And make the rest of us think.
RightGirl sheds a positive light on what will doubtlessly be a super-controversial issue:
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"The Americans have finally figured out that while not all Muslims are terrorists, all terrorist are Muslims. It only took seven years.
--> The Justice Department is considering letting the FBI investigate Americans without any evidence of wrongdoing, relying instead on a terrorist profile that could single out Muslims, Arabs or other racial and ethnic groups.
Law enforcement officials say the proposed policy would help them do exactly what Congress demanded after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks: root out terrorists before they strike.
Although President Bush has disavowed targeting suspects based on their race or ethnicity, the new rules would allow the FBI to consider those factors among a number of traits that could trigger a national security investigation.
Currently, FBI agents need specific reasons - like evidence or allegations that a law probably has been violated - to investigate U.S. citizens and legal residents. The new policy, law enforcement officials told The Associated Press, would let agents open preliminary terrorism investigations after mining public records and intelligence to build a profile of traits that, taken together, were deemed suspicious.
Among the factors that could make someone subject of an investigation is travel to regions of the world known for terrorist activity, access to weapons or military training, along with the person’s race or ethnicity." <--
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I'd like to find out more about this new policy. While it could get REALLY sketchy, this would certainly prevent the Khadr family from simultaneously dancing in the street on 9/11 and collecting their hefty welfare cheque. That is, if it was proposed in Canada, which would never happen. We like to say "oops!" here.
Friday, July 4, 2008
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"The Americans have finally figured out that while not all Muslims are terrorists, all terrorist are Muslims. It only took seven years."
Timothy McVeigh and Ted Kaczynski were Muslims? Wow. Who knew. You learn something new every day!
I don't think I have a problem with the rest of the article, but that one statement is so mind-numbingly ignorant that I may just have been thrown off by it. It's like looking into a really really bright flood-light, and then looking at a candle right afterwards. Maybe because of the stupidity of that initial statement, I can't see the stupidity in the rest of the article :)
Like wasn't McVeigh 13 years ago? I don't know if Kaczynski qualifies as a terrorist -- more a deranged murderer, but he did not target large numbers of people. It's not that there have not been examples of terrorists who are not Muslims in history, but the current problem in the U.S. and other western countries is specifically Muslim terrorists. I don't think the statement is that far fetched.
There is also pretty good evidence (although not followed up by the FBI) that McVeigh traveled to the Philippines where he was trained in explosives by a Muslim Terrorist. That would only leave Kaczynski who was not into bombing schools, daycares, etc.
lol. Yes, I hear that there's very good evidence, although not followed up by the FBI, that McVeigh was actually a lizard monster from the planet Kashyyyk.
Seriously, let's leave the silly conspiracy theories out of it. If you're going to try and defend a such a ludicrous statement, at least stick to the facts.
And since two obvious examples which I listed don't seem to be enough for you people, here's some light reading to get you started in your search for non-muslim terrorist groups. Enjoy!
P.S. Rose, while I agree with you when you say that "the current problem in the U.S. and other western countries is specifically Muslim terrorists", that's a far cry from the original statement to which I was referring. In fact, the statement I originally quoted is a direct contradiction of your own words, so I'm not sure how you can then come to the conclusion that it's "not that far fetched".
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