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Lackawanna, New York Muslim arrested for aiding and attempting to join the Islamic State

Jul 29, 2015 12:31 pm By Robert Spencer

lackawanna-fbiThese arrests are coming every day. We have this one and the Georgia and Florida jihadists (two in Florida), along with the one in Idaho, just over the last few days. And what is being done to counter this murderous ideology? Why, nothing. Nothing at all. Those who say it should be countered are instead denounced as “Islamophobes.”

“FBI: Lackawanna man tried to recruit for terrorist organization,” by Austin Brunner, WIVB, July 29, 2015 (thanks to Robert):

LACKANNA, N.Y. (WIVB) — Sources tell News 4 that the FBI executed a warrant at a home in Lackawanna Wednesday morning.

The U. S. Attorney William Hochul held a press conference Wednesday morning to discuss the arrest of Arafat Nagi’s [sic], 44, accused of attempting to support a terrorist organization. Nagi allegedly attempted to join ISIL and pledge allegiance to the terrorist organization. In two separate trips, Nagi traveled from Lackawanna to Turkey, the criminal complaint alleges, and he purchased items including military combat gear such as night vision goggles and black flags which are sometimes associated with Isil.

His first trip only lasted one day due to a medical issue but the second trip took place last July and lasted 10 days, Hochul said Wednesday morning.

The complaint also alleges that the Lackawnna community said that Nagi espoused violent jihad and believed that he constituted a threat to those in the U.S.

Nagi could face 15 years in jail, a $250,000 fine, or both, if convicted of attempting to provide material support to Isil. The investigation is ongoing and Nagi’s communications are being analyzed. It appears, according to authorities, that he was working alone in the states. It was described during Wednesday’s press conference how Isis and similar organizations due much of their recruitment and offer support from overseas via social media, including Twitter.

The search warrant was executed at a home near Olcott Street and Ingham Avenue. There were children in the home at the time Nagi was taken into custody. Agents were aware the children were there before they entered. Neighbors tell News 4 they were woken up this morning by the sound of a swarm of agents and officers arriving on scene and a helicopter in the air overhead.The home is one block away from a home where two members of the Lackawanna Six lived. They were a group of six men who traveled to Afghanistan before the 9/11 attacks for terrorist training….

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Filed Under: American jihadis, Featured, Islamic State (aka ISIS, ISIL, Daesh), Jihad in the U.S. Tagged With: Arafat Nagi, Lackawanna, New York


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  1. john spielman says

    Jul 29, 2015 at 1:08 pm

    hollywood should make a movie about islam and these new muslim converts- “ISLAM -INVASION OF OF THE SOUL SNATCHERS ” SEE HOW SATAN/ALLAH POSSESSES NORMAL PEOPLE AND TURNS THEM INTO PSYCHOPATHIC KILLERS

  2. Papa Whiskey says

    Jul 29, 2015 at 1:17 pm

    It was described during Wednesday’s press conference how Isis and similar organizations due much of their recruitment and offer support from overseas via social media, including Twitter.

    This sentence calls to mind a bit of verse:

    I have a spelling checker.
    It came with my PC.
    It indicates four my revue
    Mistake I fail two sea.
    I’ve run this poem threw it,
    I’m sure your please too know.
    It’s letter-perfect in its weigh —
    My checker tolled me sew!

  3. ich says

    Jul 29, 2015 at 2:03 pm

    UK is way worse !!

    Lets hope next prez has some balls

    at least we have jihad watch !!!!!

    • jihad3tracker says

      Jul 29, 2015 at 2:28 pm

      Hello again, ich —- I and certainly many other JW readers and commenters truly treasure your contributions here, letting us know about the situation in the UK . . . But all of us are deeply sorry about that reality, of course.

      I welcome your continued posts here — and would be glad + sad to view whatever vids or writings you select as illustrative of events . . .

  4. jihad3tracker says

    Jul 29, 2015 at 2:32 pm

    In a related item (jihadis caught) PAM GELLER currently has news about a court appearance for the Boston scumbag killed by LEA when he lunged with a knife. Find it at www dot pamelageller dot com.

  5. zulu says

    Jul 29, 2015 at 2:39 pm

    OT

    Islamic State secretly planning to provoke ‘end of the world’ by attacking India to try and entice USA into all-out war, document reveals

    Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3178327/Islamic-State-secretly-planning-provoke-end-world-attacking-India-try-entice-USA-war-document-reveals.html#ixzz3hJ6bFFKV

    • Cecilia Ellis says

      Jul 29, 2015 at 4:22 pm

      Zulu said: “Islamic State secretly planning to provoke ‘end of the world’ by attacking India to try and entice USA into all-out war, document reveals.”

      Zulu, thanks for posting the link. An additional link provided on the article at that link provides additional information, separate excerpts of which are as follows:

      “An apparent Islamic State recruitment document found in Pakistan’s lawless tribal lands reveals that the extremist group has grand ambitions of building a new terrorist army in Afghanistan and Pakistan, and triggering a war in India to provoke an Armageddon-like “end of the world.”

      “The 32-page Urdu-language document obtained by American Media Institute (AMI) and reviewed by USA TODAY details a plot to attack U.S. soldiers as they withdraw from Afghanistan and target American diplomats and Pakistani officials.”

      “The undated document, titled “A Brief History of the Islamic State Caliphate (ISC), The Caliphate According to the Prophet,” seeks to unite dozens of factions of the Pakistani and Afghan Taliban into a single army of terror. It includes a never-before-seen history of the Islamic State, details chilling future battle plans, urges al-Qaeda to join the group and says the Islamic State’s leader should be recognized as the sole ruler of the world’s 1 billion Muslims under a religious empire called a “caliphate.”

      “Accept the fact that this caliphate will survive and prosper until it takes over the entire world and beheads every last person that rebels against Allah,” it proclaims. “This is the bitter truth, swallow it.”

      “The document warns that “preparations” for an attack in India are underway and predicts that an attack will provoke an apocalyptic confrontation with America: “Even if the U.S tries to attack with all its allies, which undoubtedly it will, the ummah will be united, resulting in the final battle.”

      Complete article may be viewed at following link:

      http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2015/07/28/ami-isil-document-pakistan-threatens-india/30674099/

      The most significant of statements merits nothing less than a full-scale defeat of ISIS: “Accept the fact that this caliphate will survive and prosper until it takes over the entire world and beheads every last person that rebels against Allah.” With this statement alone, the world has been warned. As there is no reason to suspect that ISIS will diminish its efforts to achieve its stated goals, rhetoric to “defeat ISIS” is devoid of any credibility; only offensive, 24-hour-a-day, overwhelming military attacks will give credence to the relentless, “talking-point” words of Obama, Cameron, etc. Until effective action is taken, people will die . . . many people.

  6. Marty says

    Jul 29, 2015 at 3:12 pm

    Our US cousins may not be aware of the level of denial from which the UK suffers.
    Today a mohammedan was found guilty of importing what he thought was ricin’
    Here’s the story as reported in most news media
    “Mohammed Ali was inspired by the TV series Breaking Bad in which ricin was used to kill but claimed he was unaware having it was illegal.” London Evening Standard.
    I love BB & am seeing it for the second time around.
    This SOB is a muslim, that is why he attempted to acquire ricin.
    Not because, like me, he watches BB.

  7. Angemon says

    Jul 29, 2015 at 3:13 pm

    It appears, according to authorities, that he was working alone in the states. It was described during Wednesday’s press conference how Isis and similar organizations due much of their recruitment and offer support from overseas via social media, including Twitter.

    The center of gravity of organizations like the islamic state is the message, not a charismatic leader. The islamic state goes like (and I’m paraphrasing here) “we represent the purest form of islam because such and such, and if you’re a true muslim you should do such and such”. Meaning there’s no need for any true muslim to contact anyone in the islamic state to ask “I’m here, I have such and such skills, can I join you?”

  8. Gina Brand says

    Jul 29, 2015 at 5:01 pm

    Thank God for our FBI! Let’s hope Obama doesn’t stop them from protecting America!

    • Huck Folder says

      Jul 31, 2015 at 2:47 am

      You’ve GOT to be kidding?

      Didn’t obuMBoy or his sock-puppet Holder remove EVERY mention of islam/moslem/jihad…from ALL CIA and FBI training and reference manuals, and block any knowledgeable experts from addressing police and other protection agencies?

      If you can’t even name/identify a problem, how can you fight it?

      If you insinuate worshipers of mo into senior and sensitive positions – even, God help you, into Homeland Security – how can you hope to defeat a virus which makes nazis (arabs’ BFs) look like Boy Scouts?

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