The threat from within

Last month, a Saudi Arabian man named Raed Abdul-Rahman Al-Saif, placed three bags on the Tampa, Florida airport security conveyor belt as he made his way toward his gate to board US Airways flight 1077 to Phoenix, Arizona and Portland, Oregon. He never made it to the gate.

Read the rest of this compelling article titled The County and the School of Hate, by David R. Stokes, a Virginia-based minister and broadcaster.

Earlier this year, Seeing Red AZ posted a video and article on this subject. We urge you to read Rev. Stokes article and revisit our post. This is vitally important information.

Obama and Napolitano lay out welcome mat to greater influx of illegals

With Barack Obama ensconced in the White House — when the global traveler is actually in Washington DC –  and Janet Napolitano as Homeland INsecurity Secretary (DHS), new federal standards have been announced intended to tie the hands of local police in enforcement of  immigration laws.

Think of it this way: Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio has essentially had a federal program crafted specifically to restrain him.       

Former Arizona Gov. Napolitano says that targeting people who commit minor offenses is not the goal of the program. It is arresting and deporting illegal immigrants who commit violent crimes and major drug offenses, the daily reports.

In other words, come on in, the door is open and the welcome mat is out. The federal government of the United State has no intention of enforcing border security or protecting national sovereignty, less than eight years after September 11^th.

For his  part, Arpaio has vowed to continue conducting crime-suppression operations and says he will continue booking suspected illegal immigrants who commit minor crimes in jail, where immigration status has been automatically checked as part of the federal 287 (g) program.

According to the administration, the culprits to be curbed are not those illegally entering the U.S., but the law enforcement professionals who apprehend them.

A DHS spokesman made this odd statement:  “The focus is going to be on criminal aliens.”

Isn’t that anyone who breaks into our country in violation of the law? The fact is, illegals engage in continued criminal activity once the initial act of stealthy crossing into this country has occurred.  There is a booming market in forged, counterfeit and stolen identification, birth certificates, Social Security numbers and driver’s licenses, the necessary components to facilitate their lives in the U.S. after arriving.

The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office has referred 30,000 suspected illegals to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) under the program, about 26,000 of whom were identified after being booked into jail for crimes ranging from felonies to misdemeanors.

Arpaio’s crime sweeps have been hailed by the voters who repeatedly reelect him and other advocates of stricter enforcement.

“DHS has already negotiated agreements with numerous state and local agencies – many just within the last few years. It is counterproductive to bully them now with this kind of ultimatum and undermine their successful programs,” said U.S. Rep. Lamar Smith, (R-TX), a strong supporter of the 287 (g) program. “This is another example of the administration making it harder to find and deport illegal immigrants,” he said.

Rick Warren goes off the deep end

Defying some of his fellow conservative Christian critics, one of the nation’s most prominent religious leaders told several thousand American Muslims over the weekend that “the two largest faiths on the planet” must work together to combat stereotypes and solve global problems, according to OneNewsNow.

“Some problems are so big you have to team tackle them,” evangelical mega-church pastor Rick Warren said as he addressed the annual convention of the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA). Warren said Muslims and Christians should be partners in working to end what he calls “the five global giants” of war, poverty, corruption, disease, and illiteracy.

Warren urged Muslims and Christians to speak out against stereotyping of any group and to respect each other even while disagreeing.

Disagreeing? The group currently uses its website to propagate violent hatred against Christians and Jews.

The Muslims who detest Christians, deny the Holocaust and have pledged to drive the tiny nation of Israel into the sea, must all have nodded in agreement as Warren blathered.

This Canada Free Press article details ISNA’s ties with Hamas and other terrorist organizations. According to the article, the group’s website is laced with quotations such as: “The Hour will not be established until you fight with the Jews, and the stone behind which a Jew will be hiding will say. ‘O Muslim! There is a Jew hiding behind me, so kill him’” and “I will expel the Jews and Christians from the Arabian Peninsula and will not leave any but Muslim.”

As far back as 1996, U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell stated, “One of the groups with Hamas ties is the Dallas-based Islamic Association for Palestine in North America, which, in turn, is allied with the Islamic Circle of North America in New York.”

Terrorism analyst Steven Emerson reports that ISNA has close ties to the extremist Muslim Brotherhood, the ideological forebear of all radical Islamic movements — including Hamas and al Qaeda. Documents show that Hamas officials have participated in previous ISNA events. “The ISNA’s hatred of the Jews is so fierce,” writes Emerson, “that it taunted them with a repetition of what Hitler did to them.” In his book American Jihad, Emerson expounds: “The ISNA openly supports militant Islamic fundamentalist organizations, praises terror attacks, issues incendiary attacks on western values and policies, and supports the imposition of Sharia [Islamic law].”

Warren shared the podium with Ingrid Mattson, president of ISNA and professor of Islamic Studies at the Macdonald Center for Islamic Studies. She is a convert from Roman Catholicism to Islam

At present, Ms. Mattson participates in ‘Live Dialogues’ on Islam Online.  The website supports suicide bombings, mandates attacks against American troops, prescribes murder for homosexuals, and discusses poetic beheadings of human beings.

Rick Warren certainly has a knack for picking friends.

Napolitano plays politics with national security

Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano plans to demolish a program begun by the Bush administration that uses U.S. spy satellites for domestic security and law enforcement.

The program was announced in 2007 and authorized the department of Homeland Security to use overhead and mapping imagery from existing satellites for national security and law enforcement purposes.

Rep. Peter King, (R-NY) said he hoped the department wasn’t canceling the program. “If it is true, it’s a very big mistake,” said King, who is the leading Republican on the House Homeland Security Committee. “This is definitely a step back in the war on terror.”

For years, domestic agencies such as the Federal Emergency Management Agency and Interior Department have had access to this satellite imagery for scientific research, to assist in response to natural disasters like hurricanes and fires, and to map out vulnerabilities during a major public event like the Super Bowl.

The program was included in the Obama administration’s 2010 budget request, according to Rep. Jane Harman, a California Democrat and House homeland security committee member. Harman has been outspoken about her concerns that the program is unnecessary, far reaching and open-ended.

“I thought this was just an invitation to huge mischief,” Harman said. Of killing the program, she said, “It shows real leadership on the part of Janet Napolitano.”

In a post 9/11 world, with North Korea in a threatening stance and Iran erupting, Jane and Janet are showing neither has a concept of “real leadership.”

Read the AP account here.

Phil Gordon exploits tragic shooting for his own political gain

Gutless Gordon paints Sheriff with broad brush he should use on Obama

In what has become a tiring charade, Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon — ever the political opportunist — has jumped on the tragic shooting at the U.S. Holocaust Museum in the nation’s capital, as a springboard to shamefully blast Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio.

For those who possess a shred of decorum, it would be an unthinkable leap.  For the term-limited mayor with nothing on the horizon after the conclusion of this stint, it’s another day at the office.

The shooting that left a security guard dead was perpetrated by 88-year-old white supremacist gunman James Von Brunn, said by authorities to have a violent and virulently anti-Semitic past. He stepped inside the crowded museum yesterday and opened fire with a rifle. Von Brunn was then shot by other officers at the scene.

KPHO gives an even-handed report and airs this video.

Instead of smearing Sheriff Arpaio, Democrat Phil Gordon should be making the link between President Obama and his longtime pastor, Jeremiah Wright, who blamed “The Jews” and “Zionists” for his lack of access to Obama.

But for Phil Gordon, politicians are only fair game when they are Republicans.

Terrorism: Biological threats make stringent border security a top priority

U.S. counterterrorism officials have authenticated a video by an al Qaeda recruiter threatening to smuggle a biological weapon into the United States via tunnels under the Mexico border, the latest sign of the terrorist group’s determination to stage another mass-casualty attack on the U.S. homeland.

The video aired earlier this year as a recruitment tool makes clear that al Qaeda is looking to exploit weaknesses in U.S. border security and also is willing to ally itself with white militia groups or other anti-government entities interested in carrying out an attack inside the United States, according to a Washington Times report.

From the recruitment video: “Four pounds of anthrax — in a suitcase this big — carried by a fighter through tunnels from Mexico into the U.S. are guaranteed to kill 330,000 Americans within a single hour if it is properly spread in population centers there,” the recruiter said. “What a horrifying idea; 9/11 will be small change in comparison. Am I right? There is no need for airplanes, conspiracies, timings and so on. One person, with the courage to carry 4 pounds of anthrax, will go to the White House lawn, and will spread this ‘confetti’ all over them, and then we’ll do these cries of joy. It will turn into a real celebration.”

A spokesperson for Homeland Security Chief, Janet Napolitano, says these threats are taken seriously.

That’s good news coming from the former Arizona Governor who did nothing to secure our southern border. Napolitano is renowned for her comment illustrating her lack of commitment to constructing a security fence along our southern border: “Show me a 50-foot fence, and I’ll show you a 51-foot ladder,” was her blasé retort when questioned about the lack of progress being made.

In these perilous times, when biological threats are boldly made, Americans can hope Janet Napolitano has a stronger dedication to implementing actual security for the nation than she did for the state of Arizona. It is imperative

Remembering the Fool on the Hill

The Washington Post has a troubling report regarding President Obama’s assertion that Iran has rights to nuclear energy — provided it proves its aspirations are peaceful.

Speaking with BBC, Obama restated his desire to pursue direct diplomacy with Tehran to encourage it to set aside any ambitions for nuclear weapons it might harbor. Iran claims its nuclear program is aimed at generating electricity. But the U.S. and other Western governments have accused Tehran of seeking atomic weapons.

“Without going into specifics, what I do believe is that Iran has legitimate energy concerns, legitimate aspirations. On the other hand, the international community has a very real interest in preventing a nuclear arms race in the region,” Obama said.

Speaking in Prague last month he made similar statements, saying his administration would “support Iran’s right to peaceful nuclear energy with rigorous inspections” if Iran proves it is no longer a nuclear threat.

Since Obama says Iran’s energy concerns are legitimate, he must also be of the opinion that the concerns of the free world regarding the low expectations of trust in the rogue nation acting in good faith would be illegitimate.

Iranian’s state television described the news as Obama recognizing the “rights of the Iranian nation,” a phrase typically used to refer to Iran’s nuclear program.

Obama has already said there is a danger “when the United States, or any country, thinks that we can simply impose democratic values on another country with a different history and a different culture.”

Read the complete article here  — if you are able to read while shaking your head in bewilderment at the foolish naiveté of Barack Hussein Obama.  (Click on the highlighted link.)

Gitmo detainees get laptops to ready them for release

Detainees at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base already get to order fast-food takeout from the base and have access to a phone booth for weekly calls. Now some 17 Uighur Muslims awaiting a nation to grant them asylum are about to go high-tech, with laptops and web training.

While awaiting details of President Barack Obama’s order to close the prison camps by Jan. 22, commanders here have ordered 20 laptops for the captives of Camp Iguana.

”As you know, detainees are leaving this place,” said Army Lt. Col. Miguel Mendez, who oversees detainee classes, a multilingual library and now-emerging virtual computer lab. “We’re getting them computer classes to prepare for their return, according to a report in the Miami Herald.”

 Attorney General Eric Holder said some could come to the United States for resettlement, triggering protests from members of Congress around Virginia, where other Uighurs live and have offered to settle them.

BHO: More concerned about detainees’ rights or U.S. citizens’ safety?

Seventy-four, or one out of every seven, terrorism suspects formerly held at the U.S. detention site at Guantanamo Bay have been confirmed — or are suspected of – returning  to terrorist activities, according to Pentagon sources.

Of more than 530 detainees transferred from the U.S. base in Cuba, 27 are confirmed and 47 suspected of “reengaging in terrorist activity,” according to a written Pentagon summary, Reuters reports.

And yet President Obama, who surely has access to the increased numbers, is pushing to have Guantanamo prisoners transferred to penitentiaries around the United States, where he assures us, security can be maintained.

What he can’t assure is what happened when some of these terrorists are released within our borders if the cases against them are weak or the judge is lenient.

The total of 74 has more than doubled since May 2007, when the Pentagon said about 30 had gone back to terrorist activity, and increased slightly since January, when the figure stood at 61.

Prison conversions to Islam on the rise

In light of the arrest of four Muslim ex-convicts in what has the earmarks of a homegrown terror plot in New York City, renewed fears about the spread of Islamic extremism in the nation’s prisons is brought front and center. Each of the suspects has been in and out of prison.

At least two of the four men suspected of plotting to bomb synagogues and shoot down military airplanes converted to Islam behind bars. The alleged mastermind is also a convert. The fourth man identified himself as a Muslim when he entered prison.

But this week’s foiled plot is not the first terror scheme implicating Muslim convicts. “Basically, the threat is real,” said Paul Rogers, past president of the American Correctional Chaplains Association. “Prisons have unstable people and people who are on the edge of a lot of different things. The radical elements of any religion can be emphasized.”

Those fears were heightened this week as lawmakers debated the fate of detainees if President Barack Obama shutters the prison at Guantanamo Bay.

FBI Director Robert Mueller said terror suspects brought to the U.S. could end up “radicalizing others” or plan attacks on the country. But Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Obama would do nothing to endanger the public and decried “fear-mongering about this.”

Laguerre Payen said he converted to Islam in prison. Onta Williams had registered as a Baptist in prison, but his uncle said he converted to Islam inside. David Williams and James Cromitie had registered as Muslim in prison, according to correction officials.

OneNewsNow carries the complete AP report.

Syndicated columnist Michelle Malkin has written a must-read column titled, The jihadi virus in our jails. We highly recommend it.