Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute

May 17, 2013

On May 16, the Homeland Security Department raided the Boise home of an Uzbek national named Fazluddin Kurbanov, who has been accused of providing material support to an organization called the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU). As headline bait, the Feds also charged Kurbanov with possessing components of a ?weapon of mass destruction,? which in this case appears to be a small improvised explosive.

Although the IMU is listed by the State Department as a terrorist organization, it has never been a threat to the United States.

The IMU is a Muslim insurrectionary group that seeks the overthrow of Uzbek dictator Islam Karimov, a Communist holdout who is sustained in power by secret police who were trained by the KGB. In recent years, Washington has used Karimov?s secret police as subcontractors for the CIA, sending detainees to Uzbekistan to be tortured in Soviet-created dungeons. The IMU is considered a terrorist group because it wants to overthrow a dictator Washington supports.

The IMU is a dangerous and violent group. The same may be true of Mr. Kurbanov. But as is usually the case, the people Washington supports are even worse.

Let us take back the liberty wherewith Christ has made us free.