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David Montero, “US-born cleric inspired Times Square bomber Faisal Shahzad,”
Christian Science Monitor
, May 7, 2010,
http://www.csmonitor
. com/World/terrorism-security/2010/0507/US-born-cleric-inspired-Times-Square-bomber-Faisal-Shahzad (accessed February 23, 2011).
37
Aaron Katersky and Richard Esposito, “Faisal Shahzad: ‘War With Muslims Has Just Begun,'”
ABCNews.com
, October 4, 2010,
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/times-square-bomber-faisal-shahzad-sentenced-life/story?id=11802740
(accessed February 23, 2011).
38
William K. Rashbaum, Mark Mazzetti, and Peter Baker, “Arrest Made in Times Square Bomb Case,”
New York Times
, May 3, 2010,
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/04/nyregion/04bomb.html
(accessed February 23, 2011).
39
Stephen F. Hayes and Thomas Joscelyn, “Not A ‘One-Off' Event,”
TheWeeklyStandard.com
(blog), May 4, 2010,
http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/not-one-event
(accessed February 23, 2011).
40
“Eric Holder Refuses To Say ‘Radical Islam,'” YouTube video from Testimony Before the House Judiciary Committee televised by C-SPAN 3 on May 13, 2010, posted by “keepamericasafecom,” May 13, 2010,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOQt_mP6Pgg
(accessed February 23, 2011).
41
Katie Couric, “Bloomberg: ‘No Evidence' Anyone Else Involved,”
CBSNews.com
, May 3, 2010,
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/05/03/eveningnews/main6457014.shtml
(accessed February 23, 2011).
42
Steven Emerson, “Little Rock Shooter Eyed Bigger Targets,” The Investigative Project on Terrorism
The Record
, June 4, 2009,
http://www.investigativeproject.org/1286/little-rock-shooter-eyed-bigger-targets
(accessed February 23, 2011).
43
James Dao, “A Muslim Son, a Murder Trial and Many Questions,”
New York Times
, February 16, 2010,
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/17/us/17convert.html
(accessed February 23, 2011).
44
Richard Esposito, Pierre Thomas, and Jack Date, “Recruiter Shooting Suspect Under FBI Investigation,”
ABCNews.com
, June 1, 2009,
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=7730637&page=1
(accessed February 24, 2011).
45
James Dao, “A Muslim Son, a Murder Trial and Many Questions,”
New York Times
, February 16, 2010,
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/17/us/17convert.html
(accessed February 24, 2011).
46
Office of the Press Secretary, “Statement from the President on the Murder of Dr. George Tiller,” The White House, May 31, 2009,
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/statement-president-murder-dr-george-tiller
(accessed February 24, 2011).
47
“Attorney General on Murder of Doctor George Tiller,” The United States Department of Justice, May 31, 2009,
http://www.justice.gov/ag/speeches/2009/ag-speech-090531.html
(accessed February 24, 2011).
48
La Shawn Barber, “Obama Finally Issues Statement on Pvt. William Long,” La Shawn Barber's Corner (blog), June 4, 2009,
http://lashawnbarber.com/archives/2009/06/04/obama-finally-issues-statement-on-private-williamlong/
(accessed February 24, 2011).
49
Richard Sisk, James Gordon Meek, and Larry McShane, “U.S. officials investigating how Abdulmutallab boarded Flight 253 as more red flags surface,”
New York Daily News
, January 3, 2010,
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/2010/01/03/2010-01-03_plane_questions_dont_fly_right_warning_signs_were_evident_yet_bomb_suspect_still.html?page=1
(accessed February 24, 2011).
50
Mark Hosenball, “The Radicalization of Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab,”
Newsweek
, January 2, 2010,
http://www.newsweek.com/2010/01/01/theradicalization-of-umar-farouk-abdulmutallab.html
(accessed February 24, 2011).
51
Claudia Rosett, “Not So Isolated, And More Than Extremist,”
Forbes
, January 1, 2010,
http://www.forbes.com/2009/12/31/airline-terrorism-al-qaida-opinions-columnists-claudia-rosett.html
(accessed February 24, 2011).
52
“Abdulmutallab: Cleric Told Me to Bomb Jet,”
CBSNews.com
, February 5, 2010,
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/02/04/national/main6174780.shtml
(accessed February 24, 2011).
53
“CQ Transcript: Homeland Security Secretary Napolitano on CNN's ‘State of the Union,'”
RollCall.com
, December 27, 2010,
http://www.rollcall.com/news/75036-1.html?cqp=1
(accessed February 24, 2011).
54
Julia Davis, “Convicted Terrorists Living Next Door, Deadly Terror Plot Devised Inside California Prison,”
Examiner.com
, January 28, 2010,
http://www.examiner.com/homeland-security-in-los-angeles/convicted-terroristsliving-next-door-deadly-terror-plot-devised-inside-california-prison?render=print
(accessed February 24, 2011).
55
Gary Stoller, “Can trains, subways be protected from terrorists?”
USA Today
, December 27, 2010,
http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/travel/2010-12-27-railsecurity27_CV_N.htm
(accessed February 24, 2011).
56
Erick Stakelbeck, “Intel Source: 12 ‘Terrorist Teams' Spread Out Across U.S. and Europe,”
Stakelbeck on Terror
,
CBN.com
(blog), October 1, 2010,
http://blogs.cbn.com/stakelbeckonterror/archive/2010/10/01/intel-source-12--terrorist-teams--spread-out-across.aspx
(accessed February 24, 2011).
Chapter Three
1
“Welcome to Holy Islamville: Jamaat ul-Furqra Gilani Followers Conducting Paramilitary Training in U.S.,” Regional Organized Crime Information Center, Special Research Report, 2006, available online at
http://media.charleston.net/2010/pdf/rocicreport_042510.pdf
(accessed February 24, 2011), and John J. Miller, “A Junior al Qaeda… Right Here at Home: Meet al Fuqra,”
National Review
, January 31, 2001,
http://old.nationalreview.com/flashback/flashback-miller013102.shtml
(accessed February 24, 2011).
2
“Welcome to holy Islamville: Jamaat ul-Furqra Gilani Followers Conducting Paramilitary Training in U.S.,” Regional Organized Crime Information Center, Special Report, 2006.
3
“Patterns of Global Terrorism 1999,” Department of State Publications, April 2000,
http://www.state.gov/www/global/terrorism/1999report/1999index.html
(accessed February 24, 2011).
4
Mark Steyn, “Linkage Logarithms,”
Washington Times
, October 19, 2003,
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2003/oct/19/20031019-112022-5881r/
(accessed February 24, 2011).
5
John J. Miller, “A Junior al Qaeda…Right Here at Home: Meet al Fuqra,”
National Review
, January 31, 2001.
6
Mira L. Boland, “Sheikh Gilani's American Disciples,”
Weekly Standard
, March 18, 2002,
http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/000/996lxfmd.asp?page=1
(accessed February 24, 2011).
7
Ibid.
8
“Frightening Film on U.S. Terrorism Training Camps,”
FoxNews.com
, February 17, 2009,
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,494424,00.html
(accessed February 24, 2011).
9
“Terrorist Training in Rural America?” video transcript,
CBN.com
,
http://www.cbn.com/media/browse_videos_info.aspx?s=/vod/EST30v1
(accessed February 24, 2011).
10
TMO, “Atlanta gets its largest mosque,” Community News (V 10-I35),
The Muslim Observer
, August 21, 2008,
http://muslimmedianetwork.com/mmn/?p=2745
(accessed February 24, 2011).
11
Diane Macedo, “Plans to Build Massive Islamic Center Raise Concerns in Tennessee,”
FoxNews.com
, August 9, 2010,
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/08/09/plans-build-tennessee-islamic-centers/
(accessed February 24, 2011).
12
Ibid.
13
Ibid.
14
“Profile: Abu Hamza,” BBC News UK, November 5, 2010,
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11701269
(accessed February 24, 2011).
15
“From community activist to alleged terror conspirator,”
CNN.com
, August 29, 2002,
http://articles.cnn.com/2002-08-29/justice/ujaama.background_1_james-ujaama-day-james-earnest-thompson-qaeda?_s=PM
:LAW (accessed February 24, 2011).
16
Declan Walsh and Daniel Nasaw, “Background: ‘North Carolina Taliban,'”
Guardian
, September 3, 2009,
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/sep/03/background-daniel-boyd-fbi-case
(accessed February 24, 2011).
17
“FY 2009 Performance and Accountability Report,” Department of Justice,
http://www.justice.gov/ag/annualreports/pr2009/sect2/sg1.pdf
(accessed February 24, 2011).
18
David E. Kaplan, “Homegrown Terrorists: How a Hezbollah cell made millions in sleepy Charlotte, N.C.,”
U.S. News & World Report
, March 2, 2003,
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/news/articles/030310/10hez.htm
(accessed February 24, 2011).
19
John S. Pistole, Testimony Before the House Committee on Financial Service Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, Washington, D.C., Federal Bureau of Investigation, September 24, 2003,
http://www.fbi.gov/news/testimony/the-terrorist-financing-operations-section
, and “Federal Judge Hands Downs Sentences in Holy Land Foundation Case,” The United States Department of Justice, May 27, 2009,
http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2009/May/09-nsd-519.html
(accessed February 24, 2011).
Chapter Four
1
“Secretaries of Defense,” Historical Office, Office of the Secretary of Defense,
http://osdhistory.defense.gov/SODs/aspin.html
(accessed February 24, 2011).
2
Mohamed Sheikh Nor, “Somali Militants Announce Merger, Threaten Attacks,”
Washington Examiner,
December 23, 2010.
3
Jeremy Sare, “Adrift in the UK,”
Guardian
, June 5, 2008,
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/jun/05/immigration.immigrationpolicy
(accessed February 24, 2011).
4
Urmila Ramakrishnan, “Swedish delegates study Mpls Somali population,”
MNDaily.com
, October 25, 2010,
http://www.mndaily.com/2010/10/25/swedish-delegates-study-mpls-somali-population?quicktabs_6=1
(accessed March 1, 2011).
5
“Population 1st January 2006 and 2007 and changes in 2006, by immigrant category and country background,” Statistics Norway, 2007,
http://www.ssb.no/english/subjects/02/01/10/innvbef_en/arkiv/tab-2007-05-24-01-en.html
(accessed February 24, 2011).
6
“Population; sex, age, origin and generation, 1 January,”
Statline
, September 28, 2010,
http://statline.cbs.nl/StatWeb/publication/?DM=SLEN&PA=37325eng&D1=a&D2=187&D3=0&D4=0&D5=0&D6=6-12&LA=EN&HDR=T&STB=G1,G2,G3,G4,G5&VW=T
(accessed February 24, 2011).
7
See Statistics Denmark,
http://www.statbank.dk/statbank5a/default.asp?w=1280
(accessed February 24, 2011).
8
“Ethnic Origins, 2006 counts, for Canada, provinces and territories–20% sample data,” Statistics Canada, October 6, 2010,
http://www12.statcan.ca/census-recensement/2006/dp-pd/hlt/97-562/pages/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo=PR&Code=01&Table=2&Data=Count&StartRec=1&Sort=3&Display=All&CSDFilter=5000
(accessed February 24, 2011).
9
Cameron Stewart, “Somalis in Australia quizzed over pirate links,”
The Australian
, November 22, 2008,
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/somalis-quizzed-over-pirate-links/story-e6frg6uf-1111118108007
(accessed February 24, 2011).
10
Andrew Liepman, “Violent Islamist Extremism: Al-Shabaab Recruitment in America,” Hearing before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, March 11, 2009,
http://hsgac.senate.gov//files/03/54/72/f035472/public/_files/031109Liepman.pdf
(accessed March 8, 2011).
11
Kevin Diaz, “FBI Tracks Somali Terror Links in Minneapolis, Elsewhere,”
Star Tribune
, March 12, 2009,
http://www.startribune.com/local/41082717.html?page=1&c=y
(accessed March 8, 2011)
12
“Violent Islamist Extremism: Al-Shabaab Recruitment in America,” Hearing before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, March 11, 2009,
hsgac.senate.gov//files/03/54/72/f035472/public/_files/031109Liepman.pdf
(accessed February 24, 2011).
13
Ibid.
14
Erick Stakelbeck, “Somali Muslims Changing Small Town,”
CBN.com
, May 19, 2009,
http://www.cbn.com/cbnnews/566637.aspx
(accessed February 24, 2011).
15
“How Did We Get So Many Somali Refugees–The Numbers Are Telling,” Refugee Settlement Watch (blog) posted by acorcoran, updated November 13, 2010,
http://refugeeresettlementwatch.wordpress.com/2008/09/10/howdid-we-get-so-many-somali-refugees-the-numbers-are-telling/
(accessed February 24, 2011).
16
Office of the Press Secretary, “Presidential Memorandum--Refugee Admissions,” Presidential Determination No. 2011-2, The White House, October 8, 2010,
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2010/10/08/presidential-memorandum-refugee-admissions
(accessed February 24, 2011).
17
Catherine Herridge, “FBI Director: Al-Qaeda-Linked Somali Group Could Attack U.S.,”
FoxNews.com
, October 2, 2009,
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/10/02/fbi-director-al-qaeda-linked-somali-group-attack/
(accessed February 24, 2011).

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