Domestic Terrorism Grows

Texas Terrorist

In a disgusting act of violence with little indication of political leaning, 53 year old Andrew Joseph Stack of Northern Austin, Texas flew a Piper Cherokee PA-28 airplane into an IRS building where nearly 200 employees of the Internal Revenue Service were starting their workday.
The pilot apparently died in the crash , but late February 18th
2010, two bodies were pulled from the site, though the authorities would not discuss the identities of those found. Within hours of the crash, before the death or even the identity of the pilot had been con-firmed, officials ruled out any connection to terrorist groups or causes.
“I knew Joe had a hang-up with the I.R.S. on account of them breaking him, taking his savings away,” said Jack Cook, the stepfather of Mr. Stack’s wife, in a telephone interview from his home in Oklahoma. “And that’s undoubtedly the reason he flew the airplane against that building. Not to kill people, but just to damage the I.R.S.” In a six-page statement signed “Joe Stack (1956-2010)” and posted on a Web site connected to Mr. Stack’s wife, the author singled out the tax agency as a source of suicidal rage, concluding, “Well, Mr. Big Brother I.R.S. man, let’s try something different, take my pound of flesh and sleep well.” a portrait emerged of Mr. Stack as a man pushed over the brink by retirement dreams deferred by a long series of financial setbacks.

Jihad jane
A woman accused of trolling the Internet as Jihad Jane and agreeing to marry a suspected terrorist and kill a Swedish artist targeted by radical Muslims cooperated with authorities, a congressman said. Colleen LaRose, 46, pleaded not guilty March 18th of 2010, to the four-count indictment at a brief arraignment in federal court in Philadelphia. The hearing marked her first public appearance after six months of detention following her unannounced arrest in October. LaRose was accused of conspiring with fighters overseas and pledging to commit murder in the name of a Muslim holy war, or jihad. The arraignment lasted only minutes. LaRose uttered— "not guilty" — when asked her plea charges for stealing her boyfriends passport and attempting to commit acts of violence.When the FBI interviewed her about more than a year's worth of online posts and messages, including a 2008 YouTube video in which she said she was "desperate to do something" to ease the suffering of Muslims, she denied to agents that she had used the screen name Jihad Jane or had sent any of the messages recovered.
LaRose's live-in boyfriend of five years, Kurt Gorman has said that he knew nothing of her interest in Islam and that she disappeared without saying a word. She is among a short list of women charged in the U.S. with terrorist activities.