Gates of Vienna News Feed 12/8/2010

A young convert to Islam — a naturalized American citizen — was caught in an FBI sting attempting to detonate what he thought was a bomb outside a military recruiting center in the Baltimore suburbs. He told an FBI informant that his wife understood that he wanted to fight jihad, and was okay with it.

In other news, the compromise spending bill passed by Congress prohibits any funds for relocating Guantanamo detainees, or for building a new terrorist-holding facility on the mainland.

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Thanks to Barry Rubin, C. Cantoni, DF, DonVito, Fjordman, Gaia, GB, heroyalwhyness, Hullah Ballou, Insubria, TV, and all the other tipsters who sent these in.

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