Hasher Jallal Taheb sounds like the least-competent terrorist ever. He had never fired a gun, but intended to hit the West Wing with a rocket launcher he didn't actually have. He did find a helpful friend who said he'd help him out, naturally a Federal agent. (Anyone who offers to help you buy a rocket launcher, grenades, or a machine-gun without going through the proper licensing procedures is a Federal agent. Take it to the bank.)
He is said to be a man of Cumming, Georgia, which is the county seat of Forsyth County. That's where I grew up.
The place has changed a bit, these last few years.
Here's a story of the old days, when the last thing you'd have ever found in Forsyth County was a jihadi. It wasn't pure: you might have found a Klansman, and you certainly could find the Outlaws Motorcycle Club.
Jihad, though, that's new.
Well, it was getting too crowded for me twenty years ago, what with Atlanta's population expanding into it. I expect that's what brought the jihad, too.
UPDATE: The NYT runs an editorial today called "There's Nothing Wrong With Open Borders." But of course that's nonsense; today's story shows that open borders pose challenges, at least, even when they're between different parts of America. Heck, even when they're between different parts of Georgia. Freedom of movement is a wonderful thing, but let's be honest about the challenges and problems associated with it.
Islamic immigration to Georgia or rather Clarkston county near Atlanta, is facilitated by all those "religious systems" called churches now a days. Who knows how they are doing, but it is impossible for them to filter out or kick out the niche extremists.
ReplyDeleteIt was quite obvious what Leftists were doing with immigration to me because decades ago I read a SM Stirling mil sci fi novel where in one of the totalitarian political factions on Earth exported a bunch of criminals and political dissidents to the colonies, in order to disrupt the colonies and create a pretext for annexation.