FREEDOM IS UNTIDY
October 6, 2006
Amish Suicide Bombers Vow Further Reprisals
Nickel Mines, PA | Casualties continue to mount in retaliation for Monday's attack on an Amish training camp located in Lancaster County.
The death toll has already surpassed that of California's Scientology riots last March sparked by satirical cartoons aired on Comedy Central's South Park.
Elusive Scientologist ringleader Issac Hayes encouraged more sectarian violence in an audio tape released to Fox News today, ending speculation that the terror mastermind had recently succumbed to typhoid.
Southeastern Pennsylvania has long been a known Amish stronghold, strategically located in the geographic triangle between Philadelphia, New York City and Washington, DC.
Homeland Security estimates the number of Amish in the United States at around 200,000, predominantly in Pennsylvania and Ohio. But there are also suspected sleeper cells in Indiana, Delaware, Michigan, Iowa, Wisconsin, Oklahoma and just across the Canadian border in Ontario.
One U.S. State Department insider warns the current turmoil can only serve to increase tension with Mormons, who they suspect of supplying armaments and financial support to the more radical Amish factions. It is also expected to further complicate sensitive negotiations with Quakers over their uranium enrichment program.
