The Face of Terror
Terrorism was dealt a blow this week when 33-year-old Ahmed Hassan Al-Uqaily was arrested in Nashville.
Born in Iraq, Al-Uqaily plotted to purchase machine guns, hand grenades and anti-tank missiles so he could “go jihad”. Thankfully, a “vigilant individual” who knew Al-Uqaily heard him rant and was startled by his angry tone, so he alerted authorities.
This is not the first time Al-Uqaily has made the news: last May, he performed a reenactment of a scene from the Abu-Ghraib prison. In the height of irony, this would-be jihadist still surrounded himself with slogans from that demonstration:
Painted in black letters across splotches of bright colors on the van were a series of slogans that echoed Al-Uqaily’s Lower Broadway demonstration in May: ”I pray all soldiers lay down their guns.” ”War won’t work.” ”Stop killing kids for oil.” And, ”Moses, Jesus & Mohammed all talk peace.”
Talk of peace, but plot to kill civilians in small-town America. Somehow, I don’t think that is what Jesus had in mind.
Nashville an example of “small town America”? Its metro area has a population of more than a million! (It’s my hometown, and that caught my eye.)
Yikes! It’s an evil John Stoffel…
You know, for those of us from a city with over 5 million in the MSA, a measly 1 mill seems pretty small town.
Just kidding — you are correct. I should have said “mid-America” and left it at that.
Sunday Morning Reads
AlphaPatriot finds an Afghan who appreciates President Bush. And a Tennessean who does not. At Backcountry Conservative, Bill Faith has us read about Sheepdogs, and the Sheep they guard. The poem was inspired by this piece over at Blackfive’s place….
(sarcasm alert) Great, just great. We get Al Gore out of Washington and the crackpots start coming here to join him. (end of sarcasm) First shooting up a GOP office in Knoxville and now this guy. What is my home state coming to?