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Feds arrest man allegedly heading to U.S. Capitol for suicide mission
Fox News ^ | 2/17/12 | Mike Levine

Posted on 02/17/2012 11:04:44 AM PST by exbrit

Authorities have arrested a man allegedly on his way to the U.S. Capitol for what he thought would be a suicide attack on one of the nation's most symbolic landmarks, Fox News has learned exclusively. The man, in his 30s and of Moroccan descent, was nabbed following a lengthy investigation by the FBI, initiated after he expressed interest in conducting an attack. It's unclear how the FBI learned of his aspirations. The man thought undercover FBI agents assisting him in his plot were associates of Al Qaeda.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/02/17/feds-arrest-man-heading-to-us-capitol-for-suicide-mission/#ixzz1mfOJC9V5

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TOPICS: Government; US: District of Columbia; US: Maryland; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: alqaeda; fbi; foiled; jihad; jttf; morocco; shadowwars; threatmatrix; uscapitol
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1 posted on 02/17/2012 11:04:51 AM PST by exbrit
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Sorry if this posts several times, had major problems with internet connection as I was trying to post


2 posted on 02/17/2012 11:07:41 AM PST by exbrit
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...a suicide attack on one of the nation's most symbolic landmarks

on a landmark or at a landmark?

3 posted on 02/17/2012 11:09:18 AM PST by TexasCajun
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Sure hate for anything bad to happen to the BUILDING. I’d also hate for Reid and Pelosi to be out of town.


4 posted on 02/17/2012 11:10:04 AM PST by crosshairs (Liberalism is to truth, what east is to west.)
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“Moroccan descent”

Yup. . .as suspected. . .one of those Amish Moroccan’s.

Nasty people. . .


5 posted on 02/17/2012 11:12:51 AM PST by Hulka
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Hey, that excuse never works for me!

You aren't anywhere near my record yet anyway, LOL

6 posted on 02/17/2012 11:14:47 AM PST by SWAMPSNIPER (The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not a Matter of Opinion)
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It's unclear how the FBI learned of his aspirations.

He was probably masquerading as a Baptist.

7 posted on 02/17/2012 11:18:17 AM PST by aimhigh
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The man, in his 30s and of Moroccan descent,

Simply another adherent to the Religion of Peace.

With these characteristics, this is why we must not profile at the airports./s

8 posted on 02/17/2012 11:18:17 AM PST by exit82 (Democrats are the enemies of freedom. We have ideas-the Dems only have ideology.)
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MSM STORY CORRECTION- “ a Pennsylvania man, angry over the steel mills closing and women having access to contraceptives, headed to Washington, clinging to his guns and his religion ...he thought that the FBI members accompanying him were actually members of the Tea Party”


9 posted on 02/17/2012 11:24:28 AM PST by almcbean
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Im surprised Soetoro didnt let the attack place. A terror attack during an election year would be in keeping with the Soetoro credo; “never let a good crisis go to waste”...


11 posted on 02/17/2012 11:25:44 AM PST by cardinal4 (Bolton/Arpaio 2012 "Kick the UN across the border!")
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To: cardinal4

Too early.

Watch for this around late October.

never let a crisis go to waste......


20 posted on 02/17/2012 11:27:29 AM PST by Texas resident (Hunkered Down)
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