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2013-03-18 |
New York isn't just the prime target of al Qaeda plots -- it's the No. 1 recruiting ground for homegrown terrorists, a top terrorism researcher told The Post. "The picture of New York you get is that you've got people targeting it, you've got [terrorists] living there and you've had it in the past used as a recruitment center, then you have a pretty big problem," said Robin Simcox, a researcher at the London-based Henry Jackson Society. His latest study, "Al Qaeda in the US," found that New York was home to the largest number of extremists convicted of al Qaeda-linked and al Qaeda-inspired terror schemes in US courts -- plus those who committed suicide attacks on American soil between 1997 and 2011. The study found:
"There are well-established ties to militancy in parts of New York and New York City as well, and there is no reason to think that has gone anywhere," said Simcox. Rep. Pete King (R-LI), who was accused of being "Islamophobic" when he held a series of congressional hearings on the homegrown terror threat, said he felt vindicated by the study. "It clearly reinforces the point that I was making: that New York is the No. 1 terrorist target and that New York has a significant problem with homegrown terrorism," said King. "We have to constantly be on the alert against it," he said. Simcox also called on the feds and NYPD to remain vigilant for al Qaeda groups breeding extremism inside New York. He noted that the terrorists' recruitment strategies have become much more sophisticated since the days when the Farouq mosque in Brooklyn was a hotbed of radicalization. "It's done online and with texts, but I think essentially the way the recruitment first happens is individual to individual," he said. |
Posted by:tipper |
#3 And how many of them that live here are feeding off the public teat? at any gov't level? food stamps, welfare, tuition assistance/less than in state residence in some cases? |
Posted by: USN,Ret. 2013-03-18 22:00 |
#2 In big cities with multicultral populations terrorist are easy to hide eg.London and New York. In these cities people live together but at the same time hate each other as they see the difference in cultures day to day. |
Posted by: Flusogum Spealet6811 2013-03-18 08:57 |
#1 They [al Qaeda New Yorkers] are little different from the elitists who run this country. They simply default or convert to hate and violence based cults to assist in the accomplishment of their goals, as opposed to the more civilized or clandestine forms of criminal activity. All evil requires a host. A willing host is much preferred. |
Posted by: Besoeker 2013-03-18 04:32 |