12.06.10

White kook bomb-maker or stupid framed kid?

Posted in Extremism, War On Terror at 8:45 am by George Smith

Who’s more dangerous?

Not a trick question.

Fact: Washington, DC is loaded with “terrorism experts” read to go on television whenever the FBI nabs some alleged jihadi wanna-be and attest on the growing menace of homegrown Islamic terror.

In the case of the recent teenage case, Juan Zarate — an assistant secretary for “combating terrorism” in the Bush administration was the designated face for the job. While out of power, he’s warehoused as an “adviser” to the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

Meanwhile, as far as DD can tell there’s never been a single comparison of homegrown white guy terrorists next to the number of alleged homegrown al Qaeda terrorists. Except perhaps at the Southern Poverty Law Center.

From the Associated Press today:

Neighbors gasped when authorities showed them photos of the inside of the Southern California ranch-style home: Crates of grenades, mason jars of white, explosive powder and jugs of volatile chemicals that are normally the domain of suicide bombers.

Prosecutors say Serbian-born George Jakubec quietly packed the home with the largest amount of homemade explosives ever found in one location in the U.S. and was running a virtual bomb-making factory in his suburban neighborhood. How the alleged bank robber obtained the chemicals and what he planned to do with them remain mysteries.

Bomb experts pulled out about nine pounds of explosive material and detonated it, but they soon realized it was too dangerous to continue given the quantity of hazardous substances. A bomb-disposing robot was ruled out because of the obstacle of all the junk Jakubec hoarded.

That left only one option — burn the home down.

San Marcos Fire Chief Todd Newman acknowledges it is no small feat: Authorities have never dealt with destroying such a large quantity of dangerous material in the middle of a populated area, bordered by a busy eight-lane freeway.

Governor Schwarzenegger declared an emergency for the neighborhood, according to the news.

Bomb experts were flown in from all over the country.

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J at Armchair Generalist notes the same: White men not allowed to be dubbed WMDers.

Previously.

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