Terror raid in Miami

Posted by Beth on June 22nd, 2006 filed in General, Islamofascism, The War

Hot Air has the roundup and updates…I’m bouncing all over the internets trying to find more. ABC:

The group has been under surveillance for some time and was infilitrated by a government informant who allegedly led them to believe he was an Islamic radical, a Justice Department official said.

The group had expressed interest and discussed bombing targets in Miami and the Sears Tower in Chicago, sources familiar with the investigation said.

Sources say the arrests reflect the government’s concern about so-called “homegrown terrorists.” It’s a threat FBI Director Robert Mueller discussed during a recent speech in New York.

Homegrown terrorists:

WASHINGTON - U.S. intelligence and law enforcement authorities are discovering new home-grown cells of Islamist radicals in the United States that draw inspiration and moral support from al Qaeda, officials said on Tuesday.

Like local terrorism cells that have recently come to light in Canada and Europe, officials said the groups are comprised of disaffected young men in their teens and 20s who rely on the Internet to try to organize and plan potential attacks on the U.S. homeland.

Concern about attacks inside the United States gathered pace after the arrest earlier this month in Canada of 17 men — all Canadian citizens or residents — accused of planning al Qaeda-inspired attacks across densely populated southern Ontario.

Why is this a new concern? It’s not new to me. There have been plenty of people who have talked/written about “homegrown terrorists” for years. Just to start with, Steve Emerson. Or this “Terrorist Hunter.” Or Daniel Pipes. Plenty of bloggers know it, too. And what about the Muslim Brotherhood?

And I have to ask, WTF?

The men — part of a radical Black Muslim group — were planning terror acts in Miami and Chicago, officials say.

So what’s the point–that because they’re “radical BLACK Muslims,” they’re not “real” terrorists? Because they’re American? I don’t care if they’re black, white, pink, green, whatever–they’re radical Muslims. Islamic terrorists. No need to qualify it.

More at Little Green Footballs.

Tags: jihad, homegrown terror, American Jihad, Miami, terror arrests

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7 Responses to “Terror raid in Miami”

June 22nd, 2006 at 8:54 pm
Stop The ACLU says:

Terror Suspects Arrested In Miami

Via CBS
After an operation that started about four months ago, the FBI has arrested several suspects of domestic terrorism in a Miami low-income housing project.
The arrests took place Thursday afternoon at the Scott Housing Projects in the area of …

June 22nd, 2006 at 9:06 pm
FBI Hits Multiple Miami Area Locations in Terrorist Plot Raids--Blogs of War says:

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June 22nd, 2006 at 9:23 pm
raz0r says:

I just heard this on the news. More terrorists in my backyard. Great.

June 22nd, 2006 at 10:18 pm
Alabama Improper says:

YEAH!

The blogosphere is full of Improper Reads.

June 22nd, 2006 at 10:29 pm
Merri Musings » Blog Archive » To those who may have forgotten… says:

[...] Read about these arrests by a real blogger and just remember these maniacs could have taken your family away from you, like they tore so many families apart on 9/11. Thank God for the FBI. [...]