And another mainstream assumption regarding terrorism goes up in smoke.
Muslims in their late teens and early twenties have recently been arrested in Michigan, New Jersey, and Washington state. They all seem to have been involved in plotting jihad massacres for the Islamic State: the Michigan jihadis wanted to hit gay bars in Detroit, and the Seattle and New Jersey jihadis were formulating plans for jihad massacres at Jewish targets. Such jihad plots are certain to become increasingly common in the U.S., given mass Muslim migration with the unshakeable assumption that every Muslim who enters the country is a “moderate.” The jihadis in Washington and New Jersey, however, show the falsity of another core assumption: that poverty and lack of education leads to terrorism.
The would-be jihad mass murderers in question, Milo Sedarat and Tomas Kaan Jimenez-Guzel, are both spoiled rich kids who have lived lives of privilege. The New York Post reported Thursday that nineteen-year-old Milo Sedarat, who is the son of famous Iranian-American poet, Roger Sedarat, “bragged about being ‘the biggest antisemite in America’” and “ranted about how he wanted to murder his artist mom’s Jewish friends.” He also “menacingly posed for pictures in his $1.2 million family home with swords and knives,” while apparently Dad was nearby placidly writing poetry.
Sedarat told an online friend: “I can’t wait for the day I get to execute like 10 yahood,” that is, Jews. He added: “Line up like 500 Jews and execute them in front of their wives and family. Then take all their wives [as] slaves. Imma [that is, I’m going to] have like 10 yahood slave girls inshallah.”
Meanwhile, Tomas Kaan Jimenez-Guzel, also 19 and the son of a UN diplomat, volunteered to behead people for propaganda videos, and said that he wanted the group to “do something that’s going to leave a mark in history. Something that’s gonna make them create a documentary on you on Netflix. Something that’s gonna make you have a Wikipedia page.”
This sort of thing isn’t supposed to happen, at least according to the conventional wisdom. Learned analysts since 9/11, and before that, have told us repeatedly that terrorism is a result of desperation, a desperate lashing-out on the part of people who are suffering under grinding poverty and lack of opportunity. As they have no opportunity to get adequate instruction in their peaceful religion of Islam, they are susceptible to the twisted, hijacked version of Islam that jihad preachers present to them. Further enticing them is the promise of virgins in paradise, as well as earthly rewards for their families from the government of the Palestinian Authority and others. --->READ MORE HERE
A pair of teenage jihadists from a wealthy New Jersey suburb plotted to kill “500 Jews” and join Islamic State (IS), prosecutors allege.
Milo Sedarat, 19, and Tomas Kaan Jimenez-Guzel, 19, were taken into custody on Wednesday after the FBI linked them to a plot to bomb gay bars in Detroit in an IS-inspired attack on Hallowe’en.
The teenagers from Montclair, 20 miles from New York City, were allegedly on an encrypted messaging chat with several others, at least one of which was based in the UK, a police source told The Wall Street Journal.
The alleged scheme was foiled last week by the FBI and the NYPD’s intelligence bureau, which said the plot was intended to copy IS’s terror attack in Paris in 2015.
Mr Sedarat had bragged about being “the biggest anti-Semite in America”, ranted about wanting to murder his artist mother’s Jewish friends and posed for pictures in his $1.2m family home with swords and knives, according to court documents obtained by The New York Post.
He also allegedly said he wanted to ram his car into a pro-Israel march in Montclair.
Mr Jimenez-Guzel had shared images standing in front of an IS flag with a knife and had fantasised about carrying out a “Boston bombing-like attack”.
Mr Sedarat was arrested at his family’s home in Montclair, while Mr Jimenez-Guzel was picked up at Newark Liberty International Airport.
He was allegedly on the way to Turkey, en route to Syria, where he planned to train with IS, prosecutors claim.
Originally, he planned to leave on Nov 17, but brought his flight forward following the arrests of two other suspects in the gay bar bombing plot.
“In their communications, they discuss detailed travel plans, physical training, weapons, including firearms and IEDs (Improvised Explosive Devices) and methods to avoid law enforcement detection,” said Alina Habba, acting US attorney for New Jersey. --->READ MORE HERE
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