Here is an update on the Lodhi case from Australia. Faheem Khalid Lodhi is supposed to have done all this, according to his defense lawyer, to prepare for his detergent business and to make games with his "Boy's Own spy kit" more vivid.
"Terror suspect 'bought electricity grid map,'" from The Australian, with thanks to Rosie:
TERROR suspect Faheem Khalid Lodhi allegedly bought two maps of the national electricity grid using a false name and business name.Rose Bakla, who worked at the Electricity Supply Association of Australia in 2003, told the NSW Supreme Court yesterday she remembered the man who paid $170 cash for two diagrammatic maps of the national supply grid.
"The gentleman said that he was starting up a business and he wanted to display these in his office," she told the NSW Supreme Court. She described him as in his "mid-30s, early 40s" with a medium build, dark features and dark hair.
But if that's all he intended to do, why the false name?
The jury heard he filled out the sales form as M.Rasul, a partner in Rasul Electrical.
Hmmm. "Rasul" is "prophet" in Arabic. "M. Rasul" may be a sly way of saying "Muhammad the Prophet," and "Rasul Electrical" an oblique reference to his plan for a jihad attack against the nation's electricity grid.
Prosecutors allege the man was Faheem Khalid Lodhi, 36, a Pakistani-born architect who is on trial on four terror-related charges.Mr Lodhi is accused of planning to blow up three military bases around Sydney and the national electricity grid.
The jury heard that during a search of his office, ASIO agents recovered a receipt for the maps made out in the name M.Rasul of Rasul Electrical.
It is alleged the name and business name are false.
Ms Bakla said the diagrammatic wall map, which carried a disclaimer about its accuracy, outlined grids of the electricity and energy sectors.
"People could use it for a guideline as to what the electricity lines were within a country," she said.
However, Mr Lodhi's lawyers argue the map was purely schematic and would have been useless as a tool for anyone contemplating a terrorist attack.
They also contend Mr Lodhi had entirely legitimate business purposes for buying the maps....
Doesn't every business have a national electrical grid map on display? I only do business with those that do.
"The map was purly schematic." Yea, and I'm a fairy princess. How could any rational being defend the likes of Mr. Asbestos, I mean lodhi.
Mmm, I know more than a few "reverts" in the Atlanta area who work mapping power grids for Georgia Power and GE. Their names, of course, have all been reported to the local JTTF, not that it matters.
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you see? jihadis have a sense of humor!
(was referring to this -- "M. Rasul" may be a sly way of saying "Muhammad the Prophet," and "Rasul Electrical" an oblique reference to his plan for a jihad attack against the nation's electricity grid.)
Re:Accused Australian mujahid used a false name to buy maps of the national electricity grid
Same old-same old-madness. We must face the truth on this matter-in particular and in general-no matter how ugly it is to look at.
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I have never read Bernard Lewis before, though I'm sure many at JW have read him, but I found this article (The Roots of Muslim Rage) a fascinating read. Like so many in our country, I am putting this jihad jigsaw puzzle together and JW and other sources are excellent educational resources for that purpose.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/533230/posts
I found this paragraph in the article by Lewis particularly riveting:
"Of all these offenses the one that is most widely, frequently, and vehemently denounced is undoubtedly imperialism -- sometimes just Western, sometimes Eastern (that is, Soviet) and Western alike. But the way this term is used in the literature of Islamic fundamentalists often suggests that it may not carry quite the same meaning for them as for its Western critics. In many of these writings the term "imperialist" is given a distinctly religious significance, being used in association, and sometimes interchangeably, with "missionary," and denoting a form of attack that includes the Crusades as well as the modern colonial empires. One also sometimes gets the impression that the offense of imperialism is not -- as for Western critics -- the domination by one people over another but rather the allocation of roles in this relationship. What is truly evil and unacceptable is the domination of infidels over true believers. For true believers to rule misbelievers is proper and natural, since this provides for the maintenance of the holy law, and gives the misbelievers both the opportunity and the incentive to embrace the true faith. But for misbelievers to rule over true believers is blasphemous and unnatural, since it leads to the corruption of religion and morality in society, and to the flouting or even the abrogation of God's law. This may help us to understand the current troubles in such diverse places as Ethiopian Eritrea, Indian Kashmir, Chinese Sinkiang, and Yugoslav Kossovo, in all of which Muslim populations are ruled by non-Muslim governments. It may also explain why spokesmen for the new Muslim minorities in Western Europe demand for Islam a degree of legal protection which those countries no longer give to Christianity and have never given to Judaism. Nor, of course, did the governments of the countries of origin of these Muslim spokesmen ever accord such protection to religions other than their own. In their perception, there is no contradiction in these attitudes. The true faith, based on God's final revelation, must be protected from insult and abuse; other faiths, being either false or incomplete, have no right to any such protection."
From above:
"Prosecutors allege the man was Faheem Khalid Lodhi, 36, a Pakistani-born architect who is on trial on four terror-related charges."
From Apr. 26 archived JW post:
"Mr Boulten said Lodhi was planning to start a detergent business and that was why he contacted Deltrex Chemicals inquiring about substances."
Architect* + electrical grid schematic + chemicals
Only question I have is whether Lodhi was acting alone or if he has accomplices.
* not too likely to be of the "poor and oppressed class"
As usual, "I'm shocked, shocked.", etc.
Sent Mr. Lohdi to Lodi. (see DW story below)
Maybe they'll get another conviction there just based on the name, alone.
TYPO-
("JW" story below)
What reason did they give for the false name?
If it was for "legitimate business purposes", why the alias?
I know what the REAL reason is, I am just curious to hear the justification (read Lie).
All these posts are spot on.
Every detergent company needs a map of the electricity grid.NOT! (ask Lever and Kitchen!)
I hope this guy really gets what is coming to him. Trouble is that New South Wales has put up with muslim crimes for 10 years and the cops are scared, and so is the state government.
This lead locals to take matters into their own hands during the Cronulla "race" riots. They have had enough of being bullied by Lebanese muslims,,and I mean bullied!
These people don't work and live off welfare - take, take take, and then in return they want to destroy everything,,,,so what else is new?
Guys, get hold of Oriana Fallaci's "Force of Reason". It explains everything! Spread the word before it is too late. (Not optimistic about Europe).