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New York City: Muslim pleads guilty to building homemade bombs to attack soldiers, police, George Washington Bridge

Feb 19, 2014 11:40 am By Robert Spencer

01-1n008-pimentel-300x300Jose Pimentel’s Muslim name is Muhammad Yusuf. That is the name he uses since he converted to Islam. Why does the mainstream media persist in calling him by his slave name? The mainstream media would find it racist and disrespectful to call Muhammad Ali “Cassius Clay” or Kareem Abdul-Jabbar “Lew Alcindor,” right? Why isn’t it racist and disrespectful to continue to call Muhammad Yusuf “Jose Pimentel”? Is it because Muhammad Ali and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar are revered, beloved figures, while Muhammad Yusuf reflects poorly upon his adopted religion, having plotter to commit mass murder in its “defense”?

Muhammad Yusuf’s mother said: “My son was a normal American guy. He did what young people do. Then he became a Muslim and he changed.” AP, however, here gives no hint whatsoever of the motive for his terrorism plot; it is standard journalistic practice to minimize discussion of motive when writing about an Islamic jihad plot, but this story gives no hint that Muhammad Yusuf was a Muslim at all, let alone a would-be jihad mass murderer.

“Man pleads guilty in NYC pipe bomb terrorism plot; was accused of targeting police, soldiers,” from the Associated Press, February 19:

NEW YORK – A New York City man charged with building homemade bombs to attack soldiers, police or even the George Washington Bridge has pleaded guilty to a terrorism charge.

Jose Pimentel entered the plea Wednesday to attempted criminal possession of a weapon as a crime of terrorism. It was less than a week before his scheduled trial in a rare state-level terrorism case.

The 29-year-old has been promised a sentence of 16 years in prison. He would have faced a minimum of 15 years to life if convicted of the top charge, a high-level weapons possession offense as a terrorism crime.

Jury selection had been due to start Monday.

Authorities called the case a dramatic example of the threat of homegrown, one-person terrorism plots. Pimentel’s lawyers have portrayed it as an example of overzealous policing in the years since Sept. 11.

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  1. Islam_Macht_Frei says

    Feb 19, 2014 at 11:47 am

    If I were perpetually angry and alienated, and wanted to “stick it to the man” and to society in general, I can think of no better way of saying “F.U.” than by converting to Islam.

  2. Veracious_one says

    Feb 19, 2014 at 12:00 pm

    “Nary a mosque nor an Islamic school anywhere in the West has any program designed to stop converts to Islam from getting this idea, despite their claim to reject this understanding of Islam and jihad. “

  3. London Jim says

    Feb 19, 2014 at 1:17 pm

    Groan.
    I was on a bus 6 möths ago, and there was a teenage hoodie talking loud on his mobile to a buddy, saying ” Hey bruv, I just did it, y’know , said the words. .yeah the shehada ” . I didn’t say anything for obvious reasons, but I did begin to see just how cheaply affiliation to the mob can be bought.

  4. John spielman says

    Feb 19, 2014 at 1:27 pm

    I wonder how many of these Jihadiis WORK for a living, and how many are on the public dole.

  5. mariam rove says

    Feb 19, 2014 at 1:56 pm

    according to CAIR this is the action of a few. M

  6. John Dattilo says

    Feb 19, 2014 at 2:50 pm

    The left doesn’t care how many people are killed by extremist muslims. It’s all about promoting their agenda.

  7. Defcon 4 says

    Feb 19, 2014 at 3:42 pm

    Too bad he didn’t target the NY Slimes.

  8. Holybacon says

    Feb 19, 2014 at 11:13 pm

    Where are the black leaders in all of this. Where is Sharpton or Jackson speaking out to young black men telling them this is wrong on the front of some church house steps?

  9. veggiedog says

    Feb 20, 2014 at 9:53 am

    The Black leadership do not care, the new word is to divide and I would say the nation has never in modern times been more divided.

  10. gravenimage says

    Feb 20, 2014 at 9:29 pm

    New York City: Muslim pleads guilty to building homemade bombs to attack soldiers, police, George Washington Bridge
    …………………………………..

    Another busy member of the “Religion of Peace™”…

    More:

    Jose Pimentel’s Muslim name is Muhammad Yusuf. That is the name he uses since he converted to Islam. Why does the mainstream media persist in calling him by his slave name?
    …………………………………..

    Very, very important point. Using the pre-conversion names of Jihadists only serves to deflect attention from Islam as the motive.

    Who knows why Jose Pimentel does something—it could be any number of reasons. Muhammad Yusuf? It might at least occur to some that he was motivated by Islam…can’t have that. It might make Islam look bad…

  11. gravenimage says

    Feb 20, 2014 at 9:31 pm

    That depressing story doesn’t surprise me, London JIm.

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