“The
FBI reports that all 56 of its field offices have active investigations
against other Islamic State suspects… The [recent New York and New
Jersey] busts bring to 70 the number of IS-inspired terrorists arrested
in this country in homeland plots.”
The below editorial in an affiliate of Investor’s Business Daily ably
sums up what is documented here on Jihad Watch every single day:
“Increased [Muslim] piety fits a pattern among IS and
other terrorist recruits. The Boston marathon bombers and the
Chattanooga shooter underwent the same transformation. The more
religious indoctrination they absorbed, the more radical they became.”
“ISIS Organizing Small Armies Inside America,”
Investors.com, August 12, 2015 (Thanks to the Colonel)
Nader Saadeh, Muslim immigrant from moderate Islamic nation of Jordan: Islamic State jihadist.
Homeland Insecurity: The
FBI’s arrest of a group of New Jersey and New York Muslims trying to
organize a “small army” for the Islamic State leaves little doubt we are
facing a full-blown Islamic insurgency inside our borders.
According to a just-released
federal criminal complaint, five young Muslim men tied to IS were busted
conspiring to recruit a small army for the terror group in New Jersey
and New York.
The busts bring to 70 the number of IS-inspired terrorists arrested in this country in homeland plots.
Meantime, the FBI reports that all 56 of its field offices have active investigations against other IS suspects.
It’s now clear we’re besieged
by a Fifth Column. Yet the White House fatuously insists these are
unrelated, unconnected, isolated, one-off “lone wolf” incidents.
Federal agents don’t see it that way. They see all these “lone wolves” running in the same religious pack.
On Monday, agents charged
Nader Saadeh, a 20-year-old Jordanian immigrant from Rutherford, N.J.,
with providing material support to IS. Saadeh’s 23-year-old brother,
Alaa, along with at least three other Muslims were also arrested in
connection with the IS cell.
The complaint says the devout
Muslims “discussed building a small army” to attack non-Muslims. In a
recorded conversation, one suspect fretted about NSA surveillance and
suggested they leave America, to which another suspect stated: “Why? We
already infiltrated.”
“Saadeh sent electronic
messages expressing his hatred for the United States and desire to form a
small army that would include their friends,” the Justice Department
said in a statement. “Saadeh posted on his Facebook page images of
ISIL’s flag and the flag of the Islamic caliphate.”
The FBI added Saadeh posted
anti-American messages online and repeatedly downloaded IS videos and
praised the terror group’s atrocities, including beheadings, burnings
and the murder of French cartoonists.
He agreed offending the
Muslim prophet Muhammad is “reason to encourage Muslims to kill whoever
does that.” Some of the IS suspects arrested earlier allegedly were
scouting New York landmarks as possible terror targets, including the
George Washington Bridge.
Perhaps most chilling, the
radicalization of the Saadeh boys appears to have had the blessing of
their Jordanian father, who had been deported from the U.S. along with
Saadeh’s mother after “sustaining criminal convictions.” The FBI says
the father advised one of his sons to “delete everything off his phone”
to avoid federal authorities detecting their plans.
The 16-page complaint notes
that agents and informants observed “changes in Saadeh’s appearance and
behavior” that coincided with his pledging allegiance to the Islamic
State. From late 2014 through April of this year, it says he:
• “Frequently researched Islamic writings and often studied the Quran.”
• “Grew out his beard and dyed it red,” mimicking Muhammad.
• “Began to fast, and stopped drinking, smoking and eating foods that were not permissible under Islamic law.”
• “Began praying five times a day.”
• “Wore traditional Muslim attire in place of the Western clothing he had previously worn.”
• Became “offended and agitated by any conversation or mention of any religion other than Islam.”
• “Converted (others) to Islam.”
These details provide
valuable investigative clues for local authorities trying to ferret out
other radicalized jihadists in the Muslim community.
Saadeh’s increased piety fits
a pattern among IS and other terrorist recruits. The Boston marathon
bombers and the Chattanooga shooter underwent the same transformation.
The more religious indoctrination they absorbed, the more radical they
became.
The FBI complaint contradicts White House claims the terrorists aren’t motivated by religion.
It also suggests that rooting out this problem will require putting more mosques under surveillance.
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