MEDIA CULTURE
Return of the Broad Strata [Stephen Spruiell]
FoxNews.com:
"They were planning an attack on Fort Dix in which they would kill as many soldiers as possible," Drewniak said.
The suspects were described as "Islamic radicals" by a Greg Reinert, a spokesman for the United States Attorney's Office. A law enforcement source told FOX News that said all of the suspects recent converts and were not born Muslims.
Compare that to CNN.com:
Six men were arrested overnight after being accused of plotting an attack against Fort Dix in New Jersey, and federal charges were to be filed Tuesday, sources told CNN.
The six are from the former Yugoslavia, sources said.
No mention of religion. And what's more:
While authorities are glad to have arrested them, the individuals are "hardly hard core terrorists," one law enforcement source said.
Another source said that while the allegations are "troubling," they are "not the type that made the hair on the back of your neck stand up."
Speak for yourself. I'd call a group of Islamic radicals, with the zeal of the converted, plotting to break into an Army base and slaughter as many soldiers as possible pretty hard core. (h/t reader H.R.C.)
UPDATE: More on this story at the Corner.
05/08 09:39 AM
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