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The study said tip-offs from the American Muslim community provided the source of information that led to a terrorist plot being thwarted in 48 of 120 cases involving American Muslims since the attacks of September 11, 2001. American Muslims arrested on terror charges down sharply

Numbers are sometimes revealing. In the approx 10 years since 9/11, a total of 120 cases of domestic terrorism involving Muslim extremists. Of these 120 incidents, 48 (40%) were thwarted. Of the remaining 72 (60%), more than a few were so hapless and amateurish there was no loss of life. Even where there was loss of life, in most instances it was negligible. Fatalities were minuscule compared to say, gun killings or road fatalities, or even as several posters have pointed out, hate crimes generally. (This is not to excuse these incidents in any way whatsoever.)

An incident that occurs, on average, once every two months in a country the size of the US hardly constitutes a crisis. In short, these numbers fail to justify the level of political attention and/or Congressional resources being devoted to the issue. Fail utterly.

The reason(s) for the existence of this inquiry do not lie in the issue itself. There is a need to look elsewhere. The obvious candidate is political expediency.

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It's entirely possible that this attack on Muslims might backfire, and radicalize a few whom would otherwise have kept working on their BSEEs.

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ORIGINAL: rulemylife
"Flag burners and rabble rousers".

I think my time machine just took me back to 1967.

I think that was his point. Libs havent learned a damn thing since "Make Love, Not War" except that they need Viagra.

You are sadly mistaken.

Liberals use Cialis and have erections lasting longer than four hours.

And we never call our doctors.

Ahhh, thank you for clearing up why you have so little blood flow to your brain.

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Who is he to say? 

Chairman and long term member of the committee. Exactly who should be saying it.

Has he adduced any evidence or is he just saying it?

Uhhhh thats what the hearings are, evidence gathering and discussion.

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ORIGINAL: Representative Peter T. King (R, New York), Opening Statement to Hearings by the House Committee on Homeland Security on The Extent of Radicalization in the Muslim Community

Just this past Sunday, for instance, Denis McDonough, the Deputy National Security Advisor to President Obama, made a major speech on radicalization stating that:

"al Qaeda and its adherents have increasingly turned to another troubling tactic: attempting to recruit and radicalize people to terrorism here in the United States."

"For a long time, many in the U.S. thought that we were immune from this threat. That was false hope, and false comfort. This threat is real, and it is serious.

"(Al Qaeda does this) for the expressed purpose of trying to convince Muslim Americans to reject their country and attack their fellow Americans."

Similarly in late December, Attorney General Holder said the growing number of young Americans being radicalized and willing to take up arms against our country "keeps him awake at night."

And two weeks before that the Attorney General defended the FBI's sting operation against Mohammad Osman Mohammad who attempted a terror attack during a Christmas tree lighting celebration in Portland, Oregon saying he made "no apologies" for this operation.

"Those who characterize the FBI's activities as entrapment simply do not have their facts straight."

One month ago Secretary Napolitano testified before this Committee and said that the threat level today is as high as it has been since September 11th because of increased radicalization in our country....

I have repeatedly said the overwhelming majority of Muslim-Americans are outstanding Americans and make enormous contributions to our country. But there are realities we cannot ignore. For instance a Pew Poll said that 15% of Muslim-American men between the age of 18 and 29 could support suicide bombings. This is the segment of the community al Qaeda is attempting to recruit.

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ORIGINAL Rep. Peter King defends IRA support, Islamic radicalism hearings

New York Rep. Peter King says his past support for the Irish Republican Army (IRA)--long listed as a terrorist group by the U.S. State Department--doesn't pose a double-standard for the hearings he will gavel to order in the House tomorrow on the threat of Islamic radicalism.

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ORIGINAL Peter King's subversive fantasy
Congressman Peter King, who has rationalised his past defence of IRA terrorism without a hint of self-awareness or irony, is now the self-appointed protector of America from future terrorist attacks by holding a congressional hearing on the "Extent of Radicalisation in the American Muslim Community and that Community's Response." King presiding over this hearing would be like asking Mel Gibson to chair an impartial session on Jewish American loyalties. King has in the past claimed there are "too many mosques" in America and that 85% of American mosques and its religious leaders are radicalised, a statement that has been thoroughly discredited.

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So let me see if I have this straight here, Jlf. It seems a little bit confuzzling. On this thread, you are smearing all Republicans with the accusation that one Republican is trying to smear a group on the actions of a few. On another thread, you are yourself using a particular Republican as a means to smear all of them.

Nope. Not confuzzling at all, is it?

Sad.

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hey are probably at higher risk

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That has been my frequent recommendation: Treat Islam with exactly the same respect as the KKK, Aryan Nation, NBPP, etc.

They are intolerant and violent.

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exactly the same respect as the KKK, Aryan Nation, NBPP

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Peter King is an intolerant biggot

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nuclear bombs being deployed. That doesn't mean they weren't the greatest threat to the Japanese war effort.

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Republicans want to focus on Muslims