The Counterterrorism Blog: Head of Aryan Nations Responds to "The Peculiar Alliance": "On Thursday, I published an article at the Weekly Standard's website entitled 'The Peculiar Alliance,' about the growing relationship between white supremacists and Islamists.  These two groups have found a surprising amount of common ground in recent years due to their shared hatred of the Jews in particular, and also their hatred of the United States.

One of the figures I discuss at length in the article is August Kreis, the head of Aryan Nations and an admitted admirer of Osama bin Laden:

In an interview with CNN earlier this year, Kreis said of al Qaeda, 'You say they're terrorists, I say they're freedom fighters.  And I want to instill the same jihadic feeling in our peoples' heart, in the Aryan race, that they have for their father, who they call Allah.'  Going a step further, Kreis told CNN that he had a message for Osama bin Laden:  'The message is, the cells are out here and they are already in place.  They might not be cells of Islamic people, but they are here and they are ready to fight.'

My article also explores in some depth the Aryan Nations website, which goes to great lengths to detail its sympathy for radical Muslims."

(Via The Counterterrorism Blog.)