Al-Abbadi was also involved with Bryant Neal Vinas, a convert to Islam who was plotting a jihad attack upon the Long Island Rail Road. The LIRR must have provoked them, doncha know.
“Yemen man pleads guilty to al Qaeda scheme to kill U.S. military,” by Nate Raymond, Reuters, May 26, 2015:
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A Yemeni man who prosecutors said was a member of al Qaeda and engaged in attacks against U.S. military forces stationed in Iraq and Afghanistan pleaded guilty on Tuesday to conspiring to kill Americans overseas.
Saddiq al-Abbadi, 40, pleaded guilty in federal court in Brooklyn, New York, to four counts including conspiracy to murder U.S. nationals abroad and conspiracy to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization.
Al-Abbadi, who appeared in court with a black beard and wearing blue jail clothes said that during the period in question, “I and others agreed to provide material support to al Qaeda.”
The plea came after prosecutors in January unveiled charges against al-Abbadi and another Yemeni man, Ali Alvi al-Hamidi. Both men had been arrested in Saudi Arabia and were subsequently expelled.
Al-Abbadi faces up to life in prison. U.S. District Judge Nicholas Garaufis scheduled sentencing for Sept. 25. His lawyer declined to comment after the hearing.
Prosecutors have said that al-Abbadi fought against U.S. military forces in Iraq between 2003 and 2007, before traveling with Al-Hamidi to Pakistan in 2008 to train and fight with al Qaeda.
In mid-2008, al-Abbadi and al-Hamidi traveled from Pakistan to separate parts of Afghanistan to conduct attacks against the U.S. military, prosecutors said.
Al-Abbadi led at least two separate attacks against U.S. forces in Pakistan’s Paktya province, including one in May 2008 in which a U.S. Army Ranger died and several others were wounded, prosecutors said.
The pair also helped Bryant Neal Vinas, a Long Island, New York, man, join the Islamic militant group, prosecutors said in court documents. Vinas pleaded guilty in 2009 to helping al Qaeda plan an attack on the Long Island Rail Road.
Al-Abbadi had been a longtime member of al Qaeda, prosecutors said, and engaged directly with its senior leadership, including Abu Saeed al-Masri, its former third-ranking member who was killed in 2008….
mortimer says
He pleaded guilty after being caught with irrefutable evidence. One out of 7,000 Muslims is a terrorist, but 15% of Muslims (one out of six) is a jihad supporter. Most of the jihad supporters have not been arrested.
The 15% are not going away. They are growing in actual numbers due to immigration. Stop the immigration. 85% peaceful Muslims DO NOTHING, SAY NOTHING and THINK NOTHING to stop the 15%.
duh_swami says
I don’t know where you get those numbers, but I think they are bogus.
Angemon says
It’s from an old Daniel Pipes study, IIRC.
phoebeintheforest says
Good grief! Just look around you. What do you see?!
Linde Barrera says
Many JW commenters, I’m sure, are familiar with songs from the 1970s rock group Queen. Two come to my mind with respect to this creep Al-Abbadi and his co-conspirator, Al- Hamidi. When they began their evil deeds, it was “WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS”. Now that Al-Abbadi will serve jail time, it’s “ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST”. Good for him! I love it when these creeps get justice. Are you paying attention Rezali Mehil?
Rob says
I see that a posse of Democrats are urging more Muslim migration.
I’ll stay away from the land of the free for now thanks!
particolor says
Same in Aussie ?? Room for 15,000 Immigrants of “Peaceful Persuasion” a Year on Their Estimate ??… Our own People cant even find a house to live in here, And if they do the Rent is Horrendous !!…. I wonder how many they want ?? How many is too many above none ?? ๐ I’m Bloody positive That Western Governments Hate Peace !! ๐
Leave the Jihadists in their Own Bloody Country’s ! And if they look Hungry Chuck them a Crust !!
They just cant live in Peace in a Civilized Country. All they want do is RULE and Abuse anyone or thing that they don’t agree with ! WHICH IS EVERYTHING ! ๐
Linde Barrera says
To Particolor- A dear friend of mine came back from a 2 week trip to New Zealand and Australia.She had a blast and loved every minute of it. She told me that immigration to Australia is very tight, and that the government charges $15,000 for a person to become a citizen of Australia! Do the Muslims from the Middle East have $15 grand to pay for citizenship? Something tells me “no”. So do I conclude that immigrants have a special status until such time as they can pay the citizenship fee?
underbed cat says
Linda, I am sure you know that Isis is not a rag tag terror group, and seems to be scooping up billions from the oil wells, banks, and foreign aid…( and weapons for that matter) what was that comment about not having enough money to pay for citizenship in Australia?
Linde Barrera says
To underbed cat- My sincere appreciation for your comment in helping me connect the dots. I was writing with the idea that Australia was taking in poor refugee type Muslims. My upstairs light bulb is on now! Thank you.
duh_swami says
Two of my gg uncles were captured by the Confederates in 1863, charged with ‘resisting with arms’, given a quick trial and hanged. These guys and any captured jihadist should get similar treatment. If it was good enough for my gg uncles, it is good enough for terrorists.
underbed cat says
What I would like to know after reading about these guys from the religion of peace, who planned an attack on the Long Island Railroad….is …who planned the attack on the Pennslyvania Commuter train…I don’t see much in the news. The usual suspects?
I still keep thinking no rock throwing is going to blow a train car off the track….Speed yes can derail but this looked really bad, like something hit and opened up the second car…and why did the engineer decouple the engine from the rest of the train?