The mysterious raid on the halal meatpacking plant, which I noted here last week, turns out to be connected to this plot to kill the Danish Motoonist Kurt Westergaard -- "the Mickey Mouse Project." "Two Chicago men charged in terror scheme," by Natasha Korecki for the Chicago Sun Times, October 28 (thanks to Pamela):
When FBI agents at O'Hare arrested David Headley en route to Pakistan earlier this month on charges he plotted to kill a newspaper cartoonist in Denmark, authorities say he held an additional airline reservation - to Copenhagen.He was to depart Thursday.
Headley's friend, Tahawwur Hussain Rana, who shared an extreme hatred for cartoons that depicted the prophet Mohammed, arranged for the flight, authorities said.
Any depiction of the prophet, even a favorable one, is forbidden by Islamic law as likely to lead to idolatry.
The Chicago men, who knew each other from a military school in Pakistan, on Tuesday were accused of an international plot dubbed "The Mickey Mouse Project" that since late 2008 included scheming with others to "commit terrorist acts against overseas targets," according to federal criminal complaints made public in Chicago.
The North Side men are accused of plotting to target employees of the Danish newspaper Morgenavisen Jyllands-Posten, which published cartoons of the prophet Mohammed in 2005, sparking violent riots across the Muslim world.
The most controversial of the 12 cartoons depicted Mohammed wearing a bomb with a lit fuse as a turban. That cartoon was drawn by Kurt Westergaard, 78 - who was targeted for assassination, authorities said.
But Headley's phone calls were wiretapped and his e-mails were under FBI review. When he tried to board his Pakistan-bound O'Hare flight Oct. 3, the FBI arrested him.
Headley, 49, then confessed to agents about the plot, authorities said. He was charged with one count of conspiracy to commit terrorist acts involving murder and maiming outside the United States and one count of conspiracy to provide material support to the alleged overseas terrorism conspiracy.
Rana, 48, a native of Pakistan and a Canadian citizen, was arrested Oct. 18 at his West Rogers Park home. He was charged with providing material support to a foreign terrorism conspiracy that involved Headley.
In October 2008, Headley used his birth name, Daood Gilani -which he changed in 2006 to avoid suspicion while traveling - when posting a message to a Yahoo group called "abdalians," authorities said.
"Everything is not a joke . . . We are not rehearsing a skit on Saturday Night Live," Headley said in the posting. "Call me old-fashioned, but I feel disposed towards violence for the offending parties."...
Headley told agents the plot recently focused on Westergaard and the paper's cultural editor, Flemming Rose, "whom Headley felt were directly responsible for the cartoons," the criminal complaint states.
He also allegedly told agents he was trained by a terrorist organization called Lashkar-e-Taiba, according to his criminal complaint.
Authorities say Headley reported to Ilyas Kashmiri, the operational chief of what the FBI describes as a Pakistani-based terrorist organization with links to al-Qaida, according to the complaint. Headley was headed to Pakistan to report to Kashmiri when the FBI foiled his plans, according to charges.
When he was arrested, FBI agents found a memory stick on him that contained 10 surveillance videos, including footage of the newspaper office and Danish military barracks, the complaint said....
Rana owns several businesses, including First World Immigration Services, which has offices on Devon Avenue in Chicago, New York and Toronto, as well as a meat-processing plant in Kinsman. That plant is used to slaughter goats and sheep per Muslim religious requirements.
Extensive means were used to carry out a search warrant of the plant earlier this month. Witnesses said about 100 agents were on the scene. Helicopters, trucks and SUVs could be seen in front of the building during the raid....
Mickey Motoon thanks to Henrik.
"In October 2008, Headley used his birth name, Daood Gilani -which he changed in 2006 to avoid suspicion while traveling - when posting a message to a Yahoo group called "abdalians," authorities said."
What is to be done about this? What about requiring passports to show not only a new name but the former (real) name so that these sinister daood-gilanis cannot become, to avoid suspicion, mere "david-headleys." This has to be looked into.
No, I wouldn't call you (Daood) "old fashioned"; rather, I would call you completely "normal". As in, your action are completely "normal" and in-line with the other 1.2b zombie cube worshippers around the planet.
Completely normal.
"Rana owns several businesses, including First World Immigration Services, which has offices on Devon Avenue in Chicago, New York and Toronto..."
Now there's a business that deserves a little investigation. Don't you agree?
So we are to be murdered for drawing a murderer. Only in islam
When Abdul Muhammad changes his name to Rick Smith, you know you've got a problem.
Call me old-fashioned, but I feel disposed towards violence for the offending parties."...
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When the average American says "call me old-fashioned", you expect this to be followed with something along the lines of "I'm really not fond of most rap music", or perhaps, "I really think my grandkids spend too much time on FaceBook"--not "I plan on traveling to Denmark on Thursday to murder a non-violent cartoonist and his editor".
When we say "old-fashioned", we mean the 1950s. When Muslims say "old-fashioned", they mean the 7th century.
as likely to lead to idolatry
They all idolize Mohammad already.
This must be what happens when you keep handling your meat................
Dear Mr. Spencer,
A Thousand thank-you's for this very flattering portrait of the profit mudhummud (may PB&JbUHB*). I think this really brings out his youthful vigor. I truly wish our dear old mudhummer could see for himself just how deligthful (and SO robust!) he looks in this depiction. I look forward to the opportunity to tell many of his followers just where to put this. Oh but wait! You've already done that, haven't you? Well, then, THANKS AGAIN for ensuring that the memory of the profit is appropriately placed in the annals of izlum history and in each of it's adoring followers....
Wonderin1
Oh my gosh. Muslims are so incredibly stupid. And we're afraid of them, why?
"Any depiction of the prophet, even a favorable one, is forbidden by Islamic law as likely to lead to idolatry."
errata:
"Any depiction of the prophet, even a favorable one, is forbidden by Muslims who IDOLIZE their prophet."
Because they are not marked by their stupidity, but by their limitless capacity for brutality, oppression, sadism, and hate.
"Oh my gosh. Muslims are so incredibly stupid. And we're afraid of them, why?"
1. Because "the Stupids" don't hesitate to murder and mass-murder "Infidels." It doesn't take much - just a Cartoon or two.
2. Because of their over-breeding Numbers.
3. Because of imbecilic "political correctness," in which, somehow, we are the "racists, bigots and haters."
Yes and the meat packing "requirements" for that "religion" are what again?....no anesthetic for the goats and sheep...just a slit across the frightened animal's neck..??? If I remember correctly...where is PETA?
I care much more about the animals these Barbarians murder than I do about the Barbarians, even though they're supposed to be "people."
Yeah, some "people." In fact, I don't care about them, at all. I could do without them very well. Indeed, break out the champagne.
Far more mocking of Mohammed and Islam need to occur. Mohammed and Islam need to be mocked into oblivion by non-stop ridicule which is richly deserved. Again, the best thing to do with evil is to eradicate it. The second best thing is to make fun of it. Put Hitler in a dress. Marx on a quiz show that has capitalist goods as prizes. Mouseketeer ears on Mohammed. Never stop mocking evil. Never.
Totally agree Wellington.
Bosch - that's awesome. Again, not just the art work, but the Dual Duel, the slight spelling difference for Mohammad, the Bruce Lee Enter the Dragon clip, everything.
Maybe you, Mr. Spencer, and Pamela Geller can work together somehow.
A synergy of talents designed to spread the word about Islam.
Time to put our own "jizya" on muslims for all the extra security expenses,worry,inconveniences,aggravation,stress,suspicion,
freedom of expression hindrances,accusations,law suits,honor killing investigations,production loss,immigration investigations,dress codes,religious freedom restrictions,travel costs,wars,fear,crime,and on top of all that,WASTED TIME! If I were British I'd be voting BNP in a heartbeat.
It must be obligatory for Muslims to have several aliases...It seems they all do...something about being deceitful, I think...
Isabellathecrusader : Oh my gosh. Muslims are so incredibly stupid. And we're afraid of them, why?
Isabella, there is nothing to fear from moslems. It would be like fearing the dark.
Their actions are astonishingly stupid but they are easily dealt with. We, as a country, just need to come to terms with what needs to be done.
War is deceit - Mohammed.
Is this a picture of Abdullah Mikey-Mouse?
Westernized his name,but retained the same old mindset.
WANT TO HEAR A FUNNY JOKE?
In the interest of Islam jokes, I'll tell you a funny story that happened at work today.
One of my coworkers was talking about 5 raccoons that savaged a 75 year old woman in Florida recently.
http://www.examiner.com/x-19632-Salt-Lake-City-Headlines-Examiner~y2009m10d5-Gretchen-Whitted-attacked-by-5-raccoons
She asked me, "Why do you think raccoons would do such a thing?" I replied, "Perhaps they had gotten a hold of a Quran, and became overwhelmed with blood-lust for the Kuffar (She looked at me quizzically. I went on to add) ... my first guess was that they had been nesting in a Mosque, but since the mauling happened on a Wednesday you can rule out the typical Islamic post sermon murdering frenzy, which usually occurs on Fridays."
She had to turn away to laugh ... way too politically incorrect to laugh at that at work, at such things nowadays :-).
"Any depiction of the prophet, even a favorable one, is forbidden by Islamic law as likely to lead to idolatry." --Natasha Korecki
Note how Islam is presented as monolithic here. Presenting Islam as monolithic is supposedly an act of Islamophobia, according to Islam's public relations people in the West. The presumably non-Muslim reporter above has adopted the Islamic public-relations principle of always defending Islam, whereby Islam can be presented as monolithic or as diverse, whichever best defends Islam in the circumstance. Telling non-Muslims that Islam forbids all depictions of Muhammad would seem to discourage the would-be non-Muslim cartoonists, artists, etc., but comfortably stops short of alarming non-Muslims by telling them the harsh penalties in some Islamic law for depicting Muhammad.
In fact, plenty of Muslims have no problem with mere depictions of Muhammad. It is the "insulting" of Muhammad that most Muslims find offensive. But the Islam public relations people don't want any depiction of Muhammad by non-Muslims at this time, because allowing this would open up too many opportunities for the non-Muslim cartoonists and artists to play with boundaries and introduce embarrassing information, questions, and less-than-flattering impressions of Islam and Muhammad. The Islam defenders can't have Muhammad reduced to the same status as other religious and political leaders, and can't allow non-Muslims to have control over any expressions about Islam and Muhammad. For these Islam propagandists, too much is at stake. They have to commit to trying to enforce some kind of blasphemy law, usually presented in the west as a protection against "hate" speech and bigotry, otherwise Islam could be seriously damaged or weakened by the unchecked expressions of the non-Muslims.
Why did the West get so ignorant about the history of Islam that it began permitting mass Muslim immigration, then found out about history up close and personal bit by bloody bit?
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