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Florida: Muslim plotted to plant explosives in Tampa’s party district as payback for Osama’s death

Mar 14, 2014 5:03 pm By Robert Spencer

OsmakacNightclubs: haram. Bombing nightclubs and murdering people: halal. Especially when avenging Osama bin Laden. Is anyone in Tampa asking how Sami Osmakac came to misunderstand so spectacularly the religion they are committed as a matter of dogma to regarding as peaceful? He castigated even the local Muslims, according to this piece. But did he have any allies among them? Or was he “radicalized” on the Internet, as is the common theme these days? If so, is anyone doing anything to try to head off the similar “radicalization” of young Muslims? Or are such efforts strictly limited to “outreach” to Muslim communities, and the like?

“Osmakac considered several terrorism options, court documents say,” by Keith Morelli for the Tampa Tribune, March 13 (thanks to Halal Pork Shop):

TAMPA — Sami Osmakac toyed with the idea of blowing up the bridges crossing Tampa Bay or detonating bombs at the sheriff’s office and police departments before settling on a plan to plant explosives in Tampa’s Hyde Park party district and then spraying first responders with automatic gunfire, according to recently released court documents.

The planned January 2012 attack, Osmakac said in a “martyrdom video,” would be “payback for Sheikh Osama Bin Laden, may he rest in peace. ”

The plots are detailed in a 37-page report by a terrorism expert hired by the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Tampa to help in its case against Osmakac, a self-described jihadist who said he was too radical even for Hamas and other fringe Muslim groups….

The report paints a chilling portrait of Osmakac as a radical Muslim who ridiculed the Muslim community in the Tampa area as being “enamored with material wealth” and said he worried more about being turned in by local Muslims than “infidels.”…

The defense is arguing Osmakac was entrapped and that because of mental illness, he was susceptible to being influenced….

The report said Osmakac made trips overseas, though the reasons weren’t clear. He was in Turkey and Turkmenistan and was turned away from the Syrian border. That’s when he decided to plan a terrorism attack in the United States, according to a transcript of a conversation between him and an undercover agent.

In one recording Osmakac says:

“My dream was always here. It’s better for, to get it, for them to get it here … ‘cause that’s why America loves to go to war with people, ‘cause they think nobody can attack them in their country. That’s why they’re so shocked about the Muslims. Because they brought it here … ”

Osmakac discussed a plan to use fishing boats to plant bombs on the bridges that span Tampa Bay and even one bridge in Sarasota. All he needed, he said was five people, maybe fewer, to carry out the plot.

“They’ll really be terrified,” he told the confidential informant. “Just take down the bridges, they can’t do nothing for a month. Nobody’s going to work, that’s gonna stop like three million people. They gonna be stopped. This area has millions, with Pinellas and Tampa … has like two, three million people. They all, nobody’s going to work.”…

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  1. eib says

    Mar 14, 2014 at 8:49 pm

    Go ahead, idiot. Make us angry.

  2. Pumbar says

    Mar 14, 2014 at 9:03 pm

    That’s it, USA is finished. It serves them right, they brought it upon themselves. Sad to see a once great country go under like this.

  3. Jay Boo says

    Mar 15, 2014 at 12:02 am

    All he needed, he said was five people, maybe fewer, to carry out the plot.
    ————-

    All he needed, he said was five people …
    to work up the courage through a jihad wanabe ICNA approved Islamic Circle jerk of vanity.

  4. mortimer says

    Mar 15, 2014 at 12:22 am

    A Slavic jihadist? What does he have in common with OBL? Hmmm. Is this a trick question?

    Could it be the doctrine of warfare against disbelievers…aka ‘jihad’. War until victory!

    So logically, he attacks bars and lounges! Right. Only a few jihadist, under 100, can cause a lot of damage in America. How many sleepers are there? How many jihad enablers are there in America? Does the FBI have enough doctrinal training to RECOGNIZE THEM before they strike Americans?

  5. somehistory says

    Mar 15, 2014 at 4:14 pm

    Hyde Park. Been there many times. The bridges also. Guess he couldn’t make up his mind where he wanted to set his bombs for the most damage, but maybe in Hyde Park, he thought he would be called *Mister.* Glad he was caught.

  6. Nancy Ar says

    Mar 15, 2014 at 5:32 pm

    Another Muslim jihadi with no morals and no ethics! What a religion!!!

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