Inside the FBI's Terrorism Factory - by Will Grigg
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rest of the conversation, Maqsood persistently wove anti-Jewish
resentment into the conversation, seeking to stitch Cromitie's personal
concerns into a larger canvas of hatred. He told Cromitie that "every
second adviser in the White House, they Yahuds," and tried to convince
him that the bloodshed carried out by U.S. military forces in
Afghanistan and Pakistan -- "where your blood comes from" -- was a
reflection of the all-encompassing evil of the Jews.
In fact, Maqsood had been plying Cromitie with messages of this kind for months, and the wealthy Pakistani was a little frustrated that his American acquaintance didn't appear to be a particularly apt pupil. Oh, sure, Cromitie would occasionally let slip a derogatory reference to Jewish people, particularly women who had insulted him at work. But for all of his flaws, mistakes, and frustrations, Cromitie displayed a persistent strain of embattled decency that led him to see Jews as individuals, rather than as a undifferentiated mass of malevolence.
In fact, Maqsood had been plying Cromitie with messages of this kind for months, and the wealthy Pakistani was a little frustrated that his American acquaintance didn't appear to be a particularly apt pupil. Oh, sure, Cromitie would occasionally let slip a derogatory reference to Jewish people, particularly women who had insulted him at work. But for all of his flaws, mistakes, and frustrations, Cromitie displayed a persistent strain of embattled decency that led him to see Jews as individuals, rather than as a undifferentiated mass of malevolence.
