Terror convictions since 9/11
10th March 2011
Oddly enough, there isn’t a Presbyterian in the bunch. No Mormons, either.
“Though Muslims represent about 1 percent of the American population,” the IPT notes, “they constitute defendants in 186 of the 228 cases DoJ lists.” Thirty of the terror cases listed, or about 13 percent, involve homegrown Islamist terrorists.
My, what a surprise. Aren’t you surprised? I’m sure surprised.
King’s past support of the IRA is not to his credit. But it is of no relevance except as a political talking point to attack King’s hearings. “The fact is,” King himself told the Times, “the IRA never attacked the United States. And my loyalty is to the United States.” Is this a difficult point?