Global Research

       Echoing the much derided 2003 FBI warning that a good way to spot potential terrorists is to check if they are carrying an almanac, Fox News went beyond the pale this morning in suggesting that Al-Qaeda’s most likely acolytes are blonde haired, blue eyed Caucasian westerners with no criminal record.

       Fox and Friends’ ever ready Neo-Con slug Brian Kilmeade, who in November called on Americans to support terrorist car bombings in Iran, as well as funding for terrorist groups to “create havoc in Iran”, interviewed ex-CIA spook Mike Baker, whose company Diligence LLC has close ties to the Bush administration and just happens to butter its bread with the aid of a steady supply of global unrest and terror hype.

       The story, which is based on a comment by a single MI5 source (must be true then) that was subsequently picked up in a Scotsman article, claims that Al-Qaeda have recruited 1,500 white Britons to carry out attacks in the UK.

       For those of us who recoiled in absolute horror at the proficiency of dumb and dumber’s summer exploits in setting a car on fire at Glasgow airport, it’s obvious that “Al-Qaeda’s” recruiting efforts need to improve if they are to live up to the status lavishly bestowed upon them by the establishment media.

       So, as Baker and Kilmeade somehow manage to relate while keeping straight faces, the new breed of jihadists have been identified as white Caucasian westerners with blonde hair, blue eyes, and no criminal record.

       See it to believe it. http://prisonplanet.com/articles/january2008/011408_new_alqaeda.htm

       Baker told Kilmeade that al Qaeda looks for operatives who can fit in, just as the CIA does, saying, “If they can recruit a Scandinavian, that’s the holy grail for them.” He added, “They need people who can move around freely and do their bidding,” apparently implying that blue-eyed blondes are the people who blend most seamlessly into Western society, reports Raw Story.

       However, Baker dismissed Kilmeade’s suggestion that al Qaeda would be particularly interested in recruiting in US prisons. “To go into a prison and try to recruit individuals — that person’s already tainted. What they really need, they need people who haven’t run afoul of law enforcement in the past. … Their problems are extreme in trying to recruit someone who can go out there and carry out their business.”

       So there you have it, even if you believe we are fighting a war against radical Muslims that want to wipe us off the planet, your intelligence agencies are working on the premise that the next likely suicide bombers are going to look like Ken and Barbie. Does that make you feel safe?

       In December 2003, the FBI sent out a nationwide alert to police which stated that people traveling with almanacs and maps should be viewed as potential terrorists and searched at checkpoints. In comparison, this new bout of hysteria makes such folly appear positively rational.

       You don’t need to be a rocket scientist to figure out what the agenda is here. Just as we were told that there were reds under the bed during the cold war era, without the specter of potential terrorists running around our backyards, the war on terror itself and all the fearmongering attached to it is rendered impotent.

       So the new potential terrorists are our friends, our neighbors and even us – mandating that the whole police state apparatus that has been constructed since 9/11 be swung around to target the American and British people.

       Oh yeah, and if there are real terrorists planning devastating attacks, they won’t be stopped because the CIA and MI5 foot soldiers have been trained to look for members of the 1970’s Swedish pop group Abba.