{UAH} A BITTER, ENRAGED & DIVIDED AMERICA GOT A HOME-GROWN X-MAS SUICIDE BOMB TERRORIST ATTACK FROM SANTA CLAWS. WHAT REAL THREAT IS NEXT?

Picture (attached): FBI photo of the Nashville Christmas suicide bomber, terrorist Anthony Quinn Wagner. No matter what the reason is, or the casualty figures are, anyone deliberately exploding a bomb in any public space is intent on causing terror.

There is a discussion out there that if it was an individual with a different kind of name, by now cruise missiles and stealth fighter jets would already be indiscriminately bombing innocent populations and entire cities in some Middle Eastern country as retaliation for what some senior Homeland Security official would most probably be describing by then as "a heinous, premeditated terrorist attack against the values of liberty, freedom and democracy. An attack on the way of life of Western society, and against the brave men and women in uniform selflessly serving and protecting their country!"

Nothing exposes the general leniency and complacency to home-grown terrorists than the way the Nashville incident is being downplayed. Especially when we also learn that a whole year before the attack, the terrorists partner had already reported to police that this gentleman was making an IEd (Improvised Explosive Device) in the very Recreational Vehicle that he ultimately used as a suicide bomb.

Again the kind of name he has probably counted for the complacency of the police. Imagine if for example the girlfriend had said, "my boyfriend Iqbal is making a bomb in his RV!"

Surely the Nashville story would have been completely different. SWAT teams in full tactical gear, Special forces with night vision goggles, reconnaissance drones and flashlight helicopters would have swarmed the entire neibourghood immediately, followed by an army of media coverage resources, some wearing bulletproof vest and military-style helmets. All just because they heard the name Iqbal.

That's the whole difference a simple name can make in so-called developed nations. Therefore what happened to Mr. Anthony Wagner Quin can also be termed as a sparklingly clear manifestation of the famous "white privilege" that so some of its beneficiaries fail to comprehend, or even recognize unless so glaringly demonstrated.

It is also for this reason that I have the impression that many questions are not being discussed about all the most-likely motives.

According to FBI's own 2019 assessment, the threat of home grown terrorism in America has never been higher than it is now, yet we did not hear any initial questioning in that direction.

As if there is a code to leave that pandora box under the rag, and do everything possible to keep it there. Instead, the motives investigation quickly shifted to discuss 5G technology grievances and fringe.

Regardless of why the attack took place, exploding a suicide bomb in a public area is the hallmark of a person knowingly intent on perpetuating terror.

Now while investigators are yet to emerge with a definitive answer, most people have been fearing an escalation of social conflict in the US following bitter elections whose ramifications continue to unfold, including possibly serious threats against the people of America.

It could therefore be of utmost priority at this juncture that US public safety officials start putting all the possible threats squarely on the table.

It is no secret that the Trump administration has somehow emboldened racist right-wing extremist groups. For example the infamous 'Proud Boys' who were publicly told by the president to "stand by". The increasing disgruntlement at loosing an election is enough to raise the alert level for a certain category of threat to public safety.

The outcome of the Biden-Trump election could easily be a possible trigger for extremist "lone-wolf" action like Nashville. In fact if any of the other lone-wolf paramilitary extremists needed a more direct signal to incite them to start some pre-planned offensive activity, the Nashville Suicide Christmas bombing would perfectly suit the bill. Clearly it was also planned at least a whole year in advance, has been in the making for all that time, abit sophisticated and organized, including with a recorded evacuation order for the neighbourhood. No terrorist groups from other parts of the world are known to operate with such degree of concern over their upcoming victims...except those who might be insistent on the legitimacy of their heinous act against their own people, their own country, or even their own community, for serious ulterior, possibly electoral reasons. This could easily be the case of the countless paramilitary groups in the US. Remember that hardships caused by the pandemic could quicken desperate acts.

I have read investigative news reports in the run-up to the US elections that show how these groups have actual plans laid out already. Plus they are concerned about being politically legitimate. That's why they front the second amendment as their right to exist, bare arms, and even fight against their government if and when necessary. 

With a highly divided and politically charged US, it is therefore a time for western governments to start taking the issue of white extremist terrorism seriously enough, and raising its threat level, possibly to the equivalent of Alqaeda right after 9/11. Because there is clearly a major problem cooking in America,  and it's spill over is just an internet click away.

In this age of the dark web, and encrypted sites, this form of extremism is already global in reach across all Western societies who for the last two decades have been surprisingly complascent, knowingly harbouring, or even protecting this form of extremist ideology, sometimes under the noble excuse of free speech, when in reality all these nations have tough laws against terrorism and well defined laws against hate speech. These extremists communicate, finance, train each other, and have even armed themselves individually in their homes sometimes far exceeding any weaponry that any single ISIS or Alqaeda terrorist could ever have.

While on the surface most home-grown terrorist actions seem to be by a lone individual, in reality they are known to be globally connected for years to a wider underground/dark web community with an international character.

And like in any gang, it seems that new recruits are eager to prove their allegiance by committing heinous acts. Isn't Nashville a good opportune example of a heinous act they can be excited about copying even if it's just for making a name for themselves?

Today, an angry and divided Western society sees divisions being fuelled by increased instances of not only racism, but also Islamophobia, anti-semitism, homophobia and even a form of neo-heretic atheism. In recent years we have seen right-wing terrorist attacks against churches, mosques and Synagogues alike.

These groups have even adopted paramilitary cultures, and are known to utilize their nations' official military as a free training ground where their members can acquire invaluable tactical skills at their taxpayers expense.

It is my opinion that an even wider picture of home-grown terror shows western governments themselves acting as hidden political God fathers of Supremacist ideology by holding and/or implementing a world view of ruling the worldbtogether.

This world view has the exact same roots as right-wing extremist terrorists, but at a more political and economic level.

This is possibly the reason why fighting the threat of right wing terrorist extremism has not been a serious global priority. They possibly understand each other subconsciously with their nations leaders and world view. In fact, for the last two decades they are all acting as social/public opinion allies against real or perceived perceived common foreign threats like Alqaeda, ISIS, Assad, North Korea, or even China.

However the priority has to shift as home-grown terrorists now threaten directly their own western societies, their fellow citizens, and the migrant communities living in their midst. The concerned governments have the duty to protect all life and property under their jurisdiction.

While it is easy to not take the excuse of a stolen election seriously, in reality this could be enough for some trigger happy individual somewhere to start plotting what they see as "redress". Especially if and when all constitutional channels (i.e the court cases, protests, and the legislature vote on the certification of the Electoral College vote) are all over and exhausted.

I highly suspect that a highly inclusive Biden administration's number one threat could then become extremist home-grown paramilitary groups and associated lone-wolves. A consequence of the bitter, possibly irreparable divide that has gripped American society.

Meanwhile, let's remember that during the war on terror following the historic deadly attacks of September 11th 2001, Western countries embarked on investing in extensive counter-terrorism resources. The public safety effort included the toughest and most extensive pieces of legislation against terrorism, vast information collecting capacity by intelligence agencies around the world, increased information sharing and coordination, and countless overt and classified technological efforts to monitor and curb terrorism financing around the world for example..

All these resources put together over two decades are also able to monitor and fight their own home-grown terrorism.

Western governments have to not only crack down on these groups and individuals, they also have to change their own world view ideology which is fuelling the related radicalization of home-grown terrorists.

One doesn't have to dominate others to be a world leader. This Hitlerian goal is the seed of all radical right-wing extremism and related heinous terrorist acts against the innocent public by force.

Minorities in these countries are already fearing what repercussions lay ahead against communities like Blacks, Hispanics and Asians for example, but also against the multiracial Biden administration itself? These questions not only require sober professional assessment and answers from their national security experts, they also require that all these communities unite, and prepare as much as possible to protect each other while coordinating together with their government, their local authorities and public safety institutions, so as to teach out and curb right wing terrorism. No matter how complacent some would like to remain on this subject matter, there is a problem, and these are clearly different times in uncharted waters for the American people, Western nations and the world in general.

Signed: Mr. Hussein Lumumba Amin

Saturday January 2nd 2021.

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