The suspects - three U.S.-born citizens and one Haitian immigrant - at least three of whom were said to be jailhouse converts to Islam, were angry about the deaths of Muslims in Afghanistan, sources told The News.
"They wanted to make a statement," a law enforcement source said. "They were filled with rage and wanted to take it out on what they considered the source of all problems in America - the Jews."
The group's alleged ringleader, James Cromitie, according to the complaint, discussed targets with an undercover agent. "The best target [the World Trade Center] was hit already," he allegedly told the agent. Later, he rejoiced in a terrorist attack on a synagogue.
"I hate those motherf-----s, those f---ing Jewish bastards. . . . I would like to get [destroy] a synagogue."
First, a word of thanks to the FBI and other anti-terror and law enforcement assets for rounding up these vermin. But the incident does touch on what I see as at least two areas of ongoing concern.
As the article notes, these terrorists were jailhouse converts to Islam. This should emphasize the stupidity of transferring Gitmo detainees to US prisons.
Second, and more controversial, I think that the left's continuous Israel-bashing has too often crossed over the line to blatant anti-Semitism which gives tacit approval to the attitudes adopted by these wannabe terrorists.
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