Wednesday, December 08, 2010

Gates of Vienna News Feed 12/8/2010

Gates of Vienna News Feed 12/8/2010A 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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2 comments:

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babs said...

I have heard pundits say that this young man was entrapted by the FBI along with other would be American bombers.
What say you Baron?

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