The King Hearings On Radical Islam In America Underway

Witnesses at King Hearing Say America 'Failing' to Confront Radical Islam -- FOX News

Witnesses at a high-profile congressional hearing on Islamic radicalization said Thursday that America is "failing" to confront the threat posed by homegrown extremism, as lawmakers traded accusations over whether the inquiry unfairly singled out Muslims.

Zuhdi Jasser, president of the American Islamic Forum for Democracy, said "paralysis" over the issue has seized the nation's leaders and he urged the Muslim community to confront what he called an "exponential increase" in the number of Muslim radicals in the United States.

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More News On The King Hearings On Radical Islam

Peter King warns al-Qaeda recruting US Muslims -- BBC
Lawmaker urges Muslims to combat radicalization -- Yahoo News/Reuters
New York Lawmaker King Defends Muslim Hearing as Needed to Probe Al-Qaeda -- Bloomberg
Peter King tempers rhetoric on Muslims as congressional hearing gets underway -- Washington Post
King: 'Rage and hysteria' over hearing unwarranted -- Yahoo News/AP
Rep. Peter King opens Muslim 'radicalization' hearing, saying it 'must go forward' -- L.A. Times
King Defends Domestic Terrorism Hearing -- New York Times
Peter King: I won't "surrender to political correctness" -- CBS News
Hearing on Muslims Becomes Emotionally Charged -- Wall Street Journal
Emotions run high at congressional hearings on Muslims -- USA Today
Experts, Muslims worry about fallout from hearing on radicalization -- CNN
As hearings begin, Peter King reveals threat against him -- Politico
Homegrown Islamic radicalization: Worth studying -- Washington Post editorial
Who's testifying at controversial House hearing on radical Islam in US? -- Christian Science Monitor

Canadian Jihadists Training In Pakistan

Canadian Jihadists Training In North Waziristan: Report -- Long War Journal

Several Canadians seeking to wage jihad against the West are training at camps in Pakistan's Taliban-controlled tribal agency of North Waziristan, according to a report from the region.

Twelve Canadians who entered Afghanistan in February 2010 and fought against Coalition and Afghan forces there for nine months have been transferred to North Waziristan for more advanced training, a Pakistani Taliban leader told the Asia Times. Al Qaeda recruited the Canadians to carry out attacks in their home country.

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More News On Canadians Training In Al Qaeda Camps

Canadian militants training for jihad: reports -- CTV News
Canadians taking al-Qaida training in Pakistan: Report -- Vancouver Sun/Post Media News
RCMP probes claims Cdns training for jihad -- Toronto Sun
Report: Al-Qaeda Training Canadian Muslim Converts to Unleash Wave of Terror Attacks on Canada… -- Weasel Zippers
Canadians getting training for jihad in al Qaeda camp near Afghan-Pak border -- Samaylive.com
Police probes claims of locals training with al-Qaeda -- AFP
12 Canadians training for jihad in Pakistani terror camp -- Times Of India

US Home-Grown Terrorists 'A Global Threat'

US Home-Grown Terrorists 'A Global Threat', Warns Congresswoman -- The Telegraph

America's home-grown terrorists are now a 'global threat' and the US should look to Europe to learn how to deal with the problem, a prominent US congresswoman has warned Barack Obama.

In a letter to the president, Sue Myrick, a member of the House of Representatives select committee on intelligence, says that America is for the first time exporting Islamist terrorism.

She accuses the US of complacency in dealing with the issue and says the country in "far behind" Europe in having measures in place to deal with the growing problem of the radicalisation of young men and their willingness to carry out terror attacks.

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My Comment: The U.S. has been very lucky in stopping these home-grown terrorist plots .... but no one is expecting this luck to continue.

Rise In Homegrown Terror Threats Concerns US Counterterrorism Officials

Significant Developments In Terror Threats Since 9/11, Officials Say -- ABC News

Napolitano, Mueller, Leiter Discuss Increased Tempo of Attacks Against U.S.

The nation's top counterterrorism officials were blunt. The threat from within---of Americans willing to commit terrorist acts--- is growing. FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III told a congressional hearing today that a spike in recent terrorism cases is direct evidence of the evolving threat.

"Groups affiliated with al Qaeda are now actively targeting the United States and looking to use Americans or Westerners who are able to remain undetected by heightened security measures," Mueller said. "It appears domestic extremism and radicalization appears to have become more pronounced based on the number of disruptions and incidents."

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More News On The Growth Of Homegrown Terrorism

Risk of small-scale attacks by al-Qaeda and its allies is rising, officials say -- Washington Post
Washington struggling to rein in increasing homegrown terrorism -- The Hill
Terrorist plots becoming harder to detect warns US -- The Telegraph
Officials: Terrorism Threats Increasingly Come from Within US -- Voice of America
US Congress warned of home-grown terrorism threat -- BBC
US terror threats 'more complex' -- Al Jazeera
3 govt officials: Homegrown terrorists troubling -- AP
U.S. officials sound alarm on home-grown terrorism -- Xinhuanet

The U.S. Is Unprepared To Confront Homegrown Terrorism

U.S. Has 'No Strategy' to Confront Homegrown Terror, Security Group Warns -- FOX News

The United States has failed to anticipate the danger from homegrown terrorists and now faces the most complex set of threats since the Sept. 11 attacks, analysts on an organization headed by the two 9/11 Commission co-chairmen warned Friday.

Unveiling a new report a day before the nation marks nine years since the 2001 attacks, members of the National Security Preparedness Group said Al Qaeda and other terror groups are increasingly turning to U.S. citizens to carry out attacks on the United States. Though the U.S. at one time may have thought its cultural "melting pot" would provide a "firewall" against radicalization from within, group member Bruce Hoffman said that assumption turned out to be false.

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More News On Homegrown Terrorist Threats

Terror Threat More Diverse, Study Says -- Wall Street Journal
Report: Homegrown Terrorists Pose Biggest Threat -- NPR
Sober Reading: Threat Of Homegrown Terrorists -- NPR
US faces growing homegrown terror threat: report -- AFP
The Terrorists Are Coming From Inside the Country! American Citizens Now Our Biggest Threat -- New York Magazine
US 'failing to identify domestic terrorism' -- The Australian/AP
New report upends "homegrown terror" assumptions -- Salon
Al-Shabab, Minneapolis Somali youth highlighted in new terrorism report -- Minnesota Independent
Report: US must deal with domestic radical problem -- Real Clear Politics

My Comment: The full report from the Bipartisan Policy Center's National Security Preparedness Group can be read here.