人兽性交: Thwarted Kansas Domestic Terror Plot Comes Amid Anti-Muslim Climate
A U.S. attorney announced this afternoon domestic terrorism charges against聽three men聽stemming from a plot to attack a mosque and apartment complex in Garden City, Kansas. The following statement is by Heidi Beirich, director of the Southern Poverty Law Center鈥檚 Intelligence Project:聽
鈥淲e are thankful that authorities were able to prevent this plot from being carried out before any people were hurt or killed. The goal of this plot was reportedly to 鈥榳ake people up.鈥櫬�
鈥淭here has been an incredible increase in anti-Muslim and anti-immigrant sentiment over the past few years. Anti-Muslim groups have exploited terror attacks in Paris and San Bernardino. The presidential campaign has also produced some of the rawest nativist appeals in recent memory.聽
鈥淪ignificantly, this anti-Muslim and anti-refugee sentiment is increasing within the ranks of the anti-government movement. We鈥檝e seen it in the spate of armed protests outside of mosques in Phoenix and other places last year. The U.S. attorney bringing these charges said the three suspects were members of a militia called the 鈥楥rusaders.鈥櫬�
鈥淎s the Department of Justice announced, the defendants are innocent until proven guilty. The details of the plot, however, are disturbing and should serve as a warning to those who traffic in the politics of fear and bigotry.鈥�
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