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Arrests Seen as Part of a Wider Plot [DC subway bombing]
IPT News ^ | October 27, 2010 | Steve Emerson

Posted on 10/27/2010 3:40:38 PM PDT by HonestConservative

Federal agents arrested a man Wednesday for plotting to bomb the Washington, D.C., subway system, the Justice Department announced. It was the second arrest in as many days involving Americans hoping to wage violence for al-Qaida or the Taliban, and federal law enforcement officials believe it is part of a wider attempt to launch terrorist attacks.

Farooque Ahmed, 34, of Ashburn, Va., was indicted Wednesday for attempting to provide material support to a terrorist organization, collecting information to assist in planning a terrorist attack on a transit facility, and attempting to provide material support to help carry out multiple bombings in the D.C. Metro subway system.

Ahmed's arrest follows that of Abdel Hameed Shehadeh, arrested Tuesday in Hawaii for lying about a failed attempt to go to Pakistan and join the Taliban. Shehadeh said he was planning to travel to Pakistan to wage jihad, but after that plan failed he tried to join the U.S. Army. According to the indictment, Shehadeh said that in the Army he "would be provided with training, transportation and a weapon" that would help him attack Americans.

Ahmed and Shehadeh are considered to be part of a wider plan by U.S. citizens or residents hoping to serve elements of the Taliban and al-Qaida to conduct terrorist attacks throughout the country, a federal law enforcement official told IPT News.

(Excerpt) Read more at investigativeproject.org ...


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To: quesney
Prep school Amish T partiers.
21 posted on 10/27/2010 4:52:33 PM PDT by HonestConservative (http://holdingahammer.com/)
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To: quesney
Prep school Amish T partiers.
22 posted on 10/27/2010 4:52:35 PM PDT by HonestConservative (http://holdingahammer.com/)
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To: Paved Paradise

Wow those blown up school children’s bodies in Pakistan sure to look like the real thing. /s


23 posted on 10/27/2010 4:55:59 PM PDT by HonestConservative (http://holdingahammer.com/)
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To: Elsiejay

Unexpectedly surprising!


24 posted on 10/27/2010 5:02:00 PM PDT by dools0007world
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To: Paved Paradise

Sometimes it’s necessary to just punch them. Hard.

If they want more info..pass them my FRmail add.

Keep up the great work.


25 posted on 10/27/2010 5:02:56 PM PDT by bayouranger (The 1st victim of islam is the person who practices the lie.)
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To: HonestConservative
Evidence showing a substantive increase in international travel of terrorist operatives into the United States and Europe. They have either been dispatched by al-Qaida-linked groups or are "lone wolf" types who have connected to groups in both Pakistan and Yemen in order to volunteer to carry out attacks.

So....we know more operatives are traveling. Hopefully, that also means we're keeping an eye on them?

26 posted on 10/27/2010 5:46:28 PM PDT by FourPeas (Pester not the geek, for the electrons are his friends.)
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To: HonestConservative

yep, those Swedes are really getting into exotic names these days.


27 posted on 10/27/2010 5:56:09 PM PDT by fivecatsandadog (Don't let reality ruin your day.)
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To: HonestConservative

They’ve been playing this 24/7 on WMAL. I wanna know if this wasn’t entrapment.

Plus this guy sounds like he’s not the brightest bulb in the drawer.


28 posted on 10/27/2010 5:59:40 PM PDT by Clint N. Suhks (Proud Anti-Establishment Extremist. No more 0bama Republicans! (Palin/Cheney 2012)
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To: Paved Paradise

Eventually the USA will find it absolutely necessary to restrict all travel/immigration to/from Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Yemen, Afghanistan, Egypt, Somalia. That would be the single best step to prevent foreign terrorism in the USA.

Having done that, there will then be a chance to eventually strangle the “home grown” Muslim terror problem - but this is only IF the USA stops allowing travel and exchange for these people with their backward, violent homelands.


29 posted on 10/27/2010 6:07:35 PM PDT by PGR88
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To: Clint N. Suhks

haven’t been listening


30 posted on 10/27/2010 6:19:32 PM PDT by HonestConservative (http://holdingahammer.com/)
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To: Paved Paradise
Back in September, got to meet a nice gal who was a retired federal marshall. She was very young - said she was burned out - couldn’t sleep at night and so on. Anyway, she said if we knew even 1/10th of what she did, we would never close our eyes.

I believe her too. Stuff like that made me decide to carry every day.

31 posted on 10/27/2010 6:19:47 PM PDT by Ramius (Personally, I give us... one chance in three. More tea?)
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To: Ramius

Me, too.


32 posted on 10/27/2010 6:20:52 PM PDT by HonestConservative (http://holdingahammer.com/)
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To: HonestConservative

When is the jacka$$ in the White House and his fellow travelers gonna wake up? Probably when we’re all dead.

He doesn’t seem to like America or Americans anyway.


33 posted on 10/27/2010 7:18:43 PM PDT by alice_in_bubbaland (Professional Politicians are a Threat to the Republic! Remove them on 11-2-10!)
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To: alice_in_bubbaland

mooslim credo: I love you. I will kill you and your children. Boom! Slash!


34 posted on 10/27/2010 7:48:25 PM PDT by hal ogen (1st amendment or reeducation camp?)
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To: HonestConservative

*


35 posted on 10/27/2010 7:57:51 PM PDT by PMAS
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To: 353FMG

Juan Williams better just stick to driving himself to work. The guy can’t win.


36 posted on 10/27/2010 8:03:17 PM PDT by rabidralph
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To: Monkey Face

All the subway stations are prime targets by Al Qaeda and their affinity groups, which range from Arabs, Arab-Americans, immigrants, illegal immigrants, to non-Arab Moslems (i.e. Somalis, Sudanese, Iranians, renegade Iraqis, Malayans, Thais, Japanese (remember the deadly Japanese Red Army), Palestinians, newly recruited Latin American moslems, American Black Muslims, white communists, white moslems and the mentally ill).

This list is one I made up about 9 years ago. DHS and Napolitano have no idea what I just wrote. They are still looking for “good ole boys” with bibles and rifles.

Next on the target list are sports events stadium and schools, esp. elementary schools.

They are not interested in Congress. Even that place is repulsive to them.

Some people understand terrorism and some don’t (Obama, Biden, Napolitano, Brenner, Pelosi, etc).


37 posted on 10/27/2010 8:14:25 PM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: pepsionice

And kill Americans by night?


38 posted on 10/27/2010 9:15:07 PM PDT by Marty62 (marty60)
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To: HonestConservative

A balding, middle aged, white guy no doubt upset with health care reform.


39 posted on 10/27/2010 11:46:25 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Your Hope has been redistributed. Here's your Change.)
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To: 353FMG
At the very least his mosque imam should be detained, and deported.

Personally I'd go for the entire mosque membership roster be deported, and the land converted to a sausage making facility!

40 posted on 10/28/2010 1:19:19 AM PDT by rawcatslyentist (Jeremiah 50:31 Behold, I am against you, O you most proud, said the Lord God of hosts.)
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