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FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III today warned that extremists "with large agendas and little money can use rudimentary weapons" to sow terror, raising the specter that recent attacks in Mumbai that killed 170 people last year could embolden terrorists seeking to attack U.S. cities.
One particular concern, the FBI director said, springs from the country's background as a "nation of immigrants." Federal officials worry about pockets of possible radicals among melting-pot communities in the United States such as Seattle, San Diego, Miami or New York.
A Joint Terrorism Task Force led by the FBI, for instance, continues to investigate a group in Minneapolis after one young man last fall flew to Somalia and became what authorities believe to be the first U.S. citizen to carry out a suicide bombing. As many as a half-dozen other youths from that community in Minnesota have vanished, alarming their parents and raising concerns among law enforcement officials that a dangerous recruiting network has operated under the radar.
The prospect of young men, indoctrinated and radicalized in their own communities . . . is a perversion of the immigrant story," Mueller said.
Originally posted by sueloujo
On a more serious note..I think Portland or Seattle is in their sights.
Originally posted by ErnestT
All you Bush haters forgot something very important in your rage. Bush kept us safe for 7 years. This wasn't dumb luck and Obama will drop the fragile guard and something bad will happen. It won't surprise me when you try to blame Bush again, but the President will be Obama.
So you're giving Bush credit for keeping us safe for seven years? Did I read that correctly? If I did, then GWB gets full credit for the 9/11 attacks, deal?
Originally posted by ErnestT
All you Bush haters forgot something very important in your rage. Bush kept us safe for 7 years. This wasn't dumb luck and Obama will drop the fragile guard and something bad will happen. It won't surprise me when you try to blame Bush again, but the President will be Obama.
Originally posted by Wotan
I am sorry if I sound blase, but here in the UK and Europe we have lived with terrorism a darned sight longer than you have in the US.