Friday, December 08, 2006

Feds: Man planned to blow up Ill. mall

Feds: Man planned to blow up Ill. mall (AP)

This story is so odd. As a former resident of the Chicago area I'm familiar with Rockford.

It's one of the last places in the world anybody would want to blow up a mall.

In California terms it would be similar to blowing up a mall in say, Fresno, or Riverside...

Why would anybody bother with Fresno, Riverside - or Rockford?

The only thing I can figure is that the wannabe jihadist lived in the area. The Rockford mall was handy for him.

BTW, Rockford is far from being a hotbed for any kind of radicals of any sort, as I remember it. Republican, conservative, almost rural...

Strange story. Creepy story. Why concern ourselves with what's going on in Iraq when we've got terrorists right here at our own local non-descript (Rockford!) shopping malls.

Good thing there was a tipster and the Feds were on it. This is Homeland Security doing its job.

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