Sue Myrick Releases Video on Fort Hood Shootings

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6HzlwvAChUY

The Coalition Against Radical Islam Grows

I never thought I would be circulating something Thomas Friedman (New York Times) wrote, but I must congratulate him on his latest article and share it with others. He is openly and clearly speaking out against the rise of radical Islam here in America and for that I give him credit. If you have not read the article, please do. It shows that fighting the Islamist radicalization movement in America is not confined to Republican-leaning individuals or groups. This fight faces us all - Conservative and Liberal - Muslim and non-Muslim, and we simply must unite to defeat it.

Op-Ed Columnist
http://www.jihad.com/

By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN
Published: December 15, 2009

Let’s not fool ourselves. Whatever threat the real Afghanistan poses to U.S. national security, the “Virtual Afghanistan” now poses just as big a threat. The Virtual Afghanistan is the network of hundreds of jihadist Web sites that inspire, train, educate and recruit young Muslims to engage in jihad against America and the West. Whatever surge we do in the real Afghanistan has no chance of being a self-sustaining success, unless there is a parallel surge — by Arab and Muslim political and religious leaders — against those who promote violent jihadism on the ground in Muslim lands and online in the Virtual Afghanistan.

Last week, five men from northern Virginia were arrested in Pakistan, where they went, they told Pakistani police, to join the jihad against U.S. troops in Afghanistan. They first made contact with two extremist organizations in Pakistan by e-mail in August. As The Washington Post reported on Sunday: “ ‘Online recruiting has exponentially increased, with Facebook, YouTube and the increasing sophistication of people online,’ a high-ranking Department of Homeland Security official said. ... ‘Increasingly, recruiters are taking less prominent roles in mosques and community centers because places like that are under scrutiny. So what these guys are doing is turning to the Internet,’ said Evan Kohlmann, a senior analyst with the U.S.-based NEFA Foundation, a private group that monitors extremist Web sites.”
The Obama team is fond of citing how many “allies” we have in the Afghan coalition. Sorry, but we don’t need more NATO allies to kill more Taliban and Al Qaeda. We need more Arab and Muslim allies to kill their extremist ideas, which, thanks to the Virtual Afghanistan, are now being spread farther than ever before.
Only Arabs and Muslims can fight the war of ideas within Islam. We had a civil war in America in the mid-19th century because we had a lot of people who believed bad things — namely that you could enslave people because of the color of their skin. We defeated those ideas and the individuals, leaders and institutions that propagated them, and we did it with such ferocity that five generations later some of their offspring still have not forgiven the North.
Islam needs the same civil war. It has a violent minority that believes bad things: that it is O.K. to not only murder non-Muslims — “infidels,” who do not submit to Muslim authority — but to murder Muslims as well who will not accept the most rigid Muslim lifestyle and submit to rule by a Muslim caliphate.
What is really scary is that this violent, jihadist minority seems to enjoy the most “legitimacy” in the Muslim world today. Few political and religious leaders dare to speak out against them in public. Secular Arab leaders wink at these groups, telling them: “We’ll arrest if you do it to us, but if you leave us alone and do it elsewhere, no problem.”
How many fatwas — religious edicts — have been issued by the leading bodies of Islam against Osama bin Laden and Al Qaeda? Very few. Where was the outrage last week when, on the very day that Iraq’s Parliament agreed on a formula to hold free and fair multiparty elections — unprecedented in Iraq’s modern history — five explosions set off by suicide bombers hit ministries, a university and Baghdad’s Institute of Fine Arts, killing at least 127 people and wounding more than 400, many of them kids?
Not only was there no meaningful condemnation emerging from the Muslim world — which was primarily focused on resisting Switzerland’s ban on new mosque minarets — there was barely a peep coming out of Washington. President Obama expressed no public outrage. It is time he did.
“What Muslims were talking about last week were the minarets of Switzerland, not the killings of people in Iraq or Pakistan,” noted Mamoun Fandy, a Middle East expert at the International Institute of Strategic Studies in London. “People look for red herrings when they don’t want to look inward, when they don’t want to summon the moral courage to produce the counter-fatwa that would say: stabilizing Iraq is an Islamic duty and bringing peace to Afghanistan is part of the survival of the Islamic umma,” or community.
So please tell me, how are we supposed to help build something decent and self-sustaining in Afghanistan and Pakistan when jihadists murder other Muslims by the dozens and no one really calls them out?
A corrosive mind-set has taken hold since 9/11. It says that Arabs and Muslims are only objects, never responsible for anything in their world, and we are the only subjects, responsible for everything that happens in their world. We infantilize them.
Arab and Muslims are not just objects. They are subjects. They aspire to, are able to and must be challenged to take responsibility for their world. If we want a peaceful, tolerant region more than they do, they will hold our coats while we fight, and they will hold their tongues against their worst extremists. They will lose, and we will lose — here and there, in the real Afghanistan and in the Virtual Afghanistan.

When Will America Wake Up?

How any Member of Congress, Senator, senior Administration official or military leader can read the following article and not understand that this is wrong and must stop is unbelievable to me. My boss is mentioned in the article. She gets it. She and a few other members understand the danger and are trying to do something about it. But most people in authority refuse to accept that this is really happening. WAKE UP!

The following is a reprint of Paul Sperry's excellent editorial in the Investor Business Daily from yesterday. Paul is a noted author of the books Infiltration and Muslim Mafia.

IBD Editorials Viewpoint

The Terrorist-Certified Chaplains Who Minister To Muslim Soldiers
By PAUL SPERRY Posted 06:30 PM ET December 16, 2009

IBD Special Series:Jihadist 5th Column: Part 1 Part 2

Lost in all the coverage of accused Islamic terrorist Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan's penetration of the military's officer corps is a deeper problem within the military ‹ its radical Muslim chaplain corps.One of the groups the Pentagon turns to for clerics to minister to its growing ranks of Muslim soldiers is the American Muslim Armed Forces and Veterans Affairs Council. The group was founded by presumed "moderate" Muslim leader Abdurahman Alamoudi, who described his endeavor as "an excellent opportunity to show my community we have people who are patriotic."This flag-waving patriot turned out to be one of al-Qaida's top fundraisers in the U.S., and is now serving 23 years in federal prison."Alamoudi placed chaplains throughout our military," said Rep. Sue Myrick, a Republican member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. "He's now in jail, (but) the chaplains are still in their current positions."Alamoudi's group sponsored Army Muslim chaplain Yousef Yee, the formerly accused spy who ministered to more than 600 detainees at Gitmo, many of whom have been released only to return to violent jihad.Alamoudi, who was given power of attorney by several Gitmo detainees, even persuaded the Pentagon to let an al-Qaida-tied Saudi charity fly planeloads of Muslim-American soldiers to Mecca.The Pentagon's other official endorser of Muslim chaplains is the Islamic Society of North America, or ISNA, which the Justice Department recently blacklisted as an unindicted terrorist co-conspirator.These two radical groups accredit chaplains trained chiefly by the Graduate School of Islamic and Social Sciences, which is run by a radical imam also recently named an unindicted terrorist co-conspirator. After Northern Virginia-based GSISS was raided by federal agents after 9/11, the imam changed its name to Cordoba University.It's still churning out Muslim chaplains. In fact, 10 of the 14 Muslim chaplains serving in the military graduated from GSISS ‹ including Navy Lt. Cmdr. Abuhena Saifulislam, who was handed the keys to the new Quantico mosque.Saifulislam (Arabic for "Sword of Islam") ministered to Marine Cpl. Wassef Ali Hassoun before he deserted his Iraq unit, citing disapproval of the war as a Muslim. Hassoun has been charged with desertion and larceny.Another GSISS alumnus ‹ Army Capt. Mohammed Khan ‹ was Sgt. Hasan Akbar's chaplain. Akbar is the Muslim traitor who fragged fellow soldiers on the eve of the 101st Airborne's push into Iraq. Akbar's grenade and rifle attack killed two soldiers and wounded 14, taking out of action key personnel in charge of planning troop movements.The military's Muslim chaplains are backed up by more than 100 lay leaders. Most of them have been trained by the Institute of Islamic and Arabic Sciences in America, which is part of Saudi Arabia's state-run university system.One of the institute's former trainers happens to be Hasan's mentor ‹ the radical cleric Anwar Awlaki, who met privately with the hijackers and who U.S. intelligence now believes to be a top al-Qaida recruiter. Awlaki worked for the Saudi Embassy as both lecturer and hajj tour guide while leading prayers at a Washington-area mosque attended by Hasan and the hijackers.Hasan himself acted as a lay leader at Fort Hood in the absence of a Muslim chaplain, Maj. Khalid Shabbaz, who transferred from the post just before the massacre. Shabazz's previous stint was at Gitmo, where he was seen by guards as sympathetic to al-Qaida prisoners.It's not known if Hasan radicalized any of Fort Hood's 165 Muslim soldiers. But investigators are looking closely at one of his proteges, Duane Reasoner. A substitute teacher whose parents worked at the base, he was converted to Islam by Hasan. Of the massacre victims, Reasoner said: "In the end, they were troops who were going to Afghanistan and Iraq to kill Muslims. I honestly have no pity for them."Lest any soldiers at Fort Hood adopt Hasan's thinking, the Army has dispatched Muslim chaplain Maj. Dawud Agbere from Fort Leavenworth to counsel them. Where'd Agbere get his Islamic training? The radical GSISS.Extremism isn't confined to Fort Hood. At North Carolina's Fort Bragg, home of the Airborne and Special Operations Forces, the post chaplain ‹ who happens to be the same Muslim preacher who counseled Akbar ‹ runs a Shariah-compliant mosque with a separate back entrance for "sisters." Only men can enter through the main doors.Are chaplains and lay leaders counseling Muslim soldiers to secretly support jihad? Are they helping mold extremist views? Brass haven't the foggiest. They refuse to even question them and their religious accrediting bodies, claiming it would be "legally problematic" under constitutional rules separating church and state.Meanwhile, they're hosting Iftar dinners for them at the Pentagon, site of the worst Islamic terror in history. This year's Ramadan celebration ‹ held just weeks before Hasan's alleged rampage ‹ was the largest ever, drawing an overflow crowd of some 200 Muslims.Who organized the event? Zadil Ansari, the Pentagon's own Muslim prayer leader ‹ who happens to be a protege of Alamoudi, the al-Qaida terrorist. Ansari is tied to the radical Saudi institute that trained as many as 100 of the military's lay leaders.The Islamist penetration of the Pentagon doesn't stop there. It goes all the way to the top, as we'll see in tomorrow's final installment.€ Sperry, a Hoover Institution media fellow and former IBD Washington bureau chief, is the author of "Infiltration" and the new book "Muslim Mafia."http://www.investors.com/NewsAndAnalysis/Article.aspx?id=515484

Why Should We CAIR?

This past Tuesday, four members of Congress, Reps. Sue Myrick, John Shadegg, Trent Franks, and Paul Broun, each members of the House Anti-Terrorism Caucus held a press conference to announce the existence of a document that outlined a national security threat facing Congress.

The document was a memo from a non profit group named CAIR (The Council on American Islamic Relations.)

Since the press conference, Sue and the other Reps have been labeled as racists, anti-Muslim and worse. The backlash was expected from the group whom we targeted (CAIR), but the spin job being put out by some in the media is surprising. Not because we are conservative and most in the media are left-leaning... but because the talking points used by the media outlets are carbon copy of the talking points being put out by the group we exposed. If we were talking about some partisan squabble on health care or tax policy or any other mundane yet daily battle on Capitol Hill I wouldn't really care, but this is different and is very troubling.

So that you understand the real story behind our press conference, allow me to share some background information with you.

1. CAIR is a front group for and has documented ties to the terrorist organization HAMAS. This is not my opinion, or the opinion of Sue or the other members that held the press conference. This is the stated fact by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).

The FBI has publically stated CAIR has ties to HAMAS, a designated terrorist organization. This was clearly stated in a letter the FBI sent to Sen. Jon Kyl on April 28, 2009:

"As you know, CAIR was named as an unindicted co-conspirator of the Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development in the United States v. Holy Land Foundation et al. (Cr. No. 3:04-240-P (N.D.TX.). During that trial, evidence was introduced that demonstrated a relationship among CAIR, individual CAIR founders (including its current President Emeritus and its Executive Director) and the Palestinian Committee. Evidence was also introduced that demonstrated a relationship between the Palestinian Committee and HAMAS, which was designated a terrorist organization in 1995. In light of that evidence, the FBI suspended all formal contacts between CAIR and the FBI.”

So CAIR has documented ties to HAMAS, so says the FBI. In case you are not familiar with the Holy Land trial referenced above. It was a Dallas, TX trial that ended with guilty verdicts on 108 counts of funneling money ($12 million) to HAMAS. Let me repeat, CAIR was named by the US Department of Justice as an un-indicted co-conspirator in a HAMAS terrorism case that led to convictions on 108 counts of funnelling money to a terrorist organization. The FBI publically linked the current Executive Director of this organization to HAMAS (see above quote again).

2. Sue's press conference was for the purposes of making public an internal CAIR memo that documented CAIR's stated goal of placing CAIR interns in the offices of members of the Homeland Security, Judiciary and Intelligence Committees. Let me be clear here, CAIR, a group whom the FBI says is affiliated with the terrorist group HAMAS is trying to place their interns in the member offices of those members who serve on the three committees that handle national security related issues. We have the document. We made it public. By any reasonable, objective and common sense standard we did the right thing. To our critics, I simply ask the following: Are you suggesting that you would not have notified anyone in authority if you discovered HAMAS was trying to place people in congressional offices dealing with national security issues? That is the logical conclusion to be drawn by your criticism.

3. Following our press conference, CAIR, immediately labeled the four members as bigots and started their public relations campaign to discredit the members, the authors of the book from which the intern document was obtained, the publisher of the book, etc. etc. This is a classic CAIR public relations strategy. Notice they have critisized every one who has spoken out, but have yet, to disown the documents we unearthed. Get it? They are trying to muddy the water in the court of public perception by labeling anyone who speaks out against CAIR as being anti-muslim. But let's look this claim of racism carefully.

4. No where during our press conference did Sue or any of the other members say they were investigating Muslims being interns on Capitol Hill. No where! Not once. Nada! Don't believe me? Go to http://www.youtube.com/suemyricknc09 and watch the press conference in its entirety. You decide. We were very careful to make sure that the focus of our press conference was on CAIR, the Council on American Islamic Relations, a group that the FBI severed all ties with, a group whom has documented ties to HAMAS, a group whom was named an un-indicted co-conspirator to a terrorism case that lead to 108 convictions. Now after watching the video of our press conference, go to msnbc's website (http://www.msnbc.com/) and watch Rachel Maddow attack Sue and the other members as saying things they never said. You watch both videos and tell me who is playing the Muslim race card?

Critics, don't you see that CAIR's response said we were targeting Muslim interns, not us? Let me repeat this point: WE ARE FOCUSED ON CAIR, A FRONT GROUP FOR HAMAS, NOT MUSLIMS (read on and you will learn about our history in this effort to reach out to Muslims)

5. This whole incident is part of a much larger informational battle that is being waged right now within the Muslim Community here in America. You need to be aware of this. Groups like CAIR are spending time, money and energy to position themselves to be considered as the spokespeople for the moderate muslim community here in America. Problem is CAIR is not a moderate muslim organization. It is a radical front group for HAMAS and a group called the Muslim Brotherhood (which we will blog about at another time). So who is CAIR competing with for this designation?... The real moderate muslim groups in America. Groups and individuals like the following:

Dr. Hedieh Mirahmadi – President World Organization for Resource Development and Education (WORDE)
Zeyno Baran – Director for the Center for Eurasian Policy at the Hudson Institute
Farid Ghadry – President of the Reform Party of Syria
Manda Zand Ervin – the founder and director of the Alliance of Iranian Women
Dr. Ali H. Alyami – Executive Director, The Center for Democracy and Human Rights
in Saudi Arabia
Omran Salman – Arab Reformists Project, 'Aafaq (Arabic for “horizons”).
Dr. Zudi Jasser – American Islamic Forum for Democracy
Karim Bromund – Director of Inter-Religious Affairs for the Islamic Supreme Council of America
Again, let me be clear, Sue Myrick SUPPORTS the Muslim individuals and groups mentioned just above. These groups renounce terrorism. They renounce Hamas. They are trying their hardest to be heard and recognized in America, but are being overshadowed and out funded by CAIR.

Get it? There is a information battle being waged right now and the radical groups are winning. When something happens that impacts the Muslim community in America, the media calls CAIR (an unindicted co-conspirator to terrorism and a HAMAS front group) for comment on behalf of America muslims. What an insult the media is performing on the Muslim Community here in America. Instead they should be calling the American Islamic Forum for Democracy or the Arab Reformist Project, or any of the other moderate muslim groups named above. This is part of the reason why we are focusing our attention on CAIR and exposing them for who they are. For one they pose a threat to our national security and two, they deny the ability of legitimate Muslim groups to gain credibility.

6. Least you think I am merely trying to placate and moderate and some how spin the charges of being anti-muslim to our side, please allow me to tell you about an effort launched back in July of this year that the mainstream media outlets refused to cover. The same outlets that are now falsely claiming we don't want Muslims working on the Hill.

Did you know Sue held a summit on Capitol Hill for moderate Muslims to introduce them to Government officials (elected and within the administration)? How can she be against Muslims working on Capitol Hill and hold such an event? Read one of the few press stories that covered the summit below. I have provided in its entirety with no edits:

"July 31, 2009
Rep. Sue Myrick Hosts ‘Moderate Muslim Summit’
The Editors
Leaders from eight moderate Muslim organizations met on Monday with U.S. Agency heads, Members of Congress and congressional staff at the U.S. Capitol. These meeting were part of an historic Moderate Muslim Summit organized by U.S. Representative Sue Myrick (NC-09). The summit was a first of its kind because it assembled the largest group of diverse Muslims in the U.S. Capitol to discuss issues and policy impacting Muslim communities and societies.

At the summit, Muslim leaders were able to meet with representatives from the State Department, USAID, the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Defense in order to emphasize the importance of having a diverse Muslim voice when addressing Muslim communities and societies. They shared their thoughts and opinions on U.S. foreign policy and aid, and how the U.S. government can do a better job at reaching out and hearing from a more diverse group of Muslims rather than just the largest Muslim organizations that represent a minority opinion in the Muslim community.

“I’ve been working with many of these leaders for several years now,” said Rep. Myrick. “They give us valuable input on policy and provide us with new ideas on how to stamp out extremism in their communities and societies around the word. We set up this summit so we could introduce them to other Members of Congress and U.S. agencies in hopes they will use them as a resource as well. It was very successful and I believe this summit was the first step to empower these leaders so that they will be a strong force in helping our government in combating radical Islamists and extremism.”

Leaders from the following organizations were present at the Summit:

Dr. Hedieh Mirahmadi – President World Organization for Resource Development and Education (WORDE)
Zeyno Baran – Director for the Center for Eurasian Policy at the Hudson Institute
Farid Ghadry – President of the Reform Party of Syria
Manda Zand Ervin – the founder and director of the Alliance of Iranian Women
Dr. Ali H. Alyami – Executive Director, The Center for Democracy and Human Rights
in Saudi Arabia
Omran Salman – Arab Reformists Project, 'Aafaq (Arabic for “horizons”).
Dr. Zudi Jasser – American Islamic Forum for Democracy
Karim Bromund – Director of Inter-Religious Affairs for the Islamic Supreme Council of America

Dr. Walid Phares, Senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, and academic advisor to the Congressional Anti-Terrorism Caucus, moderated the summit. "This first summit of ideologically moderate Muslim American NGOs and leaders held in the U.S. Congress is only a first step in a new direction so that an alternative voice would be added to the debate within the community and about the issues related to foreign policy, defense, national security, and radicalization," said Phares. "This meeting is a sample of the forthcoming initiatives and projects that the NGOs have in mind. Future summits will include a wider circle of leaders and groups. But note that even at this early stage, the Myrick sponsored summit included representatives from various backgrounds: Sunni and Shia, Arab and Iranian, American and foreign born, religious and secular, etc."

Phares added: "The issues discussed with representatives from the State Department, the Defense Department, and US Aid covered a wide range of concerns from terrorism, counter radicalization, humanitarian assistance to community participation in national perception of Muslim public affairs." Phares said that the initial idea, as raised by Representative Myrick who serves as co-chair of the Anti-Terrorism Caucus in the US House, "is to help diversity grow in the debate among Muslim Americans and within the national community on issues important to all citizens." He said that the voices of democracy and pluralism seeking Muslim Americans should be heard by legislators, the Administration and the public."

Brought to you by the editors and research staff of FamilySecurityMatters.org. "

So do you see how untrue it is that Sue and the other members are trying to keep Muslims off the Hill?

See through the lies and see what is really going on here. We are trying to expose a Hamas Front Group (CAIR) for who they are, and they are crying we are anti-Muslim hoping that media outlets will ignore the terrorism claim and instead pick it up as a race/religion story. And guess what? That is exactly what most of the media is doing. Stay focused. We are not Anti-Muslim. Look at the press conference we held. See for yourself whom we targeted.... it's CAIR.

7. For those critics who say we are just right wing Republicans or wing-nuts or any other monikers like that, please google Democrat Senator Charles Shumer or Democrat Barbara Boxer and read some of their comments about CAIR. Shumer has called for a Government-wide boycott of CAIR because of their affiliations with HAMAS. Did you call him a racist? We just called for an investigation of three committees, he called for a GOVERNMENT WIDE ban of the group. Wake up please. Stop the Republican vs. Democrat, Conservative vs. Liberal thing... save that for a political battle. This is not political. CAIR is HAMAS. Are you aware of that, as you are critisizing our efforts to protect you?

8. CAIR is a front group for HAMAS. It was named as an un-indicted co-conspirator to a terrorism case that lead to 108 convictions of funnelling $12 million to HAMAS. After and because of the evidence produced in that case, the FBI severed all ties with CAIR. This same CAIR, by their own admission, is trying to place people inside the offices of members of Congress who deal with national security issues (judiciary, homeland security and intelligence committees). My boss serves on one of those committees, Intelligence, and is the co-chairwoman of the House Anti-Terrorism Caucus and has spent the better part of the last four years working every day on terrorism related issues. Either you believe CAIR/HAMAS or Sue? Which is it?

God help our country and give it the discernment it needs to save itself from destruction.

Today's Press Conference Coverage (Video)

As promised, here is the video of the press conference that Sue Myrick held on Capitol Hill today. The audio is not the best, but is doable if you turn up your speakers.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAqrb08A32U&feature=channel_page

Sue Myrick Holds National Press Conference

I wanted you to know that moments ago, we wrapped up a press conference in the Capitol where Sue Myrick and three other House members publicly called on the House Sgt. at Arms, the IRS and the US Justice Department to investigate the non-profit group CAIR - the Counsel on American Islamic Relations for their documented ties to HAMAS and other terrorist organizations. Specifically, Sue unveiled a document (Memo) written by CAIR back in January of 2007 that author and investigative journalist Paul Sperry and his investigative team uncovered. The memo outlines CAIR's plan to infiltrate the House of Representatives offices by placing interns in key offices, namely judiciary, homeland security and intell related offices. The memo is being made public now, as it is part of the book Muslim Mafia that is being released nationwide tomorrow. Paul Sperry wrote the book and Sue wrote the forward to the book. The book is based on uncover research that has yielded thousands of pages of documents linking CAIR to terrorism. The press conference was covered by AP, FOX national, World Net Daily, World News Daily, CBN, CBS, ABC, Reuters, Human Events, Roll Call, The Hill, Bloomberg among others. I will post audio and video as soon as we have it ready.

Photos from Gaston GOP Executive Committee Speech

Last night I addressed the executive committee of the Gaston County Republican Party. I gave an update on our homeland security and anti-terrorism related activities and spoke about the dangers of the rise of radical Islam in America and abroad. I spoke after State Representative Pearl Burris Floyd's impassioned talk about One Nation Under God and after Commissioner John Torbett's historical evolution of the Pledge of Allegiance. Thanks to Party Chairman Cliff Priest for the invite.

Myrick Launches Anti-Terrorism Agenda

Last week our office (Congresswoman Sue Myrick) made public a revised version of Sue's anti-terrorism agenda. Dubbed the Wake Up America 2.0 Anti-Terrorism Agenda, the plan serves as a blue print for coordinating the anti-terrorism efforts of the Myrick office.

If you have been following the rise of radical Islamist activity in the United States, you know that the efforts to counter such rise are varied and often seemingly disconnected efforts. The assault must be combated on so many fronts simultaneous that often it is hard to synthesize the efforts into a coherent strategy. This plan is an effort to provide an organized construct to those anti-terrorism activities.

I encourage each of you to view the agenda and give me your feedback.

The agenda is comprised of five areas of interest:

1. Domestic Counter-Terrorism
2. Countering Radical Islamist Financing
3. Countering Radical Islamist “Lawfare”
4. Education to Help Counter Radical Islamists
5. Strategic Assets Abroad

View the agenda at http://myrick.house.gov/wakeup.shtml

Congresswoman Myrick is the founder and current co-chairwoman of the House Anti-Terrorism Caucus and sits on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.

Ahmadinejad Proclaims The Annointed One is Soon to Appear

Much attention has been given to yesterday's remarks of Iranian President Ahmadinejad to the United Nations General Assembly.

I applaud the delegations from the countries who walked out on this man and left him to a near half empty chamber.

But I want to use his speech as an opportunity to point out a key belief Ahmadinejad holds that is shared by millions if not billions of people around the globe. His belief in the appearance of the 12th Imam.

Most Americans are not aware of this belief, so allow me to share it with you.

Following is a direct transcript of the closing paragraph of Ahmadinejad's remarks yesterday. I remind you, these remarks were made to the General Assembly of the United Nations, and broadcast live on CNN to a worldwide audience. I have marked in bold type key words and phrases:

"My Friends, Fortuitously, opportunities are accessible. With the grace of God Almighty, the existing pillars of the oppressive system are crumbling. Great developments in favor of humankind as well as its true and real rights are on the way. A golden and brilliant future is awaiting mankind. A global community filled with justice, friendship, brotherhood and welfare is at hand, as I have elaborated. A community which will tread the path of beauty and love under the rule of the righteous and perfect human being, the One promised by all divine prophets and the One who is the true lover of humanity. A community that will be devoid of any fear, despair and privation. Such a community will soon be ours. The community promised by the great divine Prophets Noah, Abraham, Moses, Jesus Christ and Mohammad (PBUH) is about to materialize. Let us, hand in hand, expand the thought of resistance against evil and the minority of those who are ill-wishers. Let's support goodness and the majority of people who are good and the embodiment of absolute good that is the Imam of Time, The Promised One who will come accompanied by Jesus Christ, and accordingly design and implement the just and humanistic mechanisms for regulating the constructive relationships between nations and governments. Oh great Almighty, deliver the savior of nations and put an end to the sufferings of mankind and bring forth justice, beauty, and love. Friends; Lets have a proper share in the establishment of that illuminated and promised divine age."

Ahadinejad believes that the end times of the world are near. He wants to have as he says, a "proper share in the establishment" of the return of this new era of the world.

He believes that the Promised One, is coming soon.

This promised one is none other than the 12th Imam. The concept of the 12th Imam is based on the Shia Muslim belief that the Quran teaches of the return of Muhammad al-Mahdi, a man born in the year 869 (A.D.) but whom they claim did not die, will return to earth to usher in an era of peace and Islamic rule. There are many titles given to the 12th Imam. He is called the Guided One, The Rising One, the Awaited One, and on and on.

What is most important to know is that most believers in the return of the 12th Imam, believe that he will appear on the world scene in a time of world chaos and civil war. This is what you need to know.

Ahmadinejad is trying his best to build a nuclear weapon's program, and by some estimates might only be months away from completion.

Ahmadinejad has vowed to "wipe Israel off the face of the earth."

Ahmadinejad believes a world in chaos will usher in the arrival of the 12th Imam.

A nuclear attack on Israel would cause a world in chaos.

Ahmadinejad told the world yesterday that he believes the arrival date for the Anointed One is soon.

Got it?

I just wanted to make sure you understood what he was really saying.

To Jihad or Not to Jihad?... that is the question.

With September 11th just passed, I think it a fair question to ask, have we learned anything about our enemies since that tragic day? Here's a question. A simple one, but one that many people have a hard time answering correctly. With whom are we fighting? Who is our enemy? Is it Al-Quada? Is is Hamas? Is is Hezbollah? Is it some other group, individual, or entity? Do you know? Ask 100 Americans this question, and I bet you get 100 different answers.

One reason there is no clarity of thought as to our enemy, is because your elected leadership in the White House and the Capitol Building have not properly informed the American public of the dangers we face and the enemy that is before us.

Bush took us to war in two theaters of war, but never took us into the war of ideas. The war behind the war.

The ultimate goal of our enemies is the destruction of western civilization, the replacement of our Constitutional form of government, the creation of an Islamic state under the rule of a Caliphate and the implementation of Sharia Law. Are you aware of that fact?

This Islamist enemy self identifies themselves as jihadists. They are followers of a strict interpretation of Islam and Sharia Law.

Do you know what the term Sharia Law means? Do you knows its basic tenets? If I say the word "Abrogation" to you in the context of the Quran, would you understand its meaning? Do you know the word "jihad" has two meanings? Ever heard the term Wahhabi?

If you answered NO to any and all of the above questions, then it proves the point that 8 years after 9/11, we as a country are no closer to understanding the threat we are faced with than we were back then.

Please read the attached letter from US Rep. Sue Myrick to President Obama. We sent it this week. Please start following this issue. The changes that this Administration is implementing in terms of our efforts to fight terrorism head on are dangerous and reckless.

http://www.investigativeproject.org/documents/misc/295.pdf

I am still planning on writing a series on the rise of radical Islam, as I posted about earlier this summer. Check back for more updates soon.

Connect the Dots: Radical Islam In America Series (Coming Soon)

Starting this month through the end of the year, I will be writing about the rise of radical Islam in America. I call this series of postings "Connect the Dots," because over time, I will present to you 10 vulnerabilities that exist in America today; vulnerabilities, that in their own right, could be damaging to our country's security, but when taken collectively could be devastating to the very sovereignty and existence of our nation.

Each of the 10 points, when viewed in an isolation, will appear seemingly unrelated. But when viewed en mass, woven together, as if by plan, illustrate a clear and present danger that you will hopefully agree needs to be addressed.

Some of these vulnerabilities you will recognize, others you will not.

To be clear, I will be writing about terrorism yes, but not the terrorism of bombs and bullets. You see there is a far more insidious danger upon us as a country right now. Most of our elected officials, either through ignorance, apathy, indifference, stubbornness or political correctness are NOT addressing the very vulnerabilities that could lead to our downfall as a country.

So starting next week, I will start the process with you. I will give you ten things you should know, but aren't being told. I will give you one a week, in book chapter form. Then, I trust you to connect the dots.