Wednesday, September 17, 2014

VDARE - Michelle Malkin: 'The Spread of Rocky Mountain Jihad' - Report from Colorado-istan - "Al-Qaida also reached into the northern Colorado town of Greeley, where the Muslim Brotherhood’s founding father Sayyid Qutb attended Colorado State College of Education (now the University of Northern Colorado). His exposure to the friendly, freedom-loving farming community engendered his virulent hatred of the West, leading him to declare that ‘an all-out offensive, a jihad, should be waged ...’”


The Spread of Rocky Mountain Jihad


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Something’s fouling Colorado’s crisp air–and I’m not talking about the pot smoke.


In my adopted home state, the toxic fumes of Islamic jihad have penetrated the most unlikely hamlets and hinterlands. Obama administration officials are vehemently denying plots by ISIS operatives to cross our borders. But the lesson here is clear: Thanks to laptop recruitment, reckless visa policies and homegrown treachery, the U.S.-based jihad export-import business is and has been thriving.
Last week, 19-year-old Shannon Conley of Arvada (a Denver suburb once known as the “Celery Capital of the World”) pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization. Conley, a militant Muslim convert, plotted to aid al-Qaida and its affiliates. According to the federal criminal complaint [PDF] filed in April, she planned to use her military training with the U.S. Army Explorers “to go overseas to wage jihad” and “to train Islamic jihadi fighters in U.S. military tactics.” A certified nurse’s aide, she also told investigators she would use her medical training to aid jihadi fighters.
Over the Internet, Conley met an ISIS-affiliated Tunisian Muslim based in Syria. She was headed there on April 8 when the feds arrested her at Denver International Airport. Her luggage contained jihad propaganda, materials on administering first aid on the battlefield, and CDs and DVDs bearing the name of Anwar al-Awlaki, the jihadi counselor to the 9/11 hijackers and Fort Hood gunman Nidal Hasan.
Conley’s not the first Colorado woman to go jihad. ...