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They arrested the Iman and one other leader of this Mosque..They were trying to buy a hand held missle to bring down planes.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,128088,00.html
Looks like we are making some progress..Does not surprise me that Mosques are involved..

Azsnowman.. We still not doing anything about terroirst??????

Catching em like flies!!!

And people wonder why we "profile".

This is certainly good news.

Speaking of mosques, I've sort of wondered -- would they ever blow up their own mosques here in the US in order to kill many of us? I mean, they kill themselves with car bombs, backpack bombs, and flying planes into buildings, and they consider it some sort of path to martyrdom. What's to say they wouldn't quietly work to hide nuclear, biological, or chemical materials along with explosives in a mosque and then blow it up simultaneously with others?

Back in 1999, just 5 blocks from where I live (and work), on one of the main roads in Galveston, there sat the large steel frame of an unfinished building. I asked a couple of people once what it was going to be and they said a church...if and when the builders ever got the rest of the money. Apparently, there was some sort of financial delay. For a couple of years, it just sat and no one knew much about the unfinished "church."

Then 9/11 happened.

Then, some months later, construction began again. When I saw the minaret going up instead of a steeple, I knew what kind of church it was. I'm sure it's not the only mosque here on the island, but it's the only one I've seen. Then again, I've only seen one synagogue also. The rest are Christian churches, including several Hispanic ones, and a couple of *argh* cults.

But I couldn't help but think momentarily...angrily....warily...when I saw that mosque -- How many people who go there are against us? How many of them might be sympathizers of bin Laden and the Taliban? How many of them might just be planning something now that they're already here in the states? And finally, What if the mosque itself could be used for an attack?

I'm not afraid -- no fear here. Just can't help but think of other ways that they might come up with that we wouldn't expect. After all, shortly after 9/11, intelligence officials met with Hollywood screenwriters and asked them to use their imaginations to think of creative, but possible ways, that an enemy might attack. That's one I thought about. That -- and a couple of hospital-related possibilities.

New York seems to be a breeding ground for terrorists. We have those in NYC, the six arrested in Buffalo, and now this. Makes me wonder where else they are hiding...

GalvestonDuck wrote:Speaking of mosques, I've sort of wondered -- would they ever blow up their own mosques here in the US in order to kill many of us? I mean, they kill themselves with car bombs, backpack bombs, and flying planes into buildings, and they consider it some sort of path to martyrdom. What's to say they wouldn't quietly work to hide nuclear, biological, or chemical materials along with explosives in a mosque and then blow it up simultaneously with others?

Back in 1999, just 5 blocks from where I live (and work), on one of the main roads in Galveston, there sat the large steel frame of an unfinished building. I asked a couple of people once what it was going to be and they said a church...if and when the builders ever got the rest of the money. Apparently, there was some sort of financial delay. For a couple of years, it just sat and no one knew much about the unfinished "church."

Then 9/11 happened.

Then, some months later, construction began again. When I saw the minaret going up instead of a steeple, I knew what kind of church it was. I'm sure it's not the only mosque here on the island, but it's the only one I've seen. Then again, I've only seen one synagogue also. The rest are Christian churches, including several Hispanic ones, and a couple of *argh* cults.

But I couldn't help but think momentarily...angrily....warily...when I saw that mosque -- How many people who go there are against us? How many of them might be sympathizers of bin Laden and the Taliban? How many of them might just be planning something now that they're already here in the states? And finally, What if the mosque itself could be used for an attack?

I'm not afraid -- no fear here. Just can't help but think of other ways that they might come up with that we wouldn't expect. After all, shortly after 9/11, intelligence officials met with Hollywood screenwriters and asked them to use their imaginations to think of creative, but possible ways, that an enemy might attack. That's one I thought about. That -- and a couple of hospital-related possibilities.

Great post Shawn!

You have to get inside the mind of a terrorist..think like they would, and unfortunately, place a more suspicious eye on those who by virtue of their origin, are now prime suspects.

j wrote:
Great post Shawn!

You have to get inside the mind of a terrorist..think like they would, and unfortunately, place a more suspicious eye on those who by virtue of their origin, are now prime suspects.

Don't let the esteemed ACLU hear you say that..

I'm moving back to the Albany Area in a few weeks. Guess it isn't any better than the Buffalo area, eh?

I am not sure how blowing up a Mosque in the US is going to take out a bunch of people. They have talked about blowing up their own Mosque and blame it on the US to anger the Muslem world further. I have a feeling if we have a real bad attack CONUS then the Militia is going to reduce the number of Mosque's and their membership.

Two more down, 16 million to cull through.