Constitutional Law

Sudden insight into terrorism

I just realized ... what do almost all terrorists have in common?

2001: Mohamed Atta, a/k/a Mu?ammad Mu?ammad al-?mir ?Awa? as-Sayyid leads the 9/11 hijackings and mass murders. His fellow conspirators included Abdulaziz al-Omari , Satam Suqami, Abdulaziz Alomari, Nawaf Alhazmi, and Abdulaziz al-Omari.

2003: Abdullah el-Faisal is convicted in Britain on charges of soliciting the murder of Americans, Jews, and Hindus.

2009: Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab tries to destroy an aircraft with a bomb in his underwear.

2009: Nidal Malik Hasan murders 13 servicemen at Fort Hood. He previously consulted Anwar al-Awlaki.

2009: Talib Islam attempts to set off a truck bomb in Springfield, Illinois.

2010: Faisal Shahzad tries to set off a car bomb in Times Square.

2010: Roshonara Choudhry is arrested in Britain after stabbing a former cabinet minister.

2011: Arid Uka kills two American servicemen at the Frankfurt airport.

What do they all have in common? It's obvious -- they all have really funny names. Once that is understood, we can see how to focus on the dangerous folks without ethnic profiling. Iqubal Farouki -- enhanced screening. John Smith -- step aboard, sir. Wackford Squeers -- pat down, even tho he is a Dickens character. Sgt. Max Fightmaster ,,, he boards, because we have to exclude really cool funny names.

Full post as published by Of Arms and the Law on March 05, 2011 (boomark / email).