Six foreign-born men, all described as Islamic Militants were charged with plotting to kill U.S. soldiers. According to The Washington Post:

FBI and Justice Department officials said the arrests were the result of a 16-month operation to infiltrate and monitor the group. It was portrayed as a leaderless, homegrown cell of immigrants from Jordan, Turkey and the former Yugoslavia who came together because of a shared infatuation with Internet images of jihad, or holy war.

Authorities said the group has no apparent connection to al-Qaeda or other international terrorist organizations aside from ideology, but appears to be an example of the kind of self-directed sympathizers widely predicted -- and feared -- by counterterrorism specialists. The defendants allegedly passed around and copied images of al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden and the martyrdom videos of two of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorists.

The argument that we are fighting radicals in the Middle East so that we need not confront them here, a tired excuse for the American occupation of Iraq, has once again been proven obsolete. A presence in the Muslim world that is widely perceived as hurtful has done more harm to us and breeds more terrorism as an effect. Terrorists have already brought the war on terrorism to U.S. soil, twice. Unfortunately, Ground Zero stands as a reminder of how the policies of a headstrong administration failed to keep American lives secure.

Details of the alleged plotters are available here.

I haven't blogged in a while. I no longer live in Fort Smith for the time being and have been extremely busy. I was in Fort Smith today and on my way to the local library I witnessed a war protest occurring. Not long ago there would have been all kinds of calamity around the very thought of opposing such a thing in public, but today times are changing and our nation is growing tired - just as I am tired. I'll try to blog more often now.

Ed Kilgore of New Donkey discusses what New York Times columnist David Brooks describes as a new third party on its way, led by John McCain and Joe Lieberman. My opinion? I agree with Kilgore's position. Anything even close to what many seem as a third party by the two senators or the like will be unsuccessful mainly because it's platform will truly be out of touch with America's position right now.

The last thing California needs is more head-line addicted extremism - from both sides. Robbie of Greetings From America’s Finest City blogs about a group that could perhaps give the willies even to the least respectable Minuteman.

Due to the thwarted attempts of terrorism in the UK, any kind of liquid, gel or lotion is now prohibited on board.

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