Abdulhakim Mujahid Muhammad, a prison convert to Islam, recently murdered one US Soldier at a Little Rock, AR recruiting center and seriously injured another. According to ABC new, "The recent convert (converted while in prison) to Islam who allegedly shot and killed a U.S. soldier at a Little Rock, Ark., recruiting booth had ties to a number of global locations linked to extremists, including Yemen, Somalia and Columbus, Ohio, ABC News has learned. Columbus, Ohio, has been an area of domestic concern for authorities who have observed a number of Somali Americans traveling from there to Somali to wage jihad.”

No explanation has been found to explain how this man accumulated enough funds to do these travels, nor whom he met with on these visits. As those of you who have traveled internationally, setting up flights to first Yemen and then onto Somalia for extended stays in both countries costs real money. Not to mention the fact that he returned to the US with a Somalia passport.

This follows less than two weeks after the Riverdale Synagogue bombing attempts (actually an attack on a synagogue and a Jewish center) that were thwarted by the FBI. Three of the four men involved were prison converts; the fourth was a son of immigrants from Afghanistan.

Two things concern me about our reaction to these acts of terror. First, they have received little coverage and the press has largely refrained from calling these acts, Islamic terrorism although they were clearly that. Second, Our President quickly went on record condemning the killing of Dr. Tiller, as he should, but said noting about the murder of a US Army soldier by a terrorist, right here in the United States.

My concern is that we are being less than honest with ourselves through political correctness and consequently not facing the very real threats to our society. The killing of Dr. Tiller by a nut (and yes I favor ‘right to life and in my mind this requires absolute opposition to the death penalty) is both an unfortunate and tragic; although, thankfully, a relatively isolated event. Islamic terrorism is an ongoing threat not to just a few individuals, but our entire society.

actions fit to them one could 'back' postulate the coverage was intentionally minimized due to BHO's trip to the heart of the terrorists roots this week.

Just a thought. Negative I agree. But warranted by the medias propensity and alignment with BHO.

Time will only confirm the alignment. But just simply observe the coverage or the thrust of this thread....the lack of it!!

BTK

Interesting. And they wonder why thousands of people every day, stop purchasing newspapers. What gets me is they make anti-American movies knowing that they will just be dust magnets on the shelves of video stores. All forms of media, newspapers,television,magazines etc., are losing money but they still produce them. I guess their disdain for capitalism knows no boundaries.
But I think this ties in with the recent disclosure that it was not millions of contributions from the internet, that filled the coffers of the Obama machine. It was rich individuals and organizations that fueled the campaign.

Originally Posted by Keedy

Interesting. And they wonder why thousands of people every day, stop purchasing newspapers. What gets me is they make anti-American movies knowing that they will just be dust magnets on the shelves of video stores. All forms of media, newspapers,television,magazines etc., are losing money but they still produce them. I guess their disdain for capitalism knows no boundaries.
But I think this ties in with the recent disclosure that it was not millions of contributions from the internet, that filled the coffers of the Obama machine. It was rich individuals and organizations that fueled the campaign.

"But I think this ties in with the recent disclosure that it was not millions of contributions from the internet, that filled the coffers of the Obama machine. It was rich individuals and organizations that fueled the campaign.[/QUOTE"

Dont want to hijack the thread but I look forward IN THE FUTURE to reading all the expose books that WILL come out concerning this campaign !

It must be a vast left-wing media conspiracy.

Has this news even made it to the Limbaugh-Hannity-Coulter-O'Reilly circuit? Geez, could they be involved in the conspiracy too?

Originally Posted by Villages Kahuna

It must be a vast left-wing media conspiracy.
Has this news even made it to the Limbaugh-Hannity-Coulter-O'Reilly circuit? Geez, could they be involved in the conspiracy too?

That would be the Old Gray Lady from NY. (NY Times)

Originally Posted by Villages Kahuna

It must be a vast left-wing media conspiracy.

Has this news even made it to the Limbaugh-Hannity-Coulter-O'Reilly circuit? Geez, could they be involved in the conspiracy too?

WHY is it that the only folks who mention the folks you mentioned are those who are left leaning ?

I cannot recall anyone mentioning the hate spewed nightly by Olberman and Maddow and Schultz. Both sides do it and it sucks but all that is mentioned is what you mention...wonder why that is ?

Yup, all of these people mentioned above, as well as more of them, left leaning, right leaning, men, women, TV, radio & print are boderline buffoons IMO. They can say outrageous things without any consequences. In fact, the more outrageous the better for drawing attention to themselves, better ratings and advertising revenue. They try to make news vs. reporting it. Sad thing is, they aren't going anywhere, as each of them is popular among their audience.

Did the news of the killings make any of the right wing media sources either?...Olberman, et al? I'm asking because I don't watch any of them--left or right.

Holy cow! Maybe it's a total media conspiracy to hide the threat of Muslim extremists within our borders.

How are those extremists getting in the country? Oh, I forgot. The same way the guy who mows lawns in our neighborhood got here. Except he came to work.

Originally Posted by Villages Kahuna

How are those extremists getting in the country? Oh, I forgot. The same way the guy who mows lawns in our neighborhood got here. Except he came to work.

Actually, the majority are born here and convert to a radical form of Islam while in prison. Extremists in the Middle East seem more than happy to pay to train and equip them.

Originally Posted by Villages Kahuna

Did the news of the killings make any of the right wing media sources either?...Olberman, et al? I'm asking because I don't watch any of them--left or right.

Holy cow! Maybe it's a total media conspiracy to hide the threat of Muslim extremists within our borders.

How are those extremists getting in the country? Oh, I forgot. The same way the guy who mows lawns in our neighborhood got here. Except he came to work.

You will never ever hear me say the word "conspiracy" !

The media, in my opinion, is a total and complete mess. President Obama, yesterday in that ABC special, said something very very correctly. He said and I am paraphrasing...that he does not watch the cable shows like Olberman, etc because he knows what they are going to say...they have their thing.

I agree with that...so much mouthing of these folks is just bad..I am not the brightest bulb in the world and misunderstand a lot, but I try to understand and I try to read facts, not opinion...not always successful but those who watch those shows are simply shortchanging themselves !

The "news" is done with a bunch of sound bites, selected by some producer who may or not even know if he has left or right leaning but it is not in context ever....it is done to get ratings and not to inform.

I started this thread out of my concern of the media ignoring such things as Islamic terrorism and gang violence, in favor of coverage of the murders of Dr Hiller and Caycee Anthony. I apparently expressed my concerns poorly.

How do we get our leaders and the media to focus on the real problems facing us rather than the sensational. I deplore Caylee's death, but have also posted that far more resources were expended on this death by Orange County, the FBI, outside search teams, etc. than any other ten deaths combined in this area and possibly more than all other murders combined in Orange County last year. This was the result of nationwide media attention. Without question, many other murders could have been solved with a fraction of the law enforcement effort put into Caylee's death.

The very real problems facing us are (1) gang violence (accounting for many if not most of the murders in the US) especially increasing gang violence by the Mexican Drug Cartels; and (2) Islamic terrorism, that accounted for the deaths of 9/11, many attempted acts of terror frustrated by our intelligence services and the FBI, and recent acts of terror such as the shooting of an Army private at a recruiting center in Little Rock.

Increasingly, prison inmates are being converted to a radical view of Islam. What should we do about this? The potential of terror is almost unimaginable. What would happen to the economy of Central Florida is bombs we set off simultaneously in Disney, Universal Studios, Sea World and Wet n' Wild? Imagine the effect of bombs going off in ten Wal-Marts nationwide.

I do not know the answers, but suggest it should receive serious consideration from all of us.

Just my thoughts.

Originally Posted by BBQMan

I started this thread out of my concern of the media ignoring such things as Islamic terrorism and gang violence, in favor of coverage of the murders of Dr Hiller and Caycee Anthony. I apparently expressed my concerns poorly.

How do we get our leaders and the media to focus on the real problems facing us rather than the sensational. I deplore Caylee's death, but have also posted that far more resources were expended on this death by Orange County, the FBI, outside search teams, etc. than any other ten deaths combined in this area and possibly more than all other murders combined in Orange County last year. This was the result of nationwide media attention. Without question, many other murders could have been solved with a fraction of the law enforcement effort put into Caylee's death.

The very real problems facing us are (1) gang violence (accounting for many if not most of the murders in the US) especially increasing gang violence by the Mexican Drug Cartels; and (2) Islamic terrorism, that accounted for the deaths of 9/11, many attempted acts of terror frustrated by our intelligence services and the FBI, and recent acts of terror such as the shooting of an Army private at a recruiting center in Little Rock.

Increasingly, prison inmates are being converted to a radical view of Islam. What should we do about this? The potential of terror is almost unimaginable. What would happen to the economy of Central Florida is bombs we set off simultaneously in Disney, Universal Studios, Sea World and Wet n' Wild? Imagine the effect of bombs going off in ten Wal-Marts nationwide.

I do not know the answers, but suggest it should receive serious consideration from all of us.

Just my thoughts.

You make great points BBQMan !!!

I dont think anyone wanted to hi jack your thread but your thought immediately takes ones mind to the lack of journalistic ability in the media.

Terrorism is without a doubt the #1 threat and potential threat to all of us. During the campaign those of us who mentioned this were called many very creative names even though as you point out, the potential is hair raising.

A few days ago I mentioned the gassing of the Tokyo subway and that groups attempt to get nuclear for that attack...that is my big big fear. We seem to be trying so hard to be "politically correct" in this country and it appears we think that if we ignore this threat it will go away...it wont.

These folks have said they would kill us.....and they also said they would do much of the weakening of this country from WITHIN (to your point about prisons). I watched a small clip from one of those prime time tv cable shows last night and the female host was showing clips designed to get sympathy for the terrorists in GTMO.

I dont understand, whatever your politics, having any sympathy for this ilk at all.

Are they avoiding coverage of Islamic terrorism in this country? If they covered it, they would be called names.....fear mongers for one ! People will say we cannot live our lives with fear, and that is true, but that kind of response is so political..it is not a matter of living your life in fear..it is a matter of being aware and informed (something we used to rely on the media to help us with)

I agree with BBQ on this...a terrorist attack, especially with nuclear or semi nuclear weapons is a real threat...not a politically contrived fear and much too little attention is paid to that threat !

"story" Al Queda is recruiting the militants here in the USA. Add to the concerns of this thread a group or groups of American insiders (so to speak)....add to add the ones from Mexico (yes SOuth of the border militants who can come and go with the illegals)....the potential for hoororific actions against the innocents multiplies with alarming possibilities.

BTK