Massachusetts: Muslim pleads guilty to misunderstanding Islam, plotting to blow up Pentagon and U.S. Capitol

Ferdaus.jpgFerdaus with an instrument of his piety


Once again we see the high cost involved when Muslims get the crazy idea that their peaceful religion commands them to wage war against Infidels. Yet no Muslim organization in the U.S. has any kind of program to keep Muslims from misunderstanding Islam in this way. Now, why is that? "Mass. man admits guilt in plot to blow up Pentagon," from The Associated Press, July 20 (thanks to Kenneth):

A Muslim-American man admitted Friday that he plotted to use remote-controlled model planes packed with explosives to blow up the Pentagon and U.S. Capitol.

Rezwan Ferdaus, 26, pleaded guilty to attempting to provide material support to terrorists and attempting to damage and destroy federal buildings by means of an explosive.

Ferdaus, of Ashland, was arrested last year after federal employees posing as members of al-Qaida delivered materials he requested, including grenades, machine guns and plastic explosives.

Under a plea agreement, federal prosecutors agreed to drop four other charges. Prosecutors and Ferdaus' lawyers also agreed to jointly recommend a 17-year prison term. Sentencing is set for Nov. 1.

Ferdaus, who grew up in Massachusetts and has a physics degree from Boston's Northeastern University, smiled and greeted a large group of family and friends as he entered the courtroom.

After entering his guilty plea, Ferdaus tried to lean over to comfort his crying mother but was quickly pulled away by U.S. Marshals. She sobbed uncontrollably and had to be supported by family members as her son was led out of the courtroom.

Prosecutors said Ferdaus began planning jihad, or holy war, against the United States in 2010 after becoming convinced through jihadi websites and videos that America was evil. He later contacted a federal informant and began meeting to discuss the plot with undercover agents.

Authorities said the explosives were always under the control of federal agents and the public was never in danger. Counterterrorism experts and model-aircraft enthusiasts say it would be nearly impossible to inflict large-scale damage using model planes.

Of course. The public is never in danger from these plots. One wonders why the feds bother to arrest these guys.

But both inside and outside court Friday, prosecutors described an elaborate plan they said Ferdaus was committed to carrying out.

Assistant District Attorney Stephanie Siegmann said that if the case had gone to trial, prosecutors would have used recordings on which Ferdaus is heard detailing the plot.

Siegmann said there were two main parts of his plan: to blow up the Pentagon and U.S. Capitol using remote-controlled planes and to kill American soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan using improvised explosive devices detonated by modified cellphones.

The planes, measuring 60 to 80 inches in length and capable of speeds greater than 100 mph, would be guided by GPS and packed with 5 pounds each of plastic explosives....

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OT: Fox news reported much earlier today that the Batman shooter's father is from Turkey. Haven't heard anything about this since. But if you were wondering why his face looks foreign and you can't place it as European, that's why.

I continue to be dismayed by the MSM labeling someone a 'Muslim-American'. Would they ever indicate 'Catholic-Americans', 'Buddhist-Americans', 'Atheist-Americans'? The guy should be plainly and honestly described as a Muslim, period. That is where his allegiance resides, not with America.

"She sobbed uncontrollably and had to be supported by family members as her son was led out of the courtroom."

"Allah will be so disappointed. He'll be taking his vengeance out on me, his pathetic mother."

You art Muslima. You are cursed.

"Siegmann said there were two main parts of his plan: to blow up the Pentagon and U.S. Capitol using remote-controlled planes and to kill American soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan using improvised explosive devices detonated by modified cellphones."

Do you recall the following incident?.....and this was near Dearborn...

"Michigan: Muslim Nation BUST

It seems three, ahem, Middle Eastern men (transaltion: Muslims) were caught in Michigan with 1,000 cell phones. Michigan home of Dearbornistan. It's morning in America!


Three Middle Eastern Men Found With 1000 Cell Phones
Around 1:00am August 11th three men purchased cell phones from the Wal-Mart store on M-81 near the corner of M-24 in Caro. Wal-Mart places a limit on the number of cell phones that can be purchased at once, that number is three. The three men allegedly bought 80 by purchasing them three at time so that an alert wouldn't be triggered by the cash register. They also paid cash (hat tip CPO)

UPDATE: Over at the Strata- sphere: "The arrests pertaining to men driving country roads in order to buy up untraceable cell phones are exposing details that clearly indicate we have
terrorists activity here in the US."


The case of the three Texas men arrested on terrorism charges with hundreds of cell phones is going to be one to watch. Prosecutors are not shying away from their claim these men were part of an effort to take down a major bridge:

Tuscola County prosecutors have filed terrorism-related charges against three Texas men they say bought dozens of cell phones Friday in Caro in a globally coordinated plot to bring down the Mackinac Bridge.

They charged brothers Adham Abdelhamid Othman, 21, and Louai Abdelhamied Othman, 23, along with their cousin, Maruan Awad Muhareb, 18, with identical counts of collecting material to support terrorist acts and surveillance of a vulnerable target with intent to commit terrorism.

Prosecutor Mark E. Reene wouldn’t confirm what evidence led him to believe the Dallas men targeted the bridge.

“All I can say is that the Mackinac Bridge is the target at issue,” he said. “There’s reason to be concerned.”

We seem to have a major threat ongoing here in the US. Clearly, as I said earlier, the places these people were driving to purchase these phones were the kinds of places people went to try and be undetected. And as details come out it is clear that the actions of these people were to try and avoid detection:


Three Palestinian-born suspects are being held on terrorism charges after a Wal-Mart clerk in rural Tuscola County MI alert authorities that the trio had purchased some 80 cell phones. The cell phones were purchased three at a time so as not to tip-off the store, which places a three-phone limit on customers. The cell phones were purchased with cash. The purchases were made at around 2 a.m."

Ferdaus with an instrument of his piety
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Brilliant caption. How many pious Muslims have we seen at this point, proudly posing with their appliances of death?

More:

Ferdaus, who grew up in Massachusetts and has a physics degree from Boston's Northeastern University, smiled and greeted a large group of family and friends as he entered the courtroom.
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A physics degree from a fine university? Then I suppose Ferdaus' problem was "poverty"...sarc/off

More:

After entering his guilty plea, Ferdaus tried to lean over to comfort his crying mother but was quickly pulled away by U.S. Marshals. She sobbed uncontrollably and had to be supported by family members as her son was led out of the courtroom.
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Is anyone else here *sick of this crap*?

How many mothers would be crying if Ferdaus had been successful in blowing up the Pentagon, the US Capitol, and servicemen in Afghanistan and Iraq?

But instead, we're supposed to feel bad for sonny-boy's mom, upset that her vile Jihadist spawn *got caught*.

Ferdaus.

Persian background?

Born in the USA to Muslims from Iran?

Sentence served, strip him of his citizenship and deport him.

And investigating the family and the local mosque they attend would be a good idea, too.

Find anything funny?

Deport them, too, sans citizenship.

Apropos your observation, note the declaration by Organization of Islamic Cooperation Secretary General Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu in a speech at Columbia University on Sept. 18, 2008:

The Muslim Ummah, means the 'community of the faithful'. It is a unique bond that has no similar example under any other political or religious system in the world. It is a belonging to ideals which bring Muslims together in an eternal brotherhood lock which transcends all other consideration of allegiance or loyalties or barriers of nationhood, ethnicity, geography or language.

Hence, according to one of the most senior representatives of the Muslim world, there is no such thing as a "Muslim American" or an "American Muslim," the two categories being mutually exclusive -- transcended by an "eternal brotherhood lock."

Isn't it something that when news arrives of a mass murder; I, and now many others, instantly think it had to be a Muslim. If it quacks, it must be a duck, etc. Think of the generational spiritual open door from his dad. Hmmmm, psychotic, sadistic, sick evil murderous behaviour, now equates to Muslims in the national conscious. Good job, Robert. You are making a significant difference.

That's a good post.

Upon seeing the shootings on tv overnight, my suspects were:

1-muslim jihadi
2-crazed veteran
3-deranged Batman fan

I listened to BBC News yesterday.
On this one day in the UK there were passed sentences in two unconnected cases of planning respectively aiding Islamic terrorism.

He later contacted a federal informant and began meeting to discuss the plot with undercover agents.

Hee-haw, hee-haw, hee-haw! Another donkey! But well done the lads at the FBI or wherever!!

"Yet no Muslim organization in the U.S. has any kind of program to keep Muslims from misunderstanding Islam in this way. Now, why is that?"

To answer that question we must go back in time to the 8th century. There we see that Muhammad elects himself the perfect prophet. Not to mention he also claims to be the last prophet. Therefor, every Muslim would do well to pattern his life to Muhammads and the perfect religion, or so I'm told.

So Mr. Rezwan Ferdaus, is merely trying to be like Muhammad (the last and perfact prophet) so we are told. If you want to know what Muhammad was like, you only need to look at his followers and their actions. That is exactly what Muhammad was like.

The confussing part is our President and most legislators agree that Muhammad is indeed the perfect example of man, and show allegiance to that ideology.

God help us...

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