New York: Jihad bomb suspect spoke of changing his name to "Osama Hussein"

To whom did he speak about this? Didn't anyone take him aside and explain to him that all true Muslims abhorred Osama bin Laden and everything he stood for -- all, that is, except for a Tiny Minority of Extremists™? More on this story: "'Lone wolf U.S. citizen who wanted to change name to Osama Hussein' foiled in pipe bomb terror plot to kill police officers and returning soldiers in New York City," by Thomas Durante for the Daily Mail, November 21:

The New York Police Department has foiled an alleged terror plot targeting law enforcement and soldiers returning from the battlefield.
Jose Pimentel, 27, an Al-Qaeda sympathizer from Washington Heights, New York, was arrested yesterday at his apartment.

The charges against him include conspiracy, first-degree criminal possession of a weapon as a crime of terrorism, and soliciting support for a terrorist act.

He was believed to be acting as a 'lone wolf', New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said during a press conference tonight.

Jose Pimentel, 27, is an American citizen and Islam convert originally from the Dominican Republic.

He is believed to have been inspired by radical cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, and further influenced by his online terror magazine, Inspire.

Pimentel spoke of changing his name to Osama Hussein in support of his two heroes, Osama bin Laden and Saddam Hussein.

The NYPD counter-terrorism unit had been following him since May 2009, when he began speaking about violent jihad.

Pimentel turned his talk into action after the death of Awlaki on September 30 and began building a bomb, NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly said.

He faces several terrorism-related charges, including first-degree criminal possession of a weapon as a crime of terrorism.

Mayor Bloomberg said Pimentel was 'plotting to bomb police patrol cars and postal facilities as well as targeted members of our armed services returning from abroad.'

The NYPD's counter-terrorism unit has been tracking Pimentel since May 2009, when he began discussing his terror plans.

Pimentel, an unemployed American citizen originally from the Dominican Republic, had converted to Islam and was allegedly inspired by Al-Qaida - namely radical cleric Anwar al-Awlaki....

But Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said Pimentel was close to putting his deadly plan into action.

He said: 'We had to act quickly yesterday because he was in fact putting this bomb together. He was drilling holes and it would have been not appropriate for us to let him walk out the door with that bomb.'

Pimentel was reportedly able to build three pipe bombs using instructions found in an article in the online terror magazine Inspire.

The magazine featured an article entitled, 'How to build a bomb in the kitchen of your mom.'

He also intended to test the effectiveness of the bombs by placing them in mailboxes and detonating them.

His terror plot intensified from talk to action with the dealth of Awlaki, Inspire's publisher, in September....

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gravenimage | November 20, 2011 7:47 PM | Reply

New York: Jihad bomb suspect spoke of changing his name to "Osama Hussein"
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...because "Muhammad Yusuf", the Muslim name he did adopt, just doesn't say "crazed, anti-American Jihadist" the way "Osama Hussein" does...

Alarmed Pig Farmer | November 20, 2011 9:00 PM | Reply

New York: Jihad bomb suspect spoke of changing his name to "Osama Hussein"

Now, dagnabit I've been working the Prez Osama thing for two years now, and here's an infringement.

*** Bukhari Vol 7 Bk 67 Nbr 427 ***

Mohammed said, "If I take an oath and later find something else better than that, then I do what is better and break my oath."

Selling humor against the Moslems is like trying to peddle Microsoft Windows in Communist China: there is no honor.

Jihad, Not Trademarked
Prez Barack Osama Hussein, Obama bin Laden, clever APF gags, ha ha,
Lo! I see even queerer word games now, textual rapacity, you go JoPa!
They ain't no honor among thieves, nor theft among thinking Moslems,
No Islamic respect for intellectual property, nor for toothless gums.
- the Holy Prophet APF

Alarmed Pig Farmer | November 20, 2011 9:01 PM | Reply

New York: Jihad bomb suspect spoke of changing his name to "Osama Hussein"

Now, dagnabit I've been working the Prez Osama thing for two years now, and here's an infringement.

*** Bukhari Vol 7 Bk 67 Nbr 427 ***

Mohammed said, "If I take an oath and later find something else better than that, then I do what is better and break my oath."

Selling humor against the Moslems is like trying to peddle Microsoft Windows in Communist China: there is no honor.

London Jim | November 20, 2011 11:18 PM | Reply

As self-appointed P.A for the HP, pleez excuzze hiz dubble-post above. .sheetzophienia plays up every now and then.

dumbledoresarmy | November 21, 2011 1:51 AM | Reply

Yet another one for the e-clippings file that I have called "The dangerous convert".

Paul | November 21, 2011 4:50 AM | Reply

" ... He was believed to be acting as a 'lone wolf', New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said ..."

" ... The NYPD's counter-terrorism unit has been tracking Pimentel since May 2009, when he began discussing his terror plans ..."

Question: If he was a "lone wolf", who was he discussing his terror plans with?

Tom Billesley | November 21, 2011 5:02 AM | Reply

Did he want to use the name "Hussein" because he imagined himself belonging to a prestigious arab clan, or as they say in arabic الفخذ(fukhdh)?
Well, he is now well and truly fukhdh.

London Jim replied to comment from Tom Billesley | November 21, 2011 1:14 PM | Reply

Jeez, Mr Billesley, that was a good shot. .

fightback | November 21, 2011 8:08 PM | Reply

That was osama, right? for a second I thought it may have been obama.

fightback | November 21, 2011 8:09 PM | Reply

That was osama, right? for a second I thought it may have been obama.

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