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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Right now, nearly 20,000 people are listening to Bernie in Minnesota. [View all]Uncle Joe
(58,355 posts)61. "Stop the raid" is probably pertaining to this.
MNNEAPOLIS Just last week, a North Carolina man was arrested for allegedly providing material support to the Islamic State group and planning violent attacks in the United States. Two other men were arrested in New York and New Jersey recently, charged with the same crimes, including attempts to detonate an explosive in the New York metro area. At least one of them hoped to travel abroad to join the terrorist organization, according to the charges. These sorts of arrests are a new reality in the United States, with more than 180 Americans attempting to or successfully traveling to Syria.
Authorities are struggling to understand what appeal the Islamic State group holds for youth, who have proven to be the most susceptible to recruiting efforts, outside the Middle East and what would draw them to travel abroad or carry out homegrown attacks in the U.S. The government faces a massive challenge in countering the appeal of the group that has successfully recruited foreign fighters from around the globe to help it wage its war of terror in Iraq and Syria.
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The administration has made CVE a priority, with the goal of preventing extremist groups from "inspiring, radicalizing, financing or recruiting individuals or groups in the United States from committing acts of violence." Yet stopping Americans from traveling to join terrorist organizations is a difficult proposition. The Muslim communities in Boston, Minneapolis and Los Angeles are diverse, and each city must develop a program that works for their local realities. The pilot program gives each city $5 million for the effort, but the difficulties in executing it are highlighted by examining the struggles the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul have had in its Muslim, Somali-American community to develop trust in law enforcement and address terrorist recruitment.
The Twin Cities are home to the largest Somali population in the U.S., an estimated 100,000 people. Refugees began settling in Minnesota after the government of Somalia collapsed in 1991. This isn't the first time the community has struggled to counter the appeal of violent extremism to the state's Somalis, but is much more puzzling. Somalis have no national or ethnic ties to Syria and Iraq, a link that helped explain why some went to fight with al-Shabab when Ethiopia invaded Somalia in 2006. Young men joining that terrorist group felt a nationalistic call to defend their nation against rival state Ethiopia, but many of those drawn to the Islamic State were born in the U.S. and have never been to Somalia, let alone Syria. Still in April, six Twin Cities youth were arrested for attempting to join the Islamic State group. At least one of the men has conspired to travel to Syria since 2014, according to prosecutors.
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http://www.usnews.com/news/the-report/articles/2015/07/02/minneapolis-somali-community-struggles-with-islamic-state-recruitment
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EXACTLY. The "news" on TV is fast becoming irrelevant - and the best part is they don't even know it
reformist2
Jan 2016
#23
Yep. They are dinosaurs on the Titanic and an asteroid, as well as an iceburg, are on the way.
Arugula Latte
Jan 2016
#59
Rep. Keith Ellison said he and Bernie were in Duluth earlier today and they had 6,000 there. /nt
think
Jan 2016
#9
He's only raising expectations in Iowa a lot higher. It's turning out to be a must win for him. nt
ProudToBeLiberal
Jan 2016
#11
Accusations on Twitter just now that folks were racially profiled and denied entry.
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
Jan 2016
#19
Yea, it kinda sounds like junk. Someone will be along to shed some light on the real deal.
nc4bo
Jan 2016
#20
It's possible. Could be some local person making very poor decisions on the ground if so.
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
Jan 2016
#22
Best account I've found so far at https://twitter.com/blklibmn ( @blklibmn )
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
Jan 2016
#76
If this happened it sounds like a paid disruptor who was planted in Bernies campaign.
snagglepuss
Jan 2016
#52
Even the MSM knows a crowd and the momentum to the first Caucus is good for them...
MrMickeysMom
Jan 2016
#67
Kicking to thank the 20,000 people who took the time and effort to attend -
in_cog_ni_to
Jan 2016
#74
This is why, the entrenched interests, the establishment are uniting against Bernie.
Enthusiast
Jan 2016
#87