Statue of Liberty Replica Beheaded in New York
Police in New York City are scrambling to locate the producers of a YouTube video that depicts a stolen replica of the Statue of Liberty blindfolded, beheaded and smashed into pieces a display that one terror expert says is intended to “instill fear” in everyday Americans.
The 59-second video shows the 8-foot, 200-pound replica statue, which was stolen from a Brooklyn coffee shop last month, being decapitated and pulverized — accompanied by the words “We don’t want your freedom” and “Death to America.”
The video is sick and disturbing. The people behind it need to be captured and prosecuted. If you have any information please contact the New York Police Department 1-888-NYC-SAFE or The FBI
I have no idea if this was a childish hoax or was the work of radical Muslims – either way it’s disturbing and sick!
The DoD Thinks Protesters Are Terrorists
It reminds me of the old junkie commercials from the 90’s… “Nobody said ‘I want to be a terrorist when I grow up.’”
I certainly never thought myself a terrorist or involved in terrorist activities, but that’s not what the DoD manual says.
On the last 2 pages of the DoD manual, (PDF here) obtained by the ACLU, they state that protests are considered low-level terrorism. That means that Tea Party protesters, abortion protesters, and even David Letterman protesters are considered terrorists.
The DoD refresher course/manual begins:
“Anti-terrorism (AT) and Force Protection (FP) are two facets of the Department of Defense (DoD) Mission Assurance Program. It is DoD policy, as found in DoDI 2000.16, that the DoD Components and the DoD elements and personnel shall be protected from terrorist acts through a high priority, comprehensive, AT program. The DoD’s AT program shall be all encompassing using an integrated systems approach.”
The first question of the Terrorism Threat Factors, “Knowledge Check 1″ section reads as follows:
Which of the following is an example of low-level terrorism activity?
Select the correct answer and then click Check Your Answer.
O Attacking the Pentagon
O IEDs
O Hate crimes against racial groups
O Protests
***
The “correct” answer is Protests.
Of course the left-wing blogs like Salon associate this with “fascists” on the right. However, fascism is left-wing and totalitarian. Fascism can go left or right. It’s incredibly disingenuous to blame a group based upon the actions of lone “crazies” like Tiller’s killer. I could say the very same thing for the Arkansas murder of the Army recruiter for the left, or what we learned about the Holocaust Museum shooting (although the below shows a lack of research or knowledge of the shooter’s political leanings, blaming it on the right).
…thus giving the government under the rubric of fighting domestic terrorism unrestrained and unsupervisable power to suppress legitimate political activities, the unleashing and justifications for Christian fascists to murder those they do not like (such as the assassination of Dr. George Tiller and the killing at the Holocaust Museum a few days ago) – this news adds further fuel to the fire.
The far left fails to realize the gravity of this for all of America, not just some political ideology. We all protest and we all stand up and fight for what we believe in. To be considered terrorists for our voice is something we should all be concerned about.
Recruiter Shooter Was Recent Convert to Islam, Abdul Muhammad
Details are trickling out regarding the shooter of the two soldiers yesterday in Arkansas. Carlos Bledsoe, at only 24 years old, recently converted to Islam possibly on a trip to Yemen. He changed his name upon his conversion to Abdulhakim Mujahid Muhammad. Abdul will be charged with 15 counts of terrorism and capital murder.
Little Rock Police Chief Stuart Thomas says Muhammad intentionally targeted military personnel.
23-year-old Private William Long, of Conway, died as a result of his injuries.
18-year-old Private Second Class Quinton Ezeagwula, of Jacksonville, was also shot. Chief Thomas says he is in stable condition and will recover.
Police say Muhammad opened fire because of his religious beliefs. He was a recent convert to Islam.
“We have no indication that the suspect did act alone and of his own accord, and it’s our belief he acted with a specific intent to target military personnel and did so unilaterally and did so with intent today and today only,” Thomas said.
Police say Muhammad had never met his victims.
The following was also learned of the man in custody:
I have learned from a well-placed source that Abdulhakim Mujahid Muhammad, who killed one soldier and wounded another at a a Little Rock military recruiting center today, and who faces charges of terrorism as well as first-degree murder, has recently returned from Yemen, where he studied jihad with an Islamic scholar there.
Apparently the Islamic scholar under whom this American convert to Islam studied was yet another misunderstander of Islam’s true, peaceful teachings.
Another interesting point to note regarding the name of the criminal is his chosen middle name, Mujahid. Mujahid means ‘One who fights the Jihad’ or ‘Holy Fighter.’ The plural is Mujahadin and the translation is basically the one who kills and fights in the name of religion.
I wonder when Obama will come out with a statement of outrage condemning this deadly, violent act as he did with the Dr. Tiller murder… 14 hrs. later and still counting… crickets*
The fact that, in Janet Napolitano’s (JaNo) words, we had a home grown man-made disaster, of all places, in the south, that should raise some major alarms and Americans should be made aware of it. We hadn’t been attacked for 7.5 years and within the past couple weeks we had a terrorist plot intercepted in NYC and a failed interception of this young man who murdered a U.S. soldier and injured another. I hope the military personnel takes note of how much Obama really cares about them!
The liberally biased media should be ashamed of itself for covering this story up from the public!
White House Won’t Release Detainee Photos; Thank the Lord!
Time to give credit where credit is due. I’m glad to see that Obama had the sense about him to reverse his original notion to release the detainee photos which would have caused greater damage to our nation, our troops, and our national security, on top of the CIA memo release:
In a dramatic and high-profile reversal for his young administration, President Barack Obama is seeking to block the release of 44 photographs depicting abuse of detainees in U.S. military custody in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The Justice Department had already agreed to release the photos by May 28 in response to a lawsuit, but Obama is shifting course.
“Last week, the President met with his legal team and told them that he did not feel comfortable with the release of the DOD photos because he believes their release would endanger our troops, and because he believes that the national security implications of such a release have not been fully presented to the court,” said a White House official who asked not to be named.
“At the end of that meeting, the President directed his counsel to object to the immediate release of the photos on those grounds,” the official said.
At least some of the polling data that is decent, such as the majority of Americans disagreeing with the photo release decision, is being listened to.
Obama’s reversal is sure to set off an outcry on the left, which has pushed the Obama administration to come clean about interrogation policies and other actions carried out by the Bush administration.
I better see some of those “coexist” people and the liberals who protest every single aspect of war, protesting this and Obama. I don’t much care for hypocrites so I hope they stand true to their principles and are upset about the change of heart… I won’t hold my breath, although I think some of the true progressives will protest just about anything (code pink?)
Obama endorsed such openness during the campaign – and even released memos detailing interrogation practices critics call torture.
Obama has come nowhere near keeping his promise of transparency in the government. He has had several opportunities to do so, not just regarding national security items, and he has chosen the opposite.
All I can say is that I am pleased with this decision from his administration at least!
Are You an Extremist? Peruse the New DHS Dictionary to Find Out!
The same Homeland Security Department office that categorized veterans as potential terrorists issued an earlier report that defined dozens of “extremists” ranging from black power activists to abortion foes. The report was nixed within hours and recalled from state and local law enforcement officials.
Whites and blacks, Christians and Jews, Cubans and Mexicans, along with tax-hating Americans were among several political leanings listed in the “Domestic Extremism Lexicon” that came out of the Office of Intelligence and Analysis (I&A) in late March.
The lexicon lists definitions for key terms and phrases used by Homeland Security analysts “that addresses the nature and scope of the threat that domestic, non-Islamic extremism poses to the United States,” the report said.
For the Lexicon Report click here (PDF file).
“Although we have evidence that some of the groups described in this and other DHS intelligence products are an active terror threat to our nation, I would be interested in knowing why this lexicon mentioning left-wing extremist groups was deemed inappropriate by DHS and recalled, yet a similar report focusing on veterans, antiabortion activists and anti-illegal immigration activists was fit for distribution and sent out by DHS to law enforcement agencies across the country,” Mr. King said.
Oh goody – so we come to find out that people who oppose abortion and illegal immigration (on the right) and those who oppose war or are dedicated to environmental/animal causes (on the left) are lumped into the extremist category just like the Ku Klux Klan, Neo-Nazis etc.
The right-wing definition remains the same as the report that was just released from DHS last month, where Veterans of war were gravely offended.
The latest report to become public, the lexicon on domestic extremism, stated that people involved with anti-immigration extremism “may have been known to advocate or engage in criminal activity and plot acts of violence and terrorism to advance their extremist goals.”
“They are highly critical of the U.S. government’s response to illegal immigration and oppose government programs that are designed to extend ‘rights’ to illegal aliens, such as issuing driver’s licenses or national identification cards and providing in-state tuition, medical benefits, or public education.”
“Cuban independence extremism” is defined as those who “do not recognize the legitimacy of the Communist Cuban Government and who attempt to subvert it through acts of violence, mainly within the U.S.”
And, the “tax-resistance movement” is described as “groups or individuals who vehemently believe taxes violate their constitutional rights.”
So if I am opposed to something my government is doing which I know deep down will be detrimental to our economy and society, then I am an extremist? Did I get that right? Well consider me part of the Right Wing Extremist Faction!
Cubans who do not agree with communism are also extremists? I guess Gloria Estefan would be one too!
Let’s also not forget about taxes – do people who oppose taxes by finding loop holes in the tax code also fall under this definition? They try extremely hard to fight taxes when April creeps up!
When does somebody see through the fog and realize that maybe it’s not the individual citizens of the United States who are extremists, but perhaps it’s the government itself that threatens this country’s future and its foundation.
Instead of making up these ridiculous reports, maybe DHS should spend its time on the impending attacks now that our national security has been compromised and we are much more vulnerable to “Man-Caused Disasters,” as Janet Napolitano would say.
