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It would seem at first glance to be a case right out of Merrick Garland’s fondest dreams: a good ol’ boy from Bowling Green, Ky., gets mixed up with a bad crowd and ends up getting “radicalized,” joining a terror group, and plotting all manner of mayhem. After all, the always honest and scrupulously fair “Justice” Department chief has assured us, as has Old Joe Biden, FBI top dog Christopher Wray, and the Department of Homeland Security, among others, that “white supremacists” are the biggest terror threat America faces today. Now here comes this ol’ boy from Bowling Green to prove them right, no? No.
The Kentucky-fried terrorist in question is one Mirsad Hariz Adem Ramic, who does indeed hail from Bowling Green but is also a dual citizen of the United States and Bosnia. He was found guilty Wednesday, according to the Justice Department, on charges of “providing material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (‘ISIS’), conspiring to provide material support to ISIS, and receiving military-type training from ISIS.”
Ramic flew from Bowling Green to Istanbul in 2014, along with two other would-be jihadis; once there, the trio bought tickets to Gaziantep, Turkey, a city near Turkey’s border with Syria. They crossed the border to enter the Islamic State’s domains in Syria. Ramic was to all appearances a convinced, dedicated jihadi: he “attended an ISIS training camp, where he received military-type training. A Photograph of Ramic, posted on social media, depicted him, among other things, wearing camouflage clothing and standing in front of a truck outfitted with an anti-aircraft gun and the ISIS flag.”
The Kentucky jihadi appears to have been deeply involved in the Islamic State’s aggressive activities. “After joining ISIS, Ramic and his co-conspirators remained in contact with each other and discussed, among other things, his use of an anti-aircraft weapon to shoot at planes. Ramic and his co-conspirators also discussed jihad, martyrdom, and fighting for ISIS.” But he didn’t just talk: Ramic “joined an ISIS fighting unit comprised primarily of Bosnian foreign fighters, and participated in ISIS’s offensive in Kobane, Syria.”
Since the fall of the ISIS caliphate, Ramic had been in prison in Turkey but was deported back to the United States in Dec. 2021. Now he is looking at fifty years in prison and a $750,000 fine if he is convicted.
The Justice Department press release about Ramic’s indictment is laconic. It gives no indication of how a young man (Ramic is 34) in Bowling Green could have come to believe that it would be a great idea to join an internationally feared and despised jihad terror group. This is the question that remains unanswered whenever a Muslim living in the United States decides to join a jihad group or even plot a jihad massacre on American soil.
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Paul says
The fall of some of the already addle-minded people is picking up speed. The people I have known over the years would never consider the decisions made by this man. They were loyal, flag waving American patriots through and through. Today, you have people who are easily swayed. Many say they do not feel they are a part of the American experiment any longer. Why? I could given an explanation, but I think you already know. and it has nothing to do with Joe Biden.
The fragmentation of the American dream by the likes of the past president, the introduction of some immigrants whose interest is not to support America but to bring it down is primary. The expansionist reality of the internet providing a platform for propagandists who spew anti-American rhetoric also plays a major roll in convincing the simple-minded that there is a better way if only we could bring down America.
There is no simple solution here. If the past president gets into office, I promise you, you will never see the United States as it has been in its glorious past again. It will become a pariah to the world and a hell hole against its own people.
crown says
Sorry… not getting it. The “past President” here being Trump?
If so, you are seriously delusional.
somehistory says
“paul”…from Canada evidently, is in a delusional state and all of his comments show it.
Just as everything biden and his gang do and say show the ‘state’ of his/bo’s mind.
T.jefferson says
You are delusional. Do you realize how ignorant you sound???
Soooooo…. Was America better under the last president or the current??
How to define and answer reveals not only your level of IQ and understanding of reality, but also if you love or hate the USA.🇺🇸
John Smith says
Paul this is not the right site for you. Most people here have some degree of intelligence, and I don’t mean to be rude, but you certainly aren’t one of them.
James Lincoln says
Paul says,
“If the past president gets into office, I promise you, you will never see the United States as it has been in its glorious past again. It will become a pariah to the world and a hell hole against its own people.”
Question:
What policies did you like / dislike under Pres. Trump?
What policies do you like / dislike under resident Biden?
somehistory says
Turkey should have kept him or sent him to bosnia. Now, the good people of KY and other states must pay for his daily needs.
Since he had the money to fly, he should be made to pay for his upkeep….his cell, his bed, his clothes, food and any medical care.
And be isolated from any other inmates so he can’t sway them to the islam way.