Muslim extremists really need a better PR firm. Surely there's a positive spin that could be put on this?PORTLAND, Ore. Undercover agents in a sting operation stopped a Somali-born teenager from blowing up a van full of explosives at a crowded Christmas tree lighting ceremony in Portland on Friday, federal authorities said.
The explosives were duds supplied by the agents and the public was never in danger, authorities said.
Mohamed Osman Mohamud, 19, was arrested at 5:40 p.m. just after he dialed a cell phone that he thought would detonate the explosives but instead brought federal agents and Portland police swooping down on him.
Yelling "Allahuh Akbar!" Arabic for "God is great!" Mohamud tried to kick agents and police as they closed in, according to prosecutors.
"The threat was very real," said Arthur Balizan, special agent in charge of the FBI in Oregon. "Our investigation shows that Mohamud was absolutely committed to carrying out an attack on a very grand scale,"
Earlier this month, Mohamud and the agents traveled to the Oregon backcountry and detonated a bomb as a trial run. On the drive back, the undercover officials asked Mohamud if he was capable of looking at the bodies of those killed, according to the federal documents.
"Mohamud responded, `I want whoever is attending that event to leave, to leave either dead or injured."'
He said he wanted to set off explosives at the annual Christmas tree lighting ceremony in Portland's Pioneer Courthouse Square, an event that occurred on Friday.
Maybe we should set up checkpoints everywhere, including all interstates and other roads, to do full vehicle x-ray scans and strip searches.
Only then will we ever be safe from trrrrrristsssss.
Maybe we should set up checkpoints everywhere, including all interstates and other roads, to do full vehicle x-ray scans and strip searches.
Only then will we ever be safe from trrrrrristsssss.
They seemed to have done a pretty good job stopping this guy without resorting to any of those silly suggestions.
They seemed to have done a pretty good job stopping this guy without resorting to any of those silly suggestions.
Thank God they were onto this guy early. Hope this little fucker gets to spend the rest of his life in jail worrying about his next ass kicking/raping.
"Mohamud's attempt is neither representative nor an example of Somalis. Somalis are peace loving people," said Omaar, whose government is holed up in a few blocks of the capital, Mogadishu, while much of the country's southern and central regions are ruled by Islamist insurgents.
so the FBI cant find any real terrisssssssts, so they set up gullible losers to take the fall? lol
I heard that reality was catching up with Minority Report.
I assumed it was about the fancy displays and gesture stuff, rather than the "preemptive policing".
Maybe we should set up checkpoints everywhere, including all interstates and other roads, to do full vehicle x-ray scans and strip searches.
Only then will we ever be safe from trrrrrristsssss.
Maybe we should set up checkpoints everywhere, including all interstates and other roads, to do full vehicle x-ray scans and strip searches.
Only then will we ever be safe from trrrrrristsssss.
so the FBI cant find any real terrisssssssts, so they set up gullible losers to take the fall? lol
so the FBI cant find any real terrisssssssts, so they set up gullible losers to take the fall? lol
The affidavit said Mohamud was warned several times about the seriousness of his plan, that women and children could be killed, and that he could back out, but he told agents: "Since I was 15 I thought about all this;" and "It's gonna be a fireworks show ... a spectacular show."
In all likelihood, this incident never actually happened.
As an added bonus, we get to pay for his lawyers. These trials typically take about a decade to come about so...5 to 6 million?Now we can try him and find him not guilty.