Vice
Pesident Of the Military Combat Defense Fund on Jihadist Hit List.
Tom Bolinder VP MCDF was notified
by the FBI in Late April that his name appeared on a list of 15
people targeted for assassination. The list was prepare by Islam
convert Paul G. Rockwood of King Salmon, Alaska. Rockwood is a
follower of Radical Cleric Anwar al-Awlaki. al- Awlaki met with the
9-11 Hijackers prior to that day in 2001.
Bolinder was told to watch for
suspicious packages in the mail. He was also told that this threat
was as a result of his work with the MCDF. There was also a
possibility that the person(s) might make a trip east. He was kept
informed on the progress of the case in as much detail as possible.
Due to the on going nature of the investigation by the Joint Task
Force on Terrorism, that information was limited.
On 20 July 2010, Bolinder was
informed that the couple had been arrested and had made a plea
agreement with the Federal Prosecutor and that they would be
arraigned on 21 July. Bolinder and several others on the
list listened to the proceedings via telephone. Bolinder ,who had
already planned a fishing trip to Alaska in August, will attend the
formal sentencing Aug. 23rd in Anchorage.
" I believe that the work the
Military Combat Defense Fund is doing is very important. Our combat
troops deserve the best defense possible. I was angry when I first
learned of this. I had to gear up to do possibly do something I had
not done since Vietnam, something I swore I would never do again and
that was take a human life. In the face of what our men and women in
Iraq and Afghanistan and their families go through, what I do for
the MCDF, though emotionally draining, is a small sacrifice." Tom
Bolinder
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