Lanjutan dari cerita tertangkapnya 4 orang muslim yang diduga akan membom sinagog dan menembakkan rudal anti pesawat. Lanjutannya? Berlanjut nggak ya? Beberapa hari kemudian para jurnalis mulai menemukan kejanggalan cerita FBI. Mereka menengarai keempat orang tersebut rupanya tidak sehat jiwanya, mantan residivis, yang kemudian direkrut oleh agen FBI, diindoktrinasi, dibikin jadi radikal, dan diberi skenario. Well, let's wait and see!
http://www.thenation.com/blogs/dreyfuss/437864/yet_another_bogus_terror_plot The Nation: Yet Another Bogus Terror Plot by Richard Dreyfuss By the now, it's maddeningly familiar. A scary terrorist plot is announced. Then it's revealed that the suspects are a hapless bunch of ne'er-do-wells or run-of-the-mill thugs without the slightest connection to any terrorists at all, never mind to Al Qaeda. Finally, the last piece of the puzzle: the entire plot is revealed to have been cooked up by a scummy government agent-provocateur. I've seen this movie before. In this case, the alleged perps -- Onta Williams, James Cromitie, David Williams, and Laguerre Payen -- were losers, ex-cons, drug addicts. Al Qaeda they're not. Without the assistance of the agent who entrapped them, they would never have dreamed of committing political violence, nor would they have had the slightest idea about where to acquire plastic explosives or a Stinger missile. That didn't stop prosecutors from acting as if they'd captured Osama bin Laden himself. Noted the Los Angeles Times: Prosecutors called it the latest in a string of homegrown terrorism plots hatched after Sept. 11. "It's hard to envision a more chilling plot," Assistant U.S. Atty. Eric Snyder said in court Thursday. He described all four suspects as "eager to bring death to Jews." Actually, it's hard to imagine a stupider, less competent, and less important plot. The four losers were ensnared by a creepy FBI agent who hung around the mosque in upstate New York until he found what he was looking for. Here's the New York Times account: Salahuddin Mustafa Muhammad, the imam at the mosque where the authorities say the confidential informant first encountered the men, said none of the men were active in the mosque. ... Mr. Cromitie was there last June, and he met a stranger. He had no way of knowing that the stranger's path to the mosque began in 2002, when he was arrested on federal charges of identity theft. He was sentenced to five years' probation, and became a confidential informant for the F.B.I. He began showing up at the mosque in Newburgh around 2007, Mr. Muhammad said. The stranger's behavior aroused the imam's suspicions. He invited other worshipers to meals, and spoke of violence and jihad, so the imam said he steered clear of him. "There was just something fishy about him," Mr. Muhammad said. Members "believed he was a government agent." Mr. Muhammad said members of his congregation told him the man he believed was the informant offered at least one of them a substantial amount of money to join his "team." So a creepy thug buttonholes people at a mosque, foaming at the mouth about violence and jihad? This is law enforcement? Just imagine if someone did this at a local church, or some synagogue. And the imam says the people "believed he was a government agent." Preying on these losers, none of whom were apparently actual Muslims, the "confidential informant" orchestrated the acquisition of a disabled Stinger missile to shoot down military planes and cooked up a wild scheme about attacking a Jewish center in the Bronx. It gets even more pathetic: The only one of the four suspects who appears to have aroused any suspicion was Payen, a Haitian native who attended the Newburgh mosque. Assistant imam Hamid Rashada said his dishevelment and odd behavior disturbed some members, said the assistant imam, Hamid Rashada. When Payen appeared in court, defense attorney Marilyn Reader described him as "intellectually challenged" and on medication for schizophrenia. The Associated Press said that when he was asked if he understood the proceedings, Payen replied: "Sort of." Despite the pompous statements from Mayor Bloomberg of New York and other politicians, including Representative Peter King, the whole story is bogus. The four losers may have been inclined to violence, and they may have harbored a virulent strain of anti-Semitism. But it seems that the informant whipped up their violent tendencies and their hatred of Jews, cooked up the plot, incited them, arranged their purchase of weapons, and then had them busted. To ensure that it made headlines, the creepy informant claimed to be representing a Pakistani extremist group, Jaish-e Muhammad, a bona fide terrorist organization. He wasn't, of course. It is disgusting and outrageous that the FBI is sending provocateurs into mosques. The headlines reinforce the very fear that Dick Cheney is trying to stir up. The story strengthens the narrative that the "homeland" is under attack. It's not. As I've written repeatedly, since 9/11 not a single American has even been punched in the nose by an angry Muslim, as far as I can tell. Plot after plot -- the destruction of the Brooklyn Bridge! bombing the New York Subways! taking down the Sears Tower! bombing the Prudential building in Newark! -- proved to be utter nonsense. On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 11:01 AM, Dwi Soegardi <soega...@gmail.com> wrote: > salam, > > tadi pagi di radio mobil saya dengar NPR Morning Edition, > berita ditangkapnya empat orang dengan tuduhan akan > membom sebuah sinagog di New York dan mengincar pesawat militer dengan rudal. > (berita: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=104375286, > audio: > http://www.npr.org/templates/player/mediaPlayer.html?action=1&t=1&islist=false&id=104375286&m=104375269) > > Oh Oh, here we go again. > Dari kata kunci: terror, new york, sinagog yahudi, pesawat, .... > tampaknya lagi-lagi ada komplotan teroris muslim berulah. > Lanjutan berita tersebut menyebutkan nama-nama tersangka: > James Cromitie, David Williams, Onta Williams and Laguerre Payen. > Who are these guys? > Kok bukan nama-nama tipikal muslim? > Dulu ketika mendengar berita bom Oklahoma (1996) dan New York (2001), > banyak muslim Amerika memanjatkan doa, > "Oh God, please, let it not be a Muslim." > > Setelah sampai di komputer, saya baca berita lebih lengkap lainnya: > "An official told The Associated Press that three of the men are > converts to Islam." > (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090521/ap_on_re_us/us_temple_plot/print) > Oh No! > > Beberapa organisasi muslim Amerika segera membuat press release > yang memuji pihak berwenang yang cekatan mencegah terjadinya > pemboman sinagog dan sabotase instalasi militer. > Imam masjid yang sering disinggahi oleh para tersangka juga berkomentar > bahwa dia berulang kali meluruskan pernyataan2 para mualaf militan ini. > > Masih banyak PR internal bagi muslim Amerika. > > salam, > > > > http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090521/ap_on_re_us/us_temple_plot > > NYC police: Terror suspects wanted to commit jihad > By TOM McELROY, Associated Press Writer Tom Mcelroy, Associated Press > Writer 56 mins ago > > NEW YORK – Four men arrested after planting what they thought were > explosives near a synagogue and community center and plotting to shoot > down a military plane were bent on carrying out a holy war against > America, authorities said Thursday. > > The suspects were arrested Wednesday night, shortly after planting a > 37-pound mock explosive device in the trunk of a car outside the > Riverdale Temple and two mock bombs in the backseat of a car outside > the Jewish Center, a few blocks away, authorities said. > > Police blocked their escape with an 18-wheel truck, smashing their > tinted SUV windows and apprehending the unarmed suspects. > > At a news conference outside the Bronx temple, Police Commissioner > Raymond Kelly quoted one of the men as saying, "If Jews were killed in > this attack ... that would be all right." > > James Cromitie, David Williams, Onta Williams and Laguerre Payen, all > of Newburgh, were charged with conspiracy to use weapons of mass > destruction within the United States and conspiracy to acquire and use > anti-aircraft missiles, the U.S. attorney's office said. > > "They stated that they wanted to commit Jihad," Kelly said. "They were > disturbed about what happened in Afghanistan and Pakistan, that > Muslims were being killed." > > An official told The Associated Press that three of the men are > converts to Islam. The official spoke on condition of anonymity > because the person was not authorized to discuss details of the > investigation. Three of the defendants are U.S. citizens and one is of > Haitian descent, officials said. > > Payen occasionally attended a Newburgh mosque. His statements on Islam > often had to be corrected, according to Assistant Imam Hamin Rashada, > who met Payen through a program that helps prisoners re-enter society. > > The defendants are due in federal court Thursday in suburban White Plains. > > Acting U.S. Attorney Lev L. Dassin said the defendants planned to > detonate a car with plastic explosives to destroy the temple and > Jewish center. > > They also planned to shoot Stinger surface-to-air guided missiles at > planes at the Air National Guard base in Newburgh, about 70 miles > north of New York City. > > The FBI and other agencies monitored the men and provided an inactive > missile and inert C-4 to an informant for the defendants. > > Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Kelly met privately with congregants > Thursday inside the Riverdale Temple. > > "The shock and being floored was followed by relief," David Winter, > executive director of the Riverdale Jewish Center, said afterward. > > Bloomberg warned against stereotypes, emphasizing that the temple is > open to people of all faiths, including a Muslim girl who sometimes > prays there. > > Kelly said the temple may have been chosen because of "convenience" — > it is near a highway. He said the suspects had scouted the location > twice before. > > Kelly said the uniformed officers who flooded the neighborhood were > there to improve residents' "comfort level," even though "No one was > at risk. This was a very tightly controlled operation." > > "It's a little scary being so close to home, but you have to just move > on sometimes," said Maria Patuhas, 18, a senior at the Riverdale > Kingsbridge Academy, across the street from the temple. > > Officials told The Associated Press the arrests came after a nearly > yearlong undercover operation that began in Newburgh. > > "This latest attempt to attack our freedoms shows that the homeland > security threats against New York City are sadly all too real and > underscores why we must remain vigilant in our efforts to prevent > terrorism," New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said in a statement. > The mayor is expected to appear at Riverdale Jewish Center morning > services with Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly. > > The defendants, in their efforts to acquire weapons, dealt with an > informant acting under law enforcement supervision, authorities said. > The FBI and other agencies monitored the men and provided an inactive > missile and inert C-4 to the informant for the defendants, a federal > complaint said. > > In June 2008, the informant met Cromitie in Newburgh and Cromitie > complained that his parents had lived in Afghanistan and he was upset > about the war there and that many Muslim people were being killed in > Afghanistan and Pakistan by U.S. military forces, officials said. > > Cromitie also expressed an interest in doing "something to America," > they said in the complaint. > > In October 2008, the informant began meeting with the defendants at a > Newburgh house equipped with concealed video and audio equipment, the > complaint said. > > Beginning in April 2009, the four men selected the synagogue and the > community center they intended to hit, it said. They also conducted > surveillance of military planes at the Air National Guard Base, it > said. > > Nihad Awad, national executive director of the Council on > American-Islamic Relations, issued a statement praising law enforcers > "for their efforts in helping to prevent any harm to either Jewish > institutions or to our nation's military." > > "We repeat the American Muslim community's repudiation of > bias-motivated crimes and of anyone who would falsely claim religious > justification for violent actions," the statement said. > > Rep. Peter King, the senior Republican on the House Homeland Security > Committee, was briefed on the case following the arrests. > > "This was a long, well-planned investigation, and it shows how real > the threat is from homegrown terrorists," said King, of New York. > > Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., said if there can be any good news out > of this case it's that "the group was relatively unsophisticated, > penetrated early and not connected to any outside group." > > "The shocking plan to blow up a Jewish house of prayer with what the > jihadist terrorists thought were C-4 explosives is dramatic proof that > the dangers from such fanaticism have not passed and that American > Jews must maintain their vigilance," said a statement released by the > Simon Wiesenthal Center, a Jewish human rights group. > > The defendants were jailed Wednesday night and couldn't be contacted > for comment. > > ___ > > Associated Press writer Devlin Barrett contributed to this report from > Washington, D.C. > ------------------------------------ ======================= Milis Wanita Muslimah Membangun citra wanita muslimah dalam diri, keluarga, maupun masyarakat. 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