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June 25, 2006
The Goofy Florida US "Muslim" Cult
I have caught some limited coverage of this.
I have to say that while American authorities were doubtless justified in arresting these retarded gits, the circus announcement and characterisation as some kind of Muslim terror cell linked to al-Qaeda, that Sr. authorities such as Gonzalez indulged in, is either mendacious or retarded itself. First, the Moorish Science loons are hardly Muslim at all, and second, the plot itself bordered on the comical. A bunch of unemployed whanker loons is not something to make a huge deal out of (although for political reasons, I suppose, although it does tend to piss away street cred). Doing so smells of fairly short-termist scare-mongering politics and pandering to Islamophobia.
Posted by The Lounsbury at June 25, 2006 10:17 AM
Filed Under: Terrorism
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Hey, the mysterious three-letter-animal is back!
Jim Henley has been following this right along, with some emphasis on to what degree these guys were entrapped by the FBI and its pretending-to-be-AQ informer: post 1, post 2, post 3.
Anyway, all-in-all, fairly pathetic.
Posted by: Tom Scudder at June 25, 2006 02:40 PM
my guess is these guys thought that they could get a bunch of free stuff from the pretend AQ guy. they gave him a damn shopping list!
Posted by: drdougfir ![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://www.aqoul.com/nav-commenters.gif)
at June 25, 2006 06:09 PM
yes, you are correct. they were just a bunch of retards, which the media and authorities hyped into a global security threat.
Posted by: jamal at June 25, 2006 07:38 PM
Very little about this group seems to fit the image of the Al-Qaeda subsidiary - and the inconsistencies are out there for everyone to see. Have to wonder why the Bushies are choosing to make a big deal of this, it really doesn't inspire confidence in their anti-terrorism efforts if this is the best plot-busting they could come up with.
Posted by: SP at June 25, 2006 11:24 PM
the Bushies (Bushites?) thrive on fear. So of course they'll hype this.
Posted by: Klaus at June 26, 2006 01:01 AM
Imagine ... what could the case be , if those young men were jews ?
Well ... no need to imagine ... it happened, and happens, that they will beomce nice little stars in west media :
like this : http://arabcomments.blogspot.com/2006/06/hate-crimes-that-do-not-get-punished.html
Posted by: سامع وجيب قلوب النخيل at June 26, 2006 06:00 AM
This group called themselves "Seas of David", wore black uniforms with the Star of David on the arm, called Batiste "Prince Manna", had members named "Brother Abraham" and "Brother Levi", and studied the Bible in a place they called "the Temple".
That makes them seem Jewish.
Posted by: Abdelkarim at June 27, 2006 05:39 PM
WTF do Jews have to do with any of this you fucking morons???
Posted by: Shaheen at June 27, 2006 06:54 PM
Swapping one scapegoat for another....
On the other hand the above is semi-correct. The wierdo cult was a wierdo mix of all kinds of religious influences. If one can go so far as to call the incoherent mixing of superficial symbols influence.
Posted by: The Lounsbury at June 27, 2006 07:05 PM
