FBI Probe Into Somalis May Be Most Significant Domestic Terrorism Probe Since 9/11

nytimes.com:

The Carlson School of Management rises from the asphalt like a monument to capitalist ambition. Stock prices race across an electronic ticker near a sleek entrance and the atrium soars skyward, as if lifting the aspirations of its students. The school's plucky motto is "Nowhere but here."

For a group of students who often met at the school, on the University of Minnesota campus, those words seemed especially fitting. They had fled Somalia as small boys, escaping a catastrophic civil war. They came of age as refugees in Minneapolis, embracing basketball and the prom, hip-hop and the Mall of America. By the time they reached college, their dreams seemed within grasp: one planned to become a doctor; another, an entrepreneur.

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Comments

[Chernynkaya]

This Somali story is nothing compared to the huge threat to the US that is The Family aka The C Street Group. It's been covered on Maddow and in a great post by Wilson here at HP. It will make your hair stand on end. If Homeland Security wants to really do some good, start by looking there. Oh, but wait, they're not Muslim.

[sueinmn]

Truely eye opening stuff! Our own GOP leaders practicing cult religion and Hitler sermons!

[vikesnfc99]

Perhaps President Obama should stop engaging with this group then:

From one of the HuffPo posts on the topic:
"The Fellowship is the group behind the National Prayer Breakfast, where President Obama rolled out his Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships earlier this year"

[levibatgirl]

They called themselves, 'born again' and 'fundies'.

Hmmmmm

[Adam11]

Somali males between ages of 16-26 can't fly out of minnesota airports without Permistion and consent from their parent or elderly...­.

its FUNNY but True....

[sueinmn]

Well they did apparently.

[wadenelson1]

Minnesotans? C'mon. Who were they planning to attack? The Cheddarheads across the river in Wisconsin?

[Adam11]

lol.....

[lmktacwa]

Apparently you only read the headline.

[sueinmn]

Its a good place for them to hide out. We do have a very large community of Somalias. Good or bad, a great pool of young impressionable when the economy is so bad. To me, its just a shame that we dont require those entering the USA to adapt or leave. They have made many demands heres!

[pissedmichael]

'It's just a shame that we don't require. . . . to adapt or leave?' Exactly the same attitude that has greeted every new immigrant since this country began. It's good to see that some feel a need to perpetuate this Neanderthal mentality.

[Tom Joad]

The annual Sons of Norway parade...

[Chaimirija]

I doubt it, everyone here, except in Madison, I suppose, has a gun

[OpposingViewpoint]

And a dog it seems.

[Malron Jett]

LOL @ "domestic terrorism.­" Chase the brown people who go overseas to fight and continue to ignore the white Christian militias that are sprouting up all over America.

[MintysMom]

Well, don't you think we should pursue both? Why must they be mutually exclusive?

[TXfemmom]

We have enemies among all races, ethnic groups and religions. Fundamentalism is a very sick thing.

[Adam11]

your 100% correct...­and i agree

[JulieSA]

So completely ignore the muslim converts who shot two soldiers and attempted to blow up a synagogue. Is that what we should do?

[MNinWI]

Why do you guys always-I mean always-talk in extremes? It's black or white & no gray areas. Is that one of the reasons you're right wing? Can't see big picture? Incapable of moderate thought?

[Tom Joad]

pretty much. I don't hear you squawkin' about the white supremacists and extremist militias sprouting up around the country...

[zakon]

Why did Bush Sr. order troops into Somolia in the last month of his presidency (December 1992)?

1) To get food to starving Africans? The country was in the midst of a civil-war.

2) For oil? Northern Somolia's recently discovered oil reserves were slated for US oil firms, but the civil-war deposed the American-friendly leader of Somolia in 1991

3) Stir up the radical Muslim nest

[libsrunhappy]

Brillant . Blame the Bushes. Is that the only thought you all share on this website? You need to quit watching msnbc. You can get info by trying something new-------read a book or a newspaper! If you change the channel msnbc will still have 200 other viewers.

[zakon]

Brilliant, no answer. Think beyond party politics.

[pissedmichael]

That's funny, usually I read Bush supporters recommending msnbc.

[JulieSA]

The UN was already there feeding people, and they needed more muscle. That program saved about a million Somalians from starving.

[zakon]

UN feeds many starving peoples, and many of the UN's worldwide efforts needed more muscle. So why Somalia?

[zakon]

Hint, Bin Ladin's Al Qeada was given its first target practice of Americans, opening the first chapter of the Bush's grand War On Terror.

[fcsakes]

Scoop them up, send them home.

[Tom Joad]

by all means, especially the ones who legally immigrated here and haven't committed any crimes - they're the most dangerous of all.

[fairtaxnow]

Isnt being here ILLEGALLY a crime?

[raymurt]

NPR covered this story 6 months ago.

[gbrooks]

Rahm Emanuel went to Israel to assist in their conflict in the early '90's and there wasn't any investigation or notions that he was a terrorist.

[raymurt]

and your point is?

[Adam11]

u must be a J.e.w. or pro-Isr.a.­e.l.....to ask that question

[gbrooks]

I really have to explain that to you?

[lainey]

agreed, what is your point? let's not overcome evil with more evil, or end the name calling debate with more name calling. stick to the story and join a group to understand the people you dislike so much....in this case, it would be the people who are Jewish.