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Islamic Radicalization in the Military Surfaces Again
by IPT News • Jul 11, 2017 at
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In November 2009, U.S. Army psychiatrist Major Nidal Hasan opened fire on fellow soldiers at a Fort
Hood, Texas processing facility, killing 13 people and wounding 30 others.
An ensuing investigation determined Hasan had exhibited outward signs of
his Islamist radicalization to fellow Army officers. Even though his
superiors were aware, officials did nothing to counter Hasan's radicalization nor his
position in the Army.
In July 2011, another U.S. Army soldier, Naser Jason Abdo, was arrested
by the FBI near Fort Hood with bomb making materials and a firearm. He
planned to bomb his fellow soldiers at a nearby restaurant and shoot any
survivors trying to escape to safety. Abdo was convicted for attempting use of a weapon of mass
destruction and sentenced to life imprisonment. Abdo told his mother the
reason for his actions was religion.
There have been other cases of Islamic radicals in uniform, to include here. The latest case appeared Saturday, with the
arrest of U.S. Army Sgt. First Class Ikaika Kang in Hawaii on federal terrorism charges. An FBI affidavit describes Kang's radicalization process
beginning as early as 2011. Kang publicly expressed his radical Islamic
intentions, to include his support for ISIS and his desire to commit
violence against fellow soldiers. The Army, in response, merely temporarily
revoked Kang's security clearance in 2012 but reinstated it in 2013 after
Kang "complied with military requirements stemming from the
investigation."
By early 2016, the affidavit says, "it appeared that Kang was
becoming radicalized" and the Army referred the matter to the FBI that
August. From December 2016 to March 2017, the Army provided "negative
counseling" to Kang, apparently in an attempt to counter his
radicalization that included his pro-ISIS statements to his fellow service
members. Among them, if deployed to Iraq he would not shoot at ISIS
fighters, that U.S. military personnel were terrorists and the 9/11 attacks
were an inside job by the U.S. government.
The Kang case demonstrates the longstanding military practice of
genuflection before the altar of political correctness remains. Lethal
lessons from Fort Hood have not been learned. Outside the military, the
government's Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) program founded under the
prior administration sought to downplay radical Islamic terrorism and
up-focus "right-wing" extremism, even when facts and statistics failed that narrative. The current
administration has begun the effort to turn that CVE process in the better
direction, but that process is not easy.
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Palestinian Group Hosts Terrorist Fundraising Event in Germany
by IPT News • Jul 11, 2017 at
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The Democratic Committee of Palestine hosted an event in Berlin Saturday
to raise money for the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP)
terrorist group, according to the Berlin daily Tagesspiegl and reported by the Jerusalem Post.
The event reportedly took place in the building that also hosts Neues
Deutschland's publishing house – a socialist newspaper.
A recent NGO
Monitor report outlines how several European governments fund organizations with PFLP links. The PFLP is a
Marxist-Leninist terrorist organization designated by the EU and other
Western states. These NGOs often justify attacks against Israeli civilians
and maintain ties to known terrorists.
According to the NGO Monitor report, PFLP operatives founded some of the listed
organizations directly, while other groups include staff members who were
convicted of terrorism-related charges by Israeli courts. These so-called
human rights organizations are at the forefront for the anti-Israel
Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement, while prominent
individuals within some of the NGOs are known to promote violence and
anti-Semitism.
Berlin Mayor Michael Müller faced criticism for not blocking the PFLP
fundraiser. Müller also faced backlash for allowing Hizballah sympathizers and
members to participate in an annual al-Quds Day march in Berlin last month.
There are roughly 250 active Hizballah operatives in Berlin and a total
of 950 Hizballah members throughout Germany, according to
a 2014 Berlin intelligence report summarized by the Jerusalem Post. Though the
number of Hizballah supporters in Germany is believed to be far higher.
While the European Union, including Germany, designated Hizballah's
military wing as a terrorist entity, Germany allows Hizballah's political
wing to operate freely.
Recent developments suggest that political and fundraising groups
affiliated with Palestinian terrorist organizations are tolerated in
Germany as well.
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