'Homegrown jihadis'

They don't look like al Qaeda terrorists. Their photos in the local newspaper look menacing enough -- but more like a crew that might knock over a convenience store or an ATM at a gas station. Their apprehension this week by FBI agents in Raleigh, N.C., has their neighbors here talking about "Homegrown Jihadis" and has prompted the O-Team Department of Homeland Security to once again warn about "American Extremists." The seven men were arrested Monday, the same day President Obama tendered his much acclaimed invitation to Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Cambridge, Mass., Police Sgt. James Crowley to "sit down over a beer" and talk about "the serious problems of racism in America." The president, who claimed that the police behaved "stupidly" in detaining the professor, apparently considers "racism" a more serious problem than Americans being recruited to commit acts of terror. Our nation's chief executive, consumed with preparations for his "beer summit" was as mute about the "North Carolina Seven" -- all charged with conspiring to provide material support to terrorists overseas -- as he was about the fraudulent elections in Iran. Perhaps that's because he doesn't want to alarm the public about a real and present danger -- or because he was so personally involved in choosing just the right brews for himself and his guests. ..more,..http://license.icopyright.net/user/viewContent.act?clipid=338179028&mode=cnc&tag=3.7280%3Ficx_id%3D%2Fnews%2F2009%2Faug%2F02%2Fhomegrown-jihadis%2F