over there" obviously has not prevented terrorism "over here." But Iraq and Fort Dix are all part of the same worldwide terror movement, as were London, Madrid, Bali, Beslan and thousands of Islamofascist terror attacks that have taken place since 9/11. The men and women these terrorists intended to kill were probably headed to Iraq as part of the "surge," which all Americans should hope will secure Baghdad and help stabilise the Iraqi government. Attacking them at Fort Dix might have delayed or prevented their deployment... which could only help our enemies.
The New York Times is already laying the groundwork for an entrapment defense, claiming that the men involved in the New Jersey jihad would never really have carried out their plan without the encouragement of the FBI informer. One article stresses that "informers in terror cases have become the focus of efforts by defense lawyers and others to call into question the legitimacy of the investigations." The Washington Post referred to the group as a "leaderless, homegrown cell of immigrants" with no ties to al-Qaeda -- as though al-Qaeda's the only terrorist group in the world. One member of this cell, it turns out, was a sniper in the Kosovo Liberation Army -- a group that received assistance from Osama bin Laden. As for the dangers of "homegrown" Islamist terror groups, ask the survivors of London's 7/7 bombings.
While it appears true that this group was an independent cell, they certainly drew inspiration from al-Qaeda. And why is al-Qaeda so inspirational? Because -- according to Democratic politicians, Liberal activists and members of the mainstream media -- al-Qaeda has already won the battle for Iraq. If the Democrats have their way, if they force America to surrender Iraq to al-Qaeda and Iran, we can expect to see many more of these "homegrown" terror cells in the future.
After all, everyone loves a winner.
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