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2005-11-10 Home Front: WoT

Ongoing Terrorist Operations in the U.S.

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Posted by Steve 2005-11-10 09:30|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Wouldn't the DC snipers qualify as Islamist extremists?

Posted by ET 2005-11-10 09:58|| 2005-11-10 09:58|| Front Page Top

#2 Shhhh! You're not supposed to notice them, ET.

Posted by Robert Crawford">Robert Crawford 2005-11-10 10:02|| http://www.kloognome.com/]">[http://www.kloognome.com/] 2005-11-10 10:02|| Front Page Top

#3 I wonder how many of those "800 extremist groups" in the US have never done anything criminal, excepting "thought crimes"? In that a number have been around since the 1950s, and *still* haven't done anything illegal, they are hardly worth including in the list for purposes other than to puff it.

The second big boffo that is usually tried is to equate non-violent groups with violent groups of the opposite extreme. Like equating the John Birch Society, a non-violent right-wing anti-communist organization with the Weathermen, a violent left-wing anti-government organization.

The third trick is to muddle similar groups together, say Greenpeace, PETA and ALF. Greenpeace rarely engages in illegal activity, but when it does, it is usually non-violent. PETA does both, but their violence is indirect. ALF is usually violent, destructive, and now in Britain, human life-threatening with intent to be so.

That being said, Greenpeace is a generally legal annoyance; PETA may or may not be considered a corrupt organization; but ALF is clearly a threat and a criminal organization. Greenpeace should be ignored for the most part, PETA should be dealt with in civil law, but ALF should be criminally prosecuted.

This is a good outline for how that group of 800 should be objectively analyzed. Perhaps 15-20 of them fit into the last catagory.

Posted by Anonymoose 2005-11-10 10:33|| 2005-11-10 10:33|| Front Page Top

#4 PETA is the fundraising political front, EFL / ALF is their militant wing. PETA got caught in the past sending them money.

Posted by Steve">Steve 2005-11-10 12:29|| 2005-11-10 12:29|| Front Page Top

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