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Jewish World Review July 20, 2005 / 13 Tammuz, 5765 Why the FBI watches the Left By Michelle Malkin
http://www.JewishWorldReview.com |
Oh, dear. Oh, dear. Civil liberties activists, anti-war organizers,
eco-militants, and animal rights operatives are in a fright over news that
the nefarious FBI is watching them. Why on earth would the government be
worried about harmless liberal grannies, innocent vegetarians, unassuming
rainforest lovers and other "peaceful groups" simply exercising their First
Amendment rights?
Let me remind you of some very good reasons.
In March 2003, I reported on a manifesto disseminated across the Internet
by infamous eco-radical Craig Rosebraugh former spokesman for the violent
Earth Liberation Front who called on fellow leftists to take "direct
actions" against American military establishments, urban centers,
corporations, government buildings, and media outlets. His instructions
included:
1) Attack the financial centers of the country. Using covert or black block
techniques...physically shut down financial centers which regulate and
assist the functioning of U.S. economy. This can be done in a variety of
ways from massive property destruction, to online sabotage, to physical
occupation of buildings
2) Large scale urban rioting. With massive unrest and even state of
emergencies declared in major cities across the country, the U.S.
government will be forced to send U.S. troops into the domestic arena
thereby taking resources and political focus away from the war.
3) Attack the media centers of the country...Using any means necessary,
shut down the national networks of NBC, ABC, CBS, CNN, etc.
4) Spread the battle to the individuals responsible for the war and
destruction of life — the very heads of government and U.S. corporations.
No longer should these people be able to hide behind their occupations,
living their lives in peace while they simultaneously slaughter countless
people. Hit them in their personal lives, visit their homes, and make them
feel personally responsible for committing massive atrocities.
5) Make it known publicly that this movement DOES NOT support U.S. troops
as long as they are serving an unjust and horrifying political regime.
Create an atmosphere lacking of support to assist U.S. troops at home and
abroad in losing their morale and will to fight.
6) Actively target U.S. military establishments within the United
States...use any means necessary to slow down the functioning of the
murdering body.
In April 2003, I reported on a mob of "peace" activists from an outfit
called Direct Action to Stop the War that coordinated a seditious blockade
of an Oakland port in shipping military supplies. The antiwar mob's primary
target at the Port of Oakland was American President Lines, a longtime
carrier of military cargo. For Operation Iraqi Freedom, the carrier made
nine of its vessels available to the Defense Department in order to move
ammunition and sustainment cargo to support U.S. military forces.
The anti-war obstructionists weren't simply exercising their "free speech."
They blocked trucks, employees, entryways, and streets in order to stop the
shipment of things like bullets, rations, lubricants, medical supplies,
repair parts and chemical defense equipment to our troops. They also
targeted Stevedoring Services of America, which handled some 3 million tons
of humanitarian aid.
In August 2004, radical guerrilla activists from the "Black Bloc" group
publicized plans to disrupt the GOP convention by attempting to distract
police dogs, halt trains in New York City, and spur the evacuation of
Madison Square Garden.
In February 2005, civil rights attorney and left-wing darling Lynne Stewart
was convicted on five counts of conspiring to aid murderous Islamic
terrorists and lying to the government about smuggling messages from her
jailed client, terrorist mastermind Sheikh Omar Abdel Rahman, to his
followers in Egypt.
In June 2005, moonbat celebrity professor Ward Churchill suggested to a
Portland audience that killing military officers with explosive devices was
a more effective anti-war tactic than conscientious objection. "Fragging an
officer has a much more impactful effect," Churchill advised.
The FBI's job is to take threats to our domestic security seriously and act
on them before catastrophe strikes. Given the suspect words and actions of
left-wing groups over the last several years, "dissent is patriotic" is a
bromide no responsible agent can swallow blindly. Tolerating the unfettered
free speech of saboteurs has threatened enough lives already.
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JWR contributor Michelle Malkin is the author of, most recently, "In Defense of Internment: The Case for Racial Profiling in World War II and the War on Terror". (Click HERE to purchase. Sales help fund JWR.)
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