The arrest of seven men in Miami last month on specious terrorism charges smells strongly like a case of governmental entrapment. The men, six of whom are of Haitian descent, allegedly planned to blow up various targets—including government buildings and the Sears Tower in Chicago—but officials found no plans, explosives or any equipment whatsoever that could be used to effect… return to article
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Reader Comments (5)Page 1 of 1 pagesSorry to use this opportunity to address another subject matter. but why has Inthesetimes chose to avoid the middle east crisis? This is clearly the most significant event of the time.
Posted by Epistrophy on Jul 27, 2006 at 6:13 AM Well Epistrophy that is a fact...Redhorse has been wondering the same thing....Isreal is definitely playing themselves short...Bush has more on his plate than he can eat...the neo-con bankers want to escalate this mess...And Sen.Billary is running behind this nonsense, like some high school cheerleader… Hezzbollah is becoming the de facto leader of the Lebanese people whether they want that or not....The whole operation smells like a pretexts for further military spending or worse involvement...Zionism apparently has got the green light too do as they please...including the genocide of Arab people...and now we hear talk about WW III........This is what...the Zionist lead Bush Policy is about.........and Sen. Hillary Clinton & Co want to be viewed as Neo-Con lite......
Posted by Redhorse on Jul 27, 2006 at 3:35 PM Now....the 7 men in Liberty City made one fatal error in judgement....
Anytime Afrikan people organize outside of the parameters of western sensibilities....i.e.....anything that looks...walks or talks....Afrikan-centered.or culturally-centered in any manner.....you cannot under any situation be lead to engage yourself or the group in activities that are against the law....Even the appearance of being welling to perform in some illegal conspiracy is enough to bring out the ol’ COINTELPRO type operation....Now that was their mistake...being naive…
Now the real troubling aspect of this case is the informer....Bush said he was not spying on US CITIZENS...5 of the men are US CITIZENS....The case is weak....but all COINTELPRO cases are weak....
Amerikans need to be concerned about this because in the 60’s & 70’s....COINTELPRO attacked Afrikan-Amerikan and Amerikan Indian people....it was a racist...fascist organization that was hell-bent on destabilization in the Black and Red communities....Now...today....you can bet ; that this is a Class Issue....too...so everybody that is poor… to so-called middle class and is in opposition to what the Gov’t is doing now....is a possible target....this may have started with some “ Black Muslims “....but you can be ass-sured it’s not just about folks with Melanin.........All you progressives....etc....Watch Your Asss.........
Now...wouldn’t it be interesting if the FBI used these types of aggressive tactics against the KKK ???..........
Things that make ya go.........hhmmmmmmmmmmm............
Posted by Redhorse on Jul 27, 2006 at 8:25 PM Muwakkil is correct with his facts and in his analysis. This is another example of how the disenfranchised are then targeted for political gain. We often hear about the military-industrial complex. I submit that we are in an ever expanding military-industrial-prison complex. Before you flame me, look at the numbers and what regimes they compare to - the nature of the crimes committed - and then the rash of new ‘detention camp’ construction across the country. Be silent until there is no one left to care when they come after you.
Posted by hourglass on Jul 30, 2006 at 10:13 PM Well, they needed to keep everyone’s sensibilities provoked, feeling vulnerable, worrying about the “enemies within” that we’re endlessly told are hiding in plain sight throughout America, just waiting to strike.
If the enemies are so numerous, and if the ever-growing law enforcement/security sectors are so effective, why were 7 trumped-up wannabes (instead of actual criminals who had an actual prayer of doing anyone harm) paraded through the media, even getting grave, concerned notice by the Attorney General’s office?
‘Cause it’s in their interest to keep you nervous! Even when there’s not all that much in reality for you to be nervous about.
With all of the new investigative powers they have, you’d think they could come up with something more substantive to prove what a dangerous situation America is supposedly in. There’s either a much lower actual internal threat than is forever being prattled on about, or our intrepid security watchdogs are, in fact, lame. My guess is, both are true, but most especially the former.
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