Washington and Patterson jihad update. “Officials Probe Alleged L.A. Terror Plot,” from AP, with thanks to the Constantinopolitan Irredentist:
LOS ANGELES — A militant Islamic prison gang may have been behind an alleged plot to attack synagogues and National Guard installations on Jewish holidays or the anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, investigators said.
The group _ known as Jamat Ul-Islam Is Saheeh, or JIS _ is headed by an inmate at the California State Prison, Sacramento, law enforcement officials said. It has existed for about five years and is one of at least three Islamist groups operating in state prisons, officials said.
Hammad Riaz Samana, a member of the mosque, was arrested Aug. 2 and is being held in Los Angeles, but federal officials have refused to say what charges he might face. Samana’s arrest developed from a terrorism investigation in which authorities found what they believe was a target list after arresting two men on suspicion of a series of gas station robberies in Los Angeles County. That list included three National Guard facilities, the Israeli Consulate and several synagogues.