THOSE DANES, WHAT A THREAT - AT 8:27 A.M. ET:  There have been two more terror arrests in the United States.  In fact, there have been a raft of terror arrests here in recent weeks, reminding us once again of the ongoing threat and the statistically high chance that some plot will make it to detonation.

Ironically, Denmark, a great threat to Islam, was the target on this one, as The New York Times reports:

WASHINGTON — Two Chicago men have been charged in what officials said was a plot to attack employees of a Danish newspaper that in 2005 published cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad that offended many Muslims, according to criminal complaints unsealed Tuesday in federal court in Chicago.

The most serious charges, conspiracy to murder and maim in a foreign country, were filed against David Coleman Headley, who was born in the United States, lived in Pakistan and now resides in Chicago.

The federal authorities said Mr. Headley told agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation that he had initially targeted a building occupied by the Danish newspaper, Morgenavisen Jyllands-Posten in Copenhagen, but later proposed killing the paper’s cartoonist and cultural editor instead.

The arrests were the latest in what federal officials acknowledged was a surprising surge of unrelated terrorism arrests in recent weeks, highlighted by last month’s indictment of Najibullah Zazi, a Denver airport shuttle bus driver who has been accused of conspiring to detonate improvised explosives in an attack against an undetermined target, possibly in New York.

COMMENT:  Once again the arrest in Chicago targeted an American who went overseas for terrorist training.  We don't know how many of this profile are among us, but the ability of these people to melt back into our population is chilling.  Expect more like this.

October 28, 2009