Category Archives: 5th Column

18 American Jihadist Terrorists

1 JulpmWed, 07 Jul 2010 22:12:23 -06002010-07-07T22:12:23-06:0010 2009 – 22:12

It’s all too easy to forget that Jihad is not just something that is happening in Iraq or Afghanistan. It’s happening here in the USA and we’ve got photographic evidence to remind Americans of the enemy within. We must never forget…

Abdulhakim Mujahid Muhammad, aka Carlos Bledsoe. In June 2009, Muhammad shot two unarmed US Army soldiers outside a Little Rock, Arkansas recruiting center, killing one and wounding the other.

Daniel Patrick Boyd. In July 2009, Boyd, who received terrorist training in Pakistan, was arrested in North Carolina in connection with a plot to carry out a terrorist attack on Marine Corps Base Quantico

Abdul Rahman Yasin. Yasin is on the FBI's Most Wanted Terrorists list for his role in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. He was born in Bloomington, Indiana.

Adam Yahiye Gadahn. This native of California played in a heavy metal band before traveling to Pakistan to join Al Qaeda.

Anwar al Awlaki. This New Mexico native is now the Imam of choice for Al Qaeda, essentially leading the organization's operations in Yemen.

Omar Hammami. This Alabama native was raised in the Bible Belt of Dixie but nevertheless turned to Jihad and now is a member of Al Shabaab Jihadist group in Somalia

Nidal Malik Hasan. US Army Major who shot dozens at Fort Hood, Texas in November 2009, killing 13 and wounding 30

Najibullah Zazi. This Denver resident travelled to Afghanistan where he received terrorist training. Upon his return, he plotted to bomb New York subways.

John Walker Lindh. A Washington D.C. native, the infamous American Taliban was captured in Afghanistan during the overthrow of the Taliban regime in 2001. He is serving a 20 year prison sentence.

David Coleman Headley. Formerly known as Daood Sayed Gilani, is a Pakistani American from Chicago, who conspired to launch the 2008 Mumbai attacks in India. He changed his name to hide his Muslim identity.

Colleen Larose, aka Jihad Jane, this Michigan native/Philadelphia resident, plotted to kill a cartoonist who drew a picture of the muslim prophet mohammed.

Faisal Shahzad. This Connecticut resident/Pakistani immigrant attempted to bomb Times Square in New York City

Moussa Ali Hamdan. Former New Jersey resident and Hezbollah member, was arrested in Paraguay on June 17th in connection with 31 crimes, including terrorism financing.

Aman Hassan Yemer, Ahmed Abdulah Minni, Waqar Hussain Khan, Ramy Zamzam, and Umar Farooq. These five American citizens from Virginia travelled to Pakistan to join the Jihad, only to be caught by authorities there and imprisoned.

By terrortrends | Also posted in Al Qaeda, Fort Hood Massacre, Hezbollah, Homegrown Jihad, Homeland Security, India, Islam, Islamic Jihad, Jihad, Lashkar-e-Taiba, Lebanon, Mohammed Cartoons, Mumbai attack, New York, Nidal Malik Hasan, NYC subway plot, Pakistan, Somalia, Taliban, terrorism funding, Times Square bomb attack | Comments (6)

Former US Congressman admits being agent for banned Islamic terrorist charity

1 JulpmWed, 07 Jul 2010 19:29:09 -06002010-07-07T19:29:09-06:0007 2009 – 19:29

A former US Congressman pleaded guilty today to obstruction of justice and working as an unregistered agent for a foreign charity linked to global terrorism.

Mark Deli Siljander, 59, a former US representative from Michigan, pleaded guilty to charges contained in a 2008 indictment related to his work for the Islamic American Relief Agency (IARA) of Columbia, Missouri.

Co-defendant Abdel Azim El-Siddig, a former IARA fundraiser, also pleaded guilty to conspiring with Siljander and others to hire Siljander to lobby for IARA’s removal from a Senate Finance Committee list of charities suspected of having terrorist ties.

Siljander, who also had been an alternate representative to the United Nations General Assembly, had concealed the organization for whom he was lobbying.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hwGOnyXL3sDUpleWkL9HgyFjE1Gw

By terrortrends | Also posted in Al Qaeda, Islamic Charities, terrorism funding | Comments (0)

CNN Editor Mourns Death of Hezbollah “Giant”–UPDATE: She’s Done

1 JulpmTue, 06 Jul 2010 20:00:30 -06002010-07-06T20:00:30-06:0008 2009 – 20:00

Octavia Nasr: CNN's Jihadist Terrorist Sympathizer

In what simply must be one of the more disgusting displays of sympathy for evil in recent memory, CNN’s senior editor of Middle East affairs, Octavia Nasr, a Lebanese native now enjoying the fruits of liberty as a resident of Atlanta, Georgia, released the following statement on her Twitter account upon hearing of the death of Hezbollah terrorist ideologue Ayatollah Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah:

“Sad to hear of the passing of Sayyed Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah… One of Hezbollah’s giants I respect a lot.”

Hezbollah Ideologue Grand Ayatollah Muhammad Hussein Fadlallah

First of all, Nasr’s use of the honorific title “Sayyed” is particularly telling. This is a title meant to belie esteem and is reserved for those who are thought to be descendants of the Islamic prophet mohammed.

Fadlallah was best known as the inspirational leader and key ideologue for the terrorist group Hezbollah. This makes Nasr’s admiration for him disturbing to say the least. There is no other word for it: sympathizer. Fadlallah was a Jihadist terrorist. He may not have killed with a sword, but he most assuredly inspired thousands of others to do so.

And hundreds of the victims were Americans.

Yet CNN’s Octavia Nasr “respected” him–“a lot.”

Let us examine the implications of a Hezbollah groupie in a leadership role in one of America’s largest (yet shrinking) media organizations.

Hezbollah burst onto the world scene in April 1983 when they bombed the US embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, killing 63 people, including 17 Americans.

US Embassy Beirut, Lebanon, after Hezbollah Islamikaze attack

On October 23rd, 1983, Hezbollah struck again, attacking the Marine Barracks at the Beirut International Airport, killing 241 servicemen acting as peacekeepers for the United Nations.

US Marines performing grim task of casualty evacuation after Hezbollah Islamikaze attack

In 1985, Hezbollah terrorists hijacked TWA Flight 847 and killed US Navy sailor Robert Stethem who happened to be a passenger on board.

Hezbollah continued their terrorist ways in the late 1980s with the kidnapping and murder of US Marine Colonel William Higgins, who was also on a UN mission.

Colonel William Higgins, USMC

Some people thought that Hezbollah was no longer an enemy of the USA by the time September 11th, Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom rolled around. Not so.

Though it has not received much attention, on at least two occasions, Hezbollah terrorists have been captured in Iraq fighting US forces:

http://gulfnews.com/news/region/iraq/troops-capture-top-hezbollah-officer-1.188167

http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/07/02/iraq.hezbollah/index.html

More recently, a long-time Hezbollah terrorist involved in the 1985 TWA 847 hijacking was killed by US forces in Pakistan, near the Afghan border…

http://www.debbieschlussel.com/23626/breaking-us-drones-kill-hezbollah-terrorist-who-murdered-stethem-hezbollah-now-working-w-taliban/

It seems the terrorist, Mohammed Ali Hamadi, upon being released from prison in Germany, decided that the thing to do was go work for the Taliban. A coincidence we’re certain…

These are the monsters that Fadlallah inspired. And CNN’s Octavia Nasr respected him…a lot.

UPDATE: Octavia Nasr gone from CNN after pro-Jihadist comments

Mediate.com obtained an internal CNN memo which says of Nasr: “We believe that her credibility in her position as senior editor for Middle Eastern affairs has been compromised.” (That’s putting it mildly to say the least.)

In a blog post expanding on her position, Nasr wrote that it “was an error of judgment for me to write such a simplistic comment and I’m sorry because it conveyed that I supported Fadlallah’s life’s work.” (It didn’t CONVEY anything. It’s what she WROTE.)

More from Aaron Klein at WorldNetDaily:

http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=176001


By terrortrends | Also posted in Hezbollah, Hostage taking, Iran, Islam, Islamic Jihad, Islamikaze attack, Jihad, Kidnapping & Hostage-taking, Lebanon, Pakistan, Suicide Bombing, Taliban, Terrorist attack, terrorist group listings | Comments (2)

NY Daily News Editorial: The threat keeps growing: List of terrorists in our midst gets longer and longer

1 MayamSun, 02 May 2010 08:04:02 -06002010-05-02T08:04:02-06:0008 2009 – 08:04

Late in 2009 TTB published an article called “A Year of Jihad In America,” in which we basically listed numerous violent Jihadist incidents which had occurred in America over the previous year:

https://terrortrendsbulletin.wordpress.com/2009/11/29/a-year-of-jihad-in-america-december-2008-to-december-2009/

Yesterday, ironically on the same day in which a car bomb was discovered in New York’s Times Square, the New York Daily News came out with an excellent editorial which should be required reading for every American. In it, they listed many of the Jihadist terrorists which have been uncovered in our midst.

Homegrown Jihad has become a huge problem and we have yet to even come to terms with it as a nation…

http://www.nydailynews.com/opinions/2010/05/01/2010-05-01_the_threat_keeps_growing.html

By terrortrends | Also posted in Al Qaeda, Homegrown Jihad, Homeland Security, Islamic Jihad, Jihad, terrorism funding | Comments (0)

Britons join the jihadist ranks to fight in Somalia

1 MayamSun, 02 May 2010 07:41:43 -06002010-05-02T07:41:43-06:0007 2009 – 07:41

Britons join the jihadist ranks to fight in Somalia

Fears grow that al-Qaida is constructing a safe haven in east Africa with UK groups’ help

A growing number of Britons are answering the call to jihad in Somalia and joining the ranks of militants linked to al-Qaida…

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/may/02/britons-somalia-al-qaida-insurgency

By terrortrends | Also posted in Al Qaeda, Great Britain, Homegrown Jihad, Islamic Jihad, Jihad, Somalia, United Kingdom | Comments (0)

U.S. Computer Engineer and Accountant Charged With Helping Al Qaeda

1 MayamSun, 02 May 2010 07:22:10 -06002010-05-02T07:22:10-06:0007 2009 – 07:22

Some folks believe that poverty is the root cause of Jihad.

If that is so, then how do they explain a computer engineer and an accountant, formerly employees of Wall Street’s Lehman Brothers and PriceWaterhouseCoopers, going Jihadi and helping Al Qaeda, including by purchasing watches commonly used in making bombs?

Wesam El-Hanafi, 33, and Sabirhan Hasanoff, 34, are both American citizens who attended New York public schools and Baruch College in New York.

They appeared to be normal, middle class Americans with good educations and bright futures.

Unfortunately, back in 2008 they decided to take an oath of allegiance to Al Qaeda…and so the story begins…read more at UPI.com:

http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2010/05/01/2-US-men-charged-with-aiding-al-Qaida/UPI-98511272748539/

By terrortrends | Also posted in Al Qaeda, Homegrown Jihad, Islam, Islamic Jihad, Jihad, Yemen | Comments (0)

Denver Post Sees No Dots to Connect in Article About Anwar Al-Awlaki

1 AprpmSun, 11 Apr 2010 14:45:49 -06002010-04-11T14:45:49-06:0002 2009 – 14:45

Maybe I am being overly dramatic, but the article linked below from the Denver Post reminds me of all the Germans who claimed they had nothing to do with the Nazis when Allied troops moved in to occupy Germany in 1945.

Isn’t it just a tad odd that this guy Anwar Al-Awlaki, who has become an Al Qaeda terrorist mastermind, made no impression at all in his time in Colorado?

No one at the mosques he preached at seems to even remember anything about the guy–except the members who either didn’t like him or never heard him say anything bad or who don’t want their names revealed that is…

Then there’s the statement in the article that all Al-Awlaki’s files had been disposed of 8 years ago. It’s too bad that Bruce Finley of the Denver Post isn’t more curious because 8 years ago is about when Al-Awlaki had been ID’d by the FBI as an Al Qaeda recruiter and fled the country.

Muslim cleric targeted by U.S. made little impression during Colorado years

http://www.denverpost.com/commented/ci_14861059?source=commented-news

But there IS more to Al-Awlaki’s time at the Denver mosque than many people remember. I wrote about it a couple of months ago for a blog down in Louisiana…

http://thehayride.com/2010/02/chris-jacksons-terrorist-mentors/

SOMEONE was saying some things in that Denver mosque that crossed over the line…but no one remembers, and those files got thrown out years ago…

By terrortrends | Also posted in Al Qaeda, Anwar Al-Awlaki, Homegrown Jihad, Islam, Islamic Jihad, Jihad, Yemen | Comments (0)

GOOD GRIEF: CAIR and Muslim “Leaders” Urge Leniency for 5 American Jihadis Caught in Pakistan

1 DecpmSun, 20 Dec 2009 19:40:28 -06002009-12-20T19:40:28-06:0007 2009 – 19:40

The Council for American Islamic Relations (CAIR), which is a Muslim Brotherhood front group that has been tied in documented reports to HAMAS and was named an unindicted co-conspirator in the Holy Land Foundation terrorism financing trial, is now calling for leniency by the Feds in prosecuting 5 American Muslims who traveled to Pakistan to join the Jihad and receive terrorism training.

We are literally speechless.

Fortunately, the intrepid Pamela Geller is not…

http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2009/12/cair-warns-not-to-prosecute-5-american-jihadis-fbi-walks-tightrope-in-outreach-to-muslims.html

By terrortrends | Also posted in CAIR, Homegrown Jihad, Islam, Islamic Jihad, Jihad, Muslim Brotherhood, Pakistan | Comments (1)

Disturbing Patterns of Behavior on Airline Flights

1 DecpmSun, 20 Dec 2009 19:29:08 -06002009-12-20T19:29:08-06:0007 2009 – 19:29

Since September 11th 2001, Americans have been understandably apprehensive when it comes to airline safety, particularly when it comes to the behavior of passengers.

Many TTB readers may be aware of recent reports about what could have been a possible “dry run” on an AirTran airlines flight.

Over on American Thinker, John Leonard has done an excellent job of covering the reports circulating about that episode. Today, however, he took it a step further and provided a chronology of disturbing incidents on airliners which have not received enough attention. We urge our readers to view his latest work: “Terror Test Runs on Airlines?”

http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/12/terror_test_runs_on_airlines.html

By terrortrends | Also posted in airliner bombing, Homegrown Jihad | Comments (0)

OUTRAGEOUS! Jihadist ISNA, a Muslim Brotherhood front, hired to work Fort Hood

1 DecpmThu, 03 Dec 2009 17:49:53 -06002009-12-03T17:49:53-06:0005 2009 – 17:49

The Islamic Society of North America, a Muslim Brotherhood front group and unindicted co-conspirator in the largest terrorism financing trial in US history, has been hired as a contractor to work at Fort Hood.

This is beyond infuriating and reflects the same loser mentality which overlooked all the signs of Nidal Malik Hasan’s Jihadist beliefs for months, if not years, resulting in 13 American soldiers being murdered and 32 wounded.

There is no way this happens without the approval of General Casey, the Army Chief of Staff, the same shameful officer who expressed more concern over diversity than the safety of his own troops on national TV.

It is past time for Casey to resign. He is clearly what can only be described as a useful idiot.

Here are two stories on this outrage:

http://mypetjawa.mu.nu/archives/199803.php

http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=Y2QxNWFlZDM5MDQ0NzM4MDg3ZjA3MDE5ZjNmYzBjYzU=

By terrortrends | Also posted in Fort Hood Massacre, ISNA, Jihad, Muslim Brotherhood, Nidal Malik Hasan | Comments (0)