JDL members have been accused of
terrorist activity, beginning with bombing attacks on Soviet installations in the United States. More recently, its chairman, [Irv Rubin]
?, 56, and another member were arrested by members of a federal anti-terrorism task force (reported on December 12, 2001) on suspicion of plotting to bomb a
Los Angeles mosque and the office of US Congressman Darrell Issa, a Christian of Arab-American descent.
Above would be improved by:
- revealing who accused JDL members of terrorist activity.
- saying something about the JDL's aims and history
As it is now, the article makes them sound like terrorists, no better than the 911 bombers. Was that the intent?
Now I have to fulfill Taw's pledge . . . Ed Poor
According to
[1], JDL was originally founded as a vigilante group, and then progressed to burgulary against the PLO mission to the UN, and then on to terrorist bombings, shootings, arson and other attacks. I quote: "According to the FBI, the JDL was responsible for at least 37 terrorist acts in the United States in the period from 1968-1983, while the International Terrorism: Attributes of Terrorist Events (ITERATE) database developed on behalf of the United States Central Intelligence Agency by Edward F. Mickolus recorded 50 such incidents from 1968-1987, making the JDL second only to the Puerto Rican FALN (q.v.) as the major domestic terrorist group.... Bombings accounted for 78 percent of all JDL terrorist activities; shootings accounted for 16 percent; while arson attacks, vandalism, kidnapping, threats, and verbal harassment accounted for the rest." --
SJK
- Thanks, I think. I am disappointed by what you added, because it is apparently true. I had wanted to think better of JDL. You've answered my "who accused" question, and all that remains is a couple of sentences on JDL's stated aims. Can we compromise on 25% JDL, 75% anti-JDL? (I'd call that NPOV enough for me.) --Ed Poor
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