FBI Warns of Homegrown Violence After Afghan Massacre ABC News

[choie]

Source: ABC News

Federal authorities have issued a warning there could be "acts of violence" in the homeland sparked by the recent massacre of 16 civilians in Afghanistan allegedly by an American soldier.

"The FBI and DHS [Department of Homeland Security] are concerned that this event could contribute to the radicalization or mobilization of homegrown violent extremists [HVEs] in the homeland, particularly against U.S.-based military targets which HVEs have historically considered legitimate targets for retaliation in response to past alleged U.S. military actions against civilians overseas," the FBI and DHS said in a joint "awareness bulletin" to law enforcement agencies Wednesday.

The bulletin noted that there is no specific threat at this time and said it is "unlikely" the recent killings and other "high-profile perceived offenses against Islam" would motivate any homeland extremist to violent action. "However," the bulletin says, "[the killings] will likely be incorporated into violent extremist propaganda and could contribute to an individual's radicalization to violence."

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/fbi-warns-homegrown-violence-afghan-massacre-131825110--abc-news.html

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Warning, Will Robinson, Warning! The propagandists are at it again....

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. I wish they wouldn't use the term "homeland."

It has sort of creepy Third Reich-y overtones.

[choie]

3. I so agree with you.

It's incredible - 11 years after 9/11 and they are still using the same words...and the same fear-mongering.

[FiveGoodMen]

8. My very first thought as well!

[sinkingfeeling]

12. Me too. I don't live in a 'homeland'.

[JDPriestly]

13. Yes it does. "Heimat." Any fourth grader could see the similarity between Homeland and Heimat. Ju

capitalize the first letter. And yes, Heimat means homeland. And Heim means home. So now, you see. German isn't so hard is it. I could give you a long list of very similar words. If you know French and German, learning English is not difficult and vice versa. Really.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

14. But "die Heimat" had a particular meaning

to Nazi Germany beyond the literal meaning of "homeland."

The specific aspects of Heimat — love and attachment to homeland — left the idea vulnerable to easy assimilation into the Fascist "blood and soil" literature of the National Socialists since it is relatively easy to add to the positive feelings for the Heimat a rejection of anything foreign. . . . It was conceived by the Nazis that the Volk community is deeply rooted in the land of their Heimat through their practice of agriculture and their ancestral lineage going back hundreds and thousands of years. The Third Reich was regarded at the deepest level as the sacred Heimat of the unified Volk community—the national slogan was Ein Reich, Ein Volk, Ein Führer. Those who were taken to Nazi concentration camps were those who were officially declared by the SS to be "enemies of the Volk community" and thus a threat to the integrity and security of the Heimat.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heimat

That's creepy and disturbing. I fear there are some ultranationalist types in the U.S. who feel pretty much the same way about the "homeland."

[JDPriestly]

17. Yes. The word Heimat was pretty innocuous, maybe a little sentimental until Hitler came along.

[azurnoir]

2. yep gotta remember to keep a close eye

on them thar Muslims cause ya just never know about them folks, they crazy

they issue the alert then say it's unlikely, they why issue the alert at all?

[choie]

4. a very good question...

to scare us - and to cover their asses.

[azurnoir]

7. exactly and in addtion perhaps to

make some sort of 'moral equivalency' for the murderous shooting spree a US soldier went on

[just1voice]

5. "The Homeland" aka Nazi Germany

Those dbags might have a bit more credibility if they didn't use Nazi terminology.

[Comrade Grumpy]

6. Ve must protect zee fadderland.

[Justice wanted]

9. I thought this B.S. ended with W.

[indepat]

10. Who woulda' ever thunk violence spawns more violence?

[1620rock]

16. ...yeah, who knew...

[Solly Mack]

11. "...in the homeland"

(Flinch)

Felt like being slapped.

[Odin2005]

15. Fearmongering horseshit. I'm far more worried about Teabagger terrorists.