Of the four suicide bombers who struck London’s transit system on July 7, 2005, one was a Jamaican-born British citizen and three were of Pakistani descent but born and raised in Britain. One of them, Mohammad Sidique Khan, had recorded a chilling video message of more terror to come, which was aired on Al Jazeera in September 2005. London’s Guardian found the message “disturbing not only because of its contents but also because of who was delivering it. We have become used to such grim messages delivered in Arabic. This was spoken in English, in a calm native Yorkshire accent, aimed specifically at British Muslims.” More than likely Continental Europe, as well as Britain, has homegrown suicide bombers among its second-generation Muslims. British intelligence has found, that Islamist preachers in Britain have radicalized most of these terrorists.
Prime Minister Tony Blair announced new legislations giving the government powers to take preventative action, including expelling preachers of “ate. These actions will help but will not eliminate the problem. In the 1960s Singapore had, by statute, set up the Islamic Religious Council. The council controls all sermons in mosques and teachings in madrassas (bet you wish you could do that here in the U.S.). Yet in December 2001, Singapore and Malaysia arrested the first group of 30 homegrown Jemaah Islamiah (JI) members as they were planning to detonate seven truck bombs at American, British, Australian and Israeli targets in Singapore. Singapore arrested a second group of 21 Islamic militants in August 2002.
These terrorists had been indoctrinated by a charismatic preacher during religious classes in the privacy of JI members’ homes, not in mosques or madrassas’. These recruits had weak and vulnerable personalities and only a shallow understanding of Islam. Joining the jihadists gave them a sense of belonging to a secret group embarked on a mission from which they would gain redemption and martyrdom status by sacrificing themselves to avenge the oppression of Muslims everywhere, or so they believe.
In the United States, we have more immigrants from more countries than any other country on earth, and all have the right to carry on their religious and cultural practices, to include using suicide bombers to kill Americans. It might be illegal to the American, but very worthy to one who despises America or to an angry American (Timothy McVeigh?). There are many in your neighborhoods. Today in Sacramento, California, a father and son, Hamid & Umer Hayat both from Pakistan, will stand trial for planning to carry out such killings.
A Pennsylvania/Idaho Caucasian man, American born Michael Reynolds, was arrested two days ago for conspiring with Al Quaeda to bomb U.S. gas pipelines in Alaska, New Jersey and Wyoming. Are you concerned that what happened in London can happen in your city? Are you concerned that a homegrown terrorist can obliterate an entire city near you? Are you concerned that terrorists are planning to carry out such a plot as you read this? What should the government do about this growing problem? It is not a matter of if, but when.
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