PrintMay 9, 2007
Kosova and Anti-Jihad Bigotry
The announcement earlier this week by the FBI of the arrest of a terrorist cell near Fort Dix, New Jersey has prompted a number of emails to chastise me. My crime? Having some kind words to say about the Albanian people a few weeks ago in an article here at The American Thinker, “Albania and the Perils of the 21st Century”, for which at least one letter to the editor likened me as a Nazi sympathizer. The apparent reason for this rash of unpleasant correspondence is because four of the members of the newly-revealed terrorist cell are Kosovar Albanian refugees, who expressed their hopes to attack and kill hundreds of American troops stationed at Fort Dix. The fortunate discovery of this cell by law enforcement is offered as proof that all Albanians should be considered suspect as latent, or even covert, jihadists. Various commentators have derided the help our nation has offered the beleaguered Kosovars, subtly implying that the thousands of refugees – many who have...(Read Full Article)
