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Why isn't it just smart?
Reader comment on item: [Mosque Mischief and] Counting Mosques
Submitted by Ilana Rosansky (United States), Feb 4, 2003 at 08:54
Yes, I think you say it like it needs to be said (as usual)>Barraged with criticisms, the FBI dissimulated, pretending that the purpose of >mosque-counting has nothing to do with preventing possible mosque-based terrorist >actions but is intended to learn the "vulnerabilities" of those structures, the better to >protect them from possible assault.
>Why does the leading law-enforcement institution in the United States hide its >counterterrorism efforts? It's known that some mosques throughout the West have >been used as a base for terror, filling a variety of roles:
Why, indeed, does the FBI need to backtrack? Why indeed is it not legitimate to look for terrorist pockets where they have been found in other Western countries? Why is that bad or repressive? Why isn't that just 'smart' ?
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| Not just how many but what is inside [152 words] | steveN | May 21, 2012 22:34 | 195763 | ||
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| So we have to count mosques? Let us be fair and also count churches. synagogues, temples and other religous centers: [6 words] | Mr. Anonymous | May 14, 2008 18:55 | 128674 | ||
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| count mosques [26 words] | andre | Aug 4, 2010 00:18 | 128674 | ||
| PROFILING [223 words] | tabingins911 | Jan 31, 2008 11:30 | 119373 | ||
| 1 | VERY NICE WEB SITE [15 words] | MOHAMMED OMAR FAIROSE | Feb 16, 2006 12:02 | 35944 | |
| Responce to "MO" Omar Fairose [138 words] | Scott | Aug 20, 2006 14:28 | 35944 | ||
| Scott's comment [37 words] | Thomas dick | Jun 16, 2012 04:10 | 35944 | ||
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| To NYC reader [32 words] | tabingins911 | Jan 31, 2008 11:38 | 29568 | ||
| The public is confused: statement [257 words] | Jordan Katz | Nov 21, 2005 18:51 | 28666 | ||
| Extremists [179 words] | Anne S. | Nov 10, 2005 11:38 | 28159 | ||
| Reply to Extremists [222 words] | Don D. | Nov 20, 2005 00:05 | 28159 | ||
| counting mosques [24 words] | RASHID EL AMIN | Jul 18, 2005 15:52 | 23556 | ||
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| Why is it wrong? [28 words] | MIchael Kellerman | Feb 10, 2003 22:29 | 6533 | ||
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| It's about time [88 words] | Mark | Feb 6, 2003 17:25 | 6464 | ||
| CAIR [92 words] | Michael Gish | Feb 6, 2003 07:33 | 6443 | ||
| "shameful and undemocratic practices" ?? [51 words] | Adam Greaves | Feb 6, 2003 03:55 | 6437 | ||
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| 1 | Mosques in U.S.A. [203 words] | Jamal K. | Feb 5, 2003 13:20 | 6423 |
| Naive as usual [141 words] | Al Shaheen | Feb 5, 2003 09:18 | 6419 | ||
| Mosques and Terrorism [87 words] | Arlinda DeAngelis | Feb 5, 2003 01:38 | 6412 | ||
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| a suggestion [76 words] | George Tomkin | Feb 4, 2003 18:53 | 6399 | ||
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| The prudent thing to do [387 words] | Maximilian Valparaiso | Feb 4, 2003 17:06 | 6392 | ||
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