In the news

The news has been saturated with two stories related to terrorism.

The first is the arrest of members of Hutaree based in Adrain, MI. In just 24 hours, the group went from being a “fundamentalist Christian survival group” to a “Christian militia group”. While the difference may only be a nuance, the first label doesn’t evoke the negative connotations of the second.

Read these two quotes from the MyWay website:

The arrests have dealt "a severe blow to a dangerous organization that today stands accused of conspiring to levy war against the United States," Attorney General Eric Holder said.

Authorities said the arrests underscored the dangers of homegrown right-wing extremism of the sort seen in the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing that killed 168 people

Reports thus far indicate the Hutaree members had threatened a Muslim citizen. This elevated them to domestic terrorist group. The US Attorney General and Department of Homeland Security seem to racing down the road of re-opening the feelings post Ruby Ridge, Waco and Oklahoma City bombing. I can see where the militia groups are going to view the arrests as an indication that the Obama Administration is coming after them. I hope the administration has thought through their approach and hasn’t made a mountain out of a molehill.

The other terror incident involved two female Muslim suicide bombers in Moscow. The two women suicide bombers killed 37 and injured 65 (as of this writing). Up until now, suicide bombers were only seen in the Middle East. The bombing in Moscow represents a huge paradigm shift and means now we can expect to see more suicide bombings in the West.

I am skeptical that Secretary Napolitano and Attorney General Holder have the wherewithal to get the homeland ready for this new threat. Instead of making headlines over a group in Michigan that had only planned an attack, they need to be worried about groups that have demonstrated the ability to use suicide bombers outside the Middle East.