While this validates what many Americans, as well as American Muslims, have always suggested, unfortunately it will not make life any easier for American Muslims.
We American Muslims believe the obsession with Islam and Muslims is all about resources. Simply stated, the impetus for spreading fear about American Muslims is the billions of federal funds that have generated and sustained countless of anti-terrorism task force offices, centers, think tanks, and initiatives in every federal department including the Department of State, Labor, Transportation, Energy, Agriculture, Treasury, Justice, and even FDIC and Small Business Administration. Legions of counter terrorism centers have sprung across the country in small and large municipalities. It has even prompted colleges to offer Homeland Security programs and promote their counter terror research and expertise.
Many Americans are making a killing under the banner of counter terrorism. Counter terrorism is a profitable endeavor that supports high earning jobs whose raison d'être is to spread fear and Islamophobia.
In fact counter terrorism funds are one of the few federal funding streams that have continued to expand despite our grim economy. Federal counter terrorism allocations are huge and numerous and support the employment of too many people to count. Consider these two examples: The FBI receives $2.7 billion in counter terrorism funding which accounts for a third of its operating budget and employs a third of its workforce. The Department of Homeland Security's budget is $54.7 billion, dispersing funds, offering grants and subsidies to every state and municipality, including the private sector for the purpose identifying, educating, training and communicating counter terrorism.
Counter terrorism is an industry that will likely lose much if we Americans are not often reminded of the next terror attack that might take place.
American Muslims living in the DC metro area encounter heavy FBI and Homeland Security intrusions. Almost 70% of our youth and adult community has been questioned and/or harassed. Federal agents daily intrude on our privacy, questioning our travels, activities and associations, faith practices, monitoring our phones, letters, electronic postings and e-mails with no regard to our constitutional rights and protections. Sadly we lament that these agents we have collectively encountered are only justifying their pay, and for that reason have made it a daily practice to harass as many of us as possible.
Following the money trail leads to Congress and the hefty federal counter terror allocations. It also sheds light on the many counter terror experts and commentators gracing our daily newspaper editorials and evening news ensuring these funds are generously awarded-- as we American Muslims have come to understand too well.
Meanwhile this stream of formidable funding is fueling a national campaign and discriminatory onslaught on our constitutional rights, integrity, our families, houses of worship, community, and our sense of belonging.
If you really want to have a better understanding of the incentives behind spreading Islamaphobia check out
this site - a list of funding opportunities for law enforcement in counter terrorism.
Mai Abdul Rahman is a Palestinian American living in Washington D.C. She has founded the American Palestinian Women's Association and is a Doctorial student at Howard University's School of Education.
excellent article. i’m right with you on this one. the industry of counter terrorism is replacing manufacturing in this country. oh wait..it is manufacturing..fear.
Dead on, annie, and Mai Abdul Rahman, you might be interested in these two pieces of proof:
Jeff Helper interviewed in Seattle last year about Israel’s Security Politics sold worldwide, but mostly in the USA and Canada. He calls it one great consequence of the Palestinian occupation.
link to youtube.com
Brian Michael Jenkins testified before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on November 19, 2009. He is considered thee terrorism expert in the USA.
link to rand.org
He said:
King used to be the IRA’s biggest supporter in Congress. I guess that makes him a terrorism expert…
Yesterday, a CNN reporter asked him why he wasn’t investigating Irish Americans given the fact the IRA has killed hundreds if not thousands of people throughout the years.
King’s response was a complete dodge. In fact, his response had nothing to do with the question that was asked.
COME ONE, COME ALL! THE CIRCUS IS IN TOWN!
Radicalization in the U.S. Muslim Community
Featuring The (Not So) Honorable Peter King
“Dedicated to giving Irish Americans a really bad name.”
LIVE Airing Time: 9:38:06 AM – 12:30:00 PM
link to c-spanvideo.org
P.S. Peter King’s Bowel Bloat Remedy (PNG image) – link to sadlyno.com
Added to this problem is the issue of entrapment of domestic citizens to make the counter-terrorism wheel rotate.
In May 2009, the synagogue bomb plot in Riverdale (NY) involved the capture of 4 Newburgh men who are now in prison. This story shows how they were set up in an FBI sting, seeking to lure these men into a jihad plot.
One could argue the facts, but it’s clear they were set up by FBI informant, Shahed Hussein, who encouraged them to try and blow up this synagogue. The article argues they were small-time hustlers trying to make some dough and cheat Hussein out of this 250,000 sum they were promised. It borders on entrapment.
link to villagevoice.com
Annie just sent part of the article to the Diane Rehm show. They are discussing the King hearings. I have gotten questions through hundreds of times . Although You might have better luck getting through since I have so often
Drshow@wamu.org
1800- 433-8850
Just sent this. You could copy and send or ask your own questions. Hundreds of thousands of people listen to this program
There is a very interesting piece at the Nations middle east website Mondoweiss about the King hearings. The article written by Maj Abdul Rahman a Palestinian woman living in Washington D.C. is titled ”
“Confused why Peter King is putting American Muslims on trial? One answer might be to follow the money.”
She claims
“We American Muslims believe the obsession with Islam and Muslims is all about resources. Simply stated, the impetus for spreading fear about American Muslims is the billions of federal funds that have generated and sustained countless of anti-terrorism task force offices, centers, think tanks, and initiatives in every federal department including the Department of State, Labor, Transportation, Energy, Agriculture, Treasury, Justice, and even FDIC and Small Business Administration. Legions of counter terrorism centers have sprung across the country in small and large municipalities. It has even prompted colleges to offer Homeland Security programs and promote their counter terror research and expertise. Many Americans are making a killing under the banner of counter terrorism. Counter terrorism is a profitable endeavor that supports high earning jobs whose raison d’être is to spread fear and Islamophobia.”
What do your guest think about money being one of the reasons for this focus…fueling the fear to access resources?
Kathleen
Athens Ohio
Dana Priest and William Arkin have an interactive
regarding these counter-terrorism agencies.
Top Secret America
RE: “If you really want to have a better understanding of the incentives
behind spreading Islamaphobia check out this site*.” – Rahman * link to goo.gl
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MY SNARK: There’s millions in it. There’s gold in them thar shills!
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M. F. Stephenson – link to en.wikipedia.org
P.S. FROM WIKIPEDIA, The Trail of Tears :
SOURCE – link to en.wikipedia.org
Elizabeth “Betsy” Brown Stephens, a Cherokee Indian who walked the Trail of Tears. (1903) [jpeg image] – link to en.wikipedia.org
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Principal Cherokee Chief John Ross. (late 1800s) [jpeg image] – link to en.wikipedia.org
King’s hearings have no good purpose, but if people wish to believe that efforts to counter terrorism didn’t spring from a desire to thwart very real threats from very real terrorists very publicly proclaiming that their actions are undertaken on behalf of the people of Islam, then they might deserve the crap that King will produce.
Do you really think that opening with an agreeable sentence and then transitioning into garbage reasoning and lies is not transparently obvious?
In the last 10 years alone, there have been far more terrorist attacks on Muslims and their property than have been plots concocted by the FBI to scare Americans of the threat Muslims allegedly pose.
But, attacks on Muslims go unreported in the mainstream media, while alleged plots by Muslims get wall to wall TV coverage.
It seems that in the absence of Lieberman and his Hasbara, King stepped in to fill the gap. Someone has to carry the torch, right?
Avi, it’s only one sentence.
thank you very much.
anyway.
What a very passive aggressive comment! :D
Fuster, are you Yoni going incognito again?
Because Yoni has disappeared
and by this point, he usually shows up.
Chu, Yoni is the screen name for a male????
Yonira
Claims to be male.
if people wish to believe that efforts to counter terrorism didn’t spring from a desire to thwart very real threats from very real terrorists very publicly proclaiming that their actions are undertaken on behalf of the people …
That’s why we had all those hearings on Christian terrorism after the Oklahoma bombing, the abortion clinic bombings and the Olympic bombing in Atlanta, right? Oh wait…. we haven’t had any such Congressional hearings have we?
tree, there were long Congressional hearings after the Oklahoma City bombing and our own terror groups were investigated.
“tree, there were long Congressional hearings after the Oklahoma City bombing and our own terror groups were investigated.”
By “our own” who do you mean exactly?
These gentlemen?:
Dorom Bergerbest-Eilom
Yakov Yerushalmi
Andreas Strassmeir
Daniel Spiegelman
Avi Lipkin
William Northrop
Actually, nevermind, it’s probably nothing anyway. We’re allies right?
link to youtube.com
fuster is witty isn’t he.
are you feeding him???
Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2011 11:38:32 -0500
From: link to jewishvoiceforpeace.org
Subject: Today in the United States, scapegoating Muslims
What an awesome article! This is why you gotta read Mondo every day, or you’ll miss gems like this.
The primary reason for the existence of the Defense Department is the hard, dirty job of justifying the spending of the Defense Department. And now it seems we could say the same thing for federal law enforcement.
Meanwhile economically hard-hit communities like the one I live in don’t have the resources to investigate the local crimes that really do matter to people’s quality of life.
The federal government’s job is to fight wars, whether they be on imaginary enemies abroad or at home. It’s too expensive.
This is why you gotta read Mondo every day
everyday is right!
economically hard-hit communities like the one I live in don’t have the resources to investigate the local crimes that really do matter to people’s quality of life.
no they do not, and for economic reasons they focus on the fed funds who want to direct local energies towards ioslamophobia. these funds have infested (invested) our communities and it’s disgusting.
Great article, and right on the money (pun, sorry). It’s an industry, just like selling weapons to the military. The think tanks are not much more than marketing departments.
By the way, this report about Muslim terrorism even counts stuff like this under “alleged plot” and still comes up with such low figures:
“Arrested in Yemen” (That’s a plot now?)
“Incited terrorism in the United States and Yemen”
“Joined al-Qa’ida in Yemen” (Very plotty)
FROM WIKIPEDIA:
New York’s 3rd congressional district [Peter King's Long Island district]
Ethnicity – 94.2% White, 2.1% Black, 0.8% Asian, 2.3% Hispanic, 0.1% Native American, 0.5% other
SOURCE – link to en.wikipedia.org
How many Jews? ;-) Aren’t all the Zionist trolls here constantly proclaiming that Jews are a race who must maintain their ethnic purity; hence, the reason why Israel can act with the impunity it can? So why don’t they break it down like that in King’s district? It would certainly underscore the political cast of his racial edema.
Well DICKERSON3870,
The demographics don’t explain it. What could it be? Cash? Who’s?
Hej! Tumta
you have to ask? of course it is money. the cash comes flowing in from interest groups. do you really think peter king thought of this all on his own? think again!
There’s only one KING to listen to in this land and that be Martin Luther King.
Who is paying what to Henry Kissinger for his support for clemency for Jonathan Pollard?
link to consortiumnews.com
For some time American Intelligence has been looking for the Coordinator of various operations over the last 40 years. Who could it be? To step out in pubic would seemingly be very dangerous, brazen? I guess that tells you where they think their at. Don’t even have to hide their motivation anymore. Hopefully a black swan will be their undoing. Otherwise our goose is cooked!
Hej Tumta
France, probably also totally controlled by Zionistes
link to bbc.co.uk
“France, probably also totally controlled by Zionistes”
Hmmm…..
“Sarkozy admits Jewish ancestry, French press reveals his ties to Israeli intelligence” – Alan Hart
link to republicbroadcasting.org
link to haaretz.com
Hey folks, anyone else around here notice the ‘timing’ of Peter kings’ hearing?
I mean after all the GLOBAL and FREE and POSITIVE press that Arabs have been getting for the last two months, undermining therefore the decades and BILLIONS of dollars the American zionists have spent on damaging the image of the Arab in the eyes of the yank – I mean of course them ziocash-loving politicians have to drag out the specter of muslim extremism in usa RIGHT NOW in an attempt to destroy all the positive PR that the Arabs/moslems seem to be currently and organically accumulating and enjoying.
My observation: just like rust, the evils of zionism never sleep.