He was “obsessed” with Islam, but according to the mainstream analysis, he got it terribly, terribly wrong. And of course we are also being told that he “had a long history of mental illness.” That was the favored explanation of the French government for jihad attacks several months ago, raising the ever-unanswered question of why so many Muslims, not just in France but now in Boston and elsewhere, become mentally ill in exactly the same way, and misunderstand Islam in exactly the same way.
More on this story. “Court documents: Adams man planned campus terror attack,” by Bob Dunn, Sentinel & Enterprise, July 14, 2015:
ADAMS — An Adams man who was arrested earlier this month had just purchased weapons to conduct a terrorist attack on a college campus in support of ISIL, according to court documents.
Alexander Ciccolo, 23, had planned to use firearms and a pressure-cooker bomb at a college and execute students live on the Internet sometime before the end of this month. The campus was not named, but was believed to be out of state.
A detention hearing is set for today in U.S. District Court in Springfield for Ciccolo, who also uses the name “Ali Al Amriki.” He was arrested in Adams on July 4 after he allegedly ordered and received weapons and purchased a pressure cooker with the intent of constructing a bomb
While in custody, Ciccolo stabbed a nurse in the head with a pen during a routine medical screening.
Ciccolo allegedly had no fear of death if he were to have carried out his plan, expressing at one point, “We win, or we die,” according to court files.
Ciccolo, who is the son of a Boston police captain, came to the attention of federal investigators last fall when they learned he had expressed interest in going overseas and fighting alongside the terrorist group Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, or ISIL.
A “close acquaintance” told investigators Ciccolo had a long history of mental illness and in the 18 months prior to fall 2014 had become “obsessed” with Islam.
According to The Associated Press, it was Ciccolo’s father, Robert, a 27-year veteran of the Boston Police Department, who first alerted authorities about his son last fall.
The AP cited anonymous law-enforcement officials close to the investigation.
Ciccolo, who is being represented by Northampton attorney David Hoose, also allegedly made statements that, “The faith was under attack,” and he was not, “afraid to die for the cause.”
Last October, the FBI found a Facebook profile under the name Ali Al Amriki that expressed the user was living in the United States and was interested in martyring himself for the sake of Islam.
An Oct. 18, 2014, entry on the page shows a photo of a man in a head covering in the woods holding a machete and captioned, “Another day in the forest strengthening myself.”
An Oct. 27 entry on the page reportedly showed a photo of a dead U.S. soldier with a statement thanking the Islamic State and adding, “Now we don’t have to deal with these kafir back in America.”
“Kafir” refers to those who do not believe in Islam, according to court files….
sheik yer'mamih says
“Obsessed with Islam”- aren’t we all, Mr Spencer?
*&^%$#!
Susan B says
LOL I hope you meant that “tongue in cheek”.
Abu Nudnik says
Being part of the counterculture could have been considered patriotic in my youth: now it involves treason.
Angemon says
Are you talking about the time when Leftists were like “Don’t trust the government, question authority”? Quite different from today’s “If you don’t trust the government and question authority, you’re a racist bigot”…
mortimer says
A police captain’s SON joins Islam and plans to blow up a police station!
What’s wrong about Islam’s teachings and doctrines that makes a young man a PSYCHOPATH?
What’s in Islam that turns young men into PSYCHOPATHS FREQUENTLY?
It can’t be just coincidence, can it?
Susan B says
Islam!! Not enough people are taking this satanic cult seriously. They brainwash the weak minded and lost souls. Unfortunately, once they sell their soul to evil it is almost impossible to get back. I feel sorry for the father who I am sure is doing some soul searching to figure out what went wrong.
Angemon says
Too bad he didn’t became obsessed with Buddhism instead – he might have gone to (peacefully) protest against the selling of bug spray…
JawsV says
The truth is Islam is a mental illness.
No Fear says
Strange how the “mental illness” of all these Jihad types takes on the same characteristics.
And there is so much “mental illness” around these days.
mach37 says
The more I read about Muslim behavior the more I believe that anyone who converts to Islam is mentally ill and needs to be watched.
Baucent says
“He had a long history of mental illness”. This may well be true. I think mentally ill people often are attracted to Islam for a number of reasons. There are a number of mental conditions that would thrive under Islamic teaching. Take a look at ISIS and their acts, are these committed by normal, well adjusted young men? Who would blow up a baby except a psychopath, a Sociopath and various other “paths”.
But that doesn’t mean we excuse Islam, it is a evil ideology.
So are all Jihadists mentally ill? No, I wouldn’t think so. Some simply are brainwashed and indoctrinated. But we don’t advance our cause by refusing to believe that any Jihadist could be mentally ill.
JawsV says
Psychopaths and pedophiles are definitely attracted to Islam. For the psychopaths they can wantonly murder, take girls and women as sex slaves, and its all good with Allah. For the pedos Islam OK’s 9 year olds’ as wives, with Muhammad and Aisha as the example. ISIS developed due to the pathology of Islam.
el-cid says
Unfortunately, there will come a day in France when those who speak out against Islam will be diagnosed as “mentally ill”.