UPDATE: As it turns out, Goldberg is not a convert to Islam at all. Just an Internet troll playing a dangerous game. Details here.
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It is safe to say that “Joshua Ryne Goldberg” is a convert to Islam. How did he get the idea that his new religion called for mass murder of those who don’t believe in it? Why are the peaceful aspects of Islam that are so obvious to John Kerry and David Cameron and the U.S. Catholic bishops so hard for people like Joshua Ryne Goldberg to find, while the violent passages that Kerry and Cameron and the bishops are sure do not exist call out so insistently to young men like Goldberg?
“Florida Man Who Claimed to Inspire Garland Attack Arrested for 9/11 Memorial Bomb Plot,” by Garrett Pelican, WTLV, September 10, 2015 (thanks to Larry):
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A 20-year-old Clay County man has been arrested on federal charges surrounding an alleged plot to bomb upcoming 9/11 memorial ceremonies in Kansas City, Mo., according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
Joshua Ryne Goldberg, 20, of Orange Park, is charged with distribution of information relating to explosives, destructive devices, and weapons of mass destruction, according to a criminal complaint.
He faces up to 20 years in prison if convicted.
Reached at home, Goldberg’s father told First Coast News he was “shocked” by the allegations against his son.
Between July and September, Goldberg had been in contact online with an individual, who — unbeknownst to Goldberg — was actually an informant. Goldberg had allegedly provided the individual with details on how to construct a bomb and instructed him to fashion a pressure cooker bomb and fill it with nails, metal and other shrapnel dipped in rat poison.
According to the complaint, Goldberg directed the individual to place the bomb at a memorial in Kansas City, Mo. that was commemorating the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
Goldberg surfaced on the FBI’s radar after he claimed to have inspired the May 3 attack in Garland, Texas on the Muhammad Art Exhibit and Contest. That’s where two gunmen — later identified as Elton Simpson and Nadir Hamid Soofi — wearing body armor and carrying rifles opened fire on a police officer and security officer before they were shot and killed by police.
Ahead of that attack, Goldberg’s Twitter account — Australi Witness — posted tweets calling for an attack on the art show, posting a map of the Curtis Culwell Center where the show was staged and urging anyone nearby to attack “with your weapons, bombs and knives,” the complaint said.
The day of the attack, Twitter user @AusWitness 3 tweeted, “I’M BACK KUFFAR! DIE IN YOUR RAGE!” On the morning of the attack, Simpson’s account — Shariah is Light — retweeted that message.
In late July, the FBI told an informant to reach out to the social media user calling himself “Australi Witness” and “AusWitness,” who had posted messages on pro-Islamic State websites and claimed to be a Lebanese refugee living in Australia. In fact, it was Goldberg living in his parents’ home on Pine Road in Orange Park, according to the complaint.
In a conversation Aug. 17, Goldberg told the informant, “Hopefully there will be some jihad on the anniversary of 9/11.” Days later, when the source suggested he was willing to take part in an attack, Goldberg allegedly provided him with detailed plans to make explosives, including pipe bombs.
The instructions, according to the FBI, were “accurate” and would actually work.
On Aug. 20, Goldberg elaborated. “Have you decided what kind of attack you want to carry out on 9/11, akhi? I was thinking a bombing. … We could make pipe bombs and detonate them at a large public event… It needs to be big,” he’s quoted as saying in the indictment.
Afterward, Goldberg lobbied for his informant to fashion a bomb out of a pressure cooker, akin to the device used in the Boston Marathon bombing, the complaint said. He allegedly suggested his contact fill the device with shrapnel and poison to inflict maximum damage, saying his contact should use “shards of metal and nails. … Broken glass would probably work too. Just put as much sharp stuff as you can in there.”
He also picked out a location to stage the attack, a stair climbing event on Sept. 13 in Kansas City in which firefighters and first responders honor those who died in the Sept. 11 attacks, calling it “the perfect place,” according to the complaint. He selected the event because it would attract the largest number of people on 9/11
At some point in the discussion, Goldberg allegedly told his contact, “…Get FAR away from the bomb, brother. There’s going to be chaos when it goes off. Shrapnel, blood, and panicking Kuffar will be everywhere.”
“If you can, dip the screws and other shrapnel in rat poison before putting them in. That way, the kuffar who get hit by them will be more likely to die,” Goldberg told the informant.
Agents raided Goldberg’s home Wednesday. While speaking with investigators, he allegedly acknowledged using social media to call for attacks in Garland, Texas and providing an associate with instructions on how to produce a pressure cooker bomb….
Ashley says
“If you can, dip the screws and other shrapnel in rat poison before putting them in. That way, the kuffar who get hit by them will be more likely to die,” Goldberg told the informant.
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The above comment should serve as a model of how the Islamic brain works…
Budvarakbar says
Goldberg === Islamic? — who-da-thunk-it?
isntlam says
He added, “Pork doesn’t work. Kufar are immune to pork.”
livingengine says
Daniel Greenfield was kind enough to reply to my email about this story, and he said – “This is a strange and messy case. The FBI complaint appears to suggest Goldberg is an 8chan troll not a Muslim terrorist. ”
Angemon says
I don’t know if “Goldberg” recommended any specific brand of rat poison, but plenty of rat poisons have anticoagulants – they prevent blood from clotting and the victim bleeds out.
patechinois says
I looked up this moron’s name and from the Sydney Morning Herald online site, it turns out he’s a Jewish American IDIOT who thought he could smear Amnesty International and some other person. He has a history of impersonating people on twitter, apparently. Moron! Well, I hope he pays for his flippant, arrogant actions, because as it says in this report, if he did indeed contact a real jihadist with this info, there would have been dire consequences. Sounds like a spoiled brat leftist, still living with his parents at age 20, getting up to DANGEROUS mischief.
“”I wanna smear Amnesty and Mariam Veiszadeh…Amnesty is already in hot water over their links to CAGE, I wanna cement their jihadist connections and ruin their reputation. And Mariam is a Muslim whore, so smearing her as a jihadist should be easy.”
http://www.smh.com.au/national/australian-is-jihadist-is-actually-an-jewish-american-troll-20150911-gjk852.html
somehistory says
Evil, evil, evil. Rat poison to make the weapon deadlier for those hit by the nails and screws. These worshippers of the beast have beastly thoughts and plans.
Many rat poisons work by causing internal bleeding. The blood-lust of islam is without limits.
gravenimage says
Florida Muslim involved in Garland jihad attack arrested for 9/11 plot
It is safe to say that “Joshua Ryne Goldberg” is a convert to Islam.
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Yes, indeed. As soon as I heard “Goldberg”, I wondered what his Muslim name is.
And note the plot–he planned to target Infidels holding a memorial for the previous victims of Islam.
This is normative Shari’ah–where Infidels cannot even formally remember the victims of Islam.
mortimer says
Robert Spencer wrote: “How did he get the idea that his new religion called for mass murder of those who don’t believe in it?”
Why the 164 jihad verses in the Koran as well as the 14 non-fraternization verses in the Koran show Muslims are in a permanent war of conquest and extermination.
Scores of hadiths reveal jihadists will be rewarded for bounty-hunting kafirs by having eternal sex with slaves and rivers of wine to drink.
Which makes us ask: ‘Is Islamic paradise a brothel or a pub?’
Lia Wissing says
Both.
Cecilia Ellis says
Years ago, Palestinian suicide bomb vests and IEDs were packed with rat poison and sometimes warfarin. Some of the blast victims would be treated immediately and transported to hospitals, where the Israeli doctors were initially perplexed about being unable to stop the bleeding, culminating in the death of those who should have lived. When the Israeli doctors recognized the presence of rat poison, the established a protocol to treat suspicious bleeding of all victims of bomb blasts with a drug used primarily for hemophiliacs. As a result, they have saved many lives. Another tactic used by the Palestinians (Hamas) was to select suicide bombers already positive for communicable diseases, e.g., Hepatitis. The Israelis determined this by testing the remains of the bomber. Therefore, it is routine now for bomb victims in Israel to be vaccinated against the Hepatitis B virus.
The same use of rat poison was used against American military in Iraq. While the U. S. military is familiar with this tactic, it is doubtful that American civilian hospitals currently have in place such a protocol for victims of a similar attack, although it would only take them a short amount of time to realize the cause and respond accordingly.
Islamic murderers are resolute in devising creative ways to kill and to maim indiscriminately. This particular thug, who boasted of being responsible for the attack in Garland, also should be charged for his efforts to target Pamela and Robert, as well as other attendees. Given his desire to create more misery on the 14th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks – actually, the Kansas City memorial event is scheduled for September 13th –, it is not beyond reason to suspect that others like him lurk on the sidelines . . . waiting for an opportunity to strike at a national remembrance. Yet, I have heard no warnings issued via any media to citizens or to law enforcement agencies for vigilance, although common sense would dictate such. Granted, major gatherings in Washington, D.C., New York City, and Shanksville, PA will have increased security, but most cities will not exercise such caution. I pray there are no incidents as the nation recalls the almost-3000 people executed by 19 Muslims 14 years ago.
The complaint, United States vs. Joshua Ryne Goldberg, makes for an intriguing though perplexing read. There is no mention of Goldberg having a Muslim name, but sufficient information is provided to merit his prosecution for violation of 18 U.S.C. provisions. There is also sufficient information to prosecute Goldberg for conspiracy to commit murder at the Garland event. The complaint may be read at the following link:
http://www.justice.gov/usao-mdfl/file/769491/download
Miriam Feldstein Case says
Thank you for your excellent comment. 9/11 is forever seared in my mind. I pray for the safety of this nation.
Cecilia Ellis says
Miriam, thank you. I too pray for this country.
voegelinian says
It is safe to say that “Joshua Ryne Goldberg” is a convert to Islam.
A Jew converting to Islam — let alone an “Islamist extremist” form of Islam — is analogous to a black guy joining the KKK. Indeed, it’s worse.
Angemon says
Look, voeg, I know you get confused about race, skin color and religion, but the moment a Jew converts to islam they stop being Jews and start being muslims. In fact, a couple of the first converts to islam were Jews. On the other hand, a black person who joins the KKK will continue to be black.
Truth Seeker says
Is it not Clear Now, that the Refugee Migration to Migration is a Conspiracy? These Migrants are Jihadis with the Mask of Refugee.
Rich Muslim Countries won’t take any of them because, there is No Scope for Jihad. Now they will see all these Jihadis are Well Settled in Europe and will be Active in all Forms of Jihad.
All Financial Requirements, like Construction of Mosques, Sending Imams, Making Payments to them etc will be done.
Innocently European Rulers will accept Everything. Besides they will Spend the Tax Revenue of the Country to get in Islamised!
Infiltrated Islamic Trojan horse and Deceptive Jihadis will Applaud this. To everyone’s Surprise, European rulers will Feel Proud of their Actions.
dajjal says
/* How did he get the idea that his new religion called for mass murder of those who don’t believe in it? */
He got the idea from the canonical texts of Islam or some ‘slime who communicated it to him. Relevent verses & hadith: 3:151, 8:12,39,57,60,65,67, 9:5,29,38, 39, 111,120,123, 33:26,27, 47:4,49:15, 59:2,13, 61:10-13; Sahih Bukhari 1.7.331 & 4.52.220.
“The Book Of Jihad” is an alternate source.
dajjal says
/* Why are the peaceful aspects of Islam that are so obvious to John Kerry and David Cameron and the U.S. Catholic bishops so hard for people like Joshua Ryne Goldberg to find, while the violent passages that Kerry and Cameron and the bishops are sure do not exist call out so insistently to young men like Goldberg?*/
Any literate person can find the so called passive~tolerant verses; Only the informed and wise know that those verses were abrogated by latter revelations in Al-Anfal & At-Taubah.
The violent verses are preached in every mosque and emphasized in texts, videos, brochures, videos and audio tapes. Muslims accept them because those verses are confirmed by Moe’s sunnah. Dhimmis reject those verses ‘cuz they are willfully blind.
Jay Boo says
Only Natural …violent verse scapegoat syndrome
It does not take very long for the 3 stooge self-face slapping Islamic prayer dance high to loose its initial vanity rush.
That is when Islam’s shallowness creeps in.
One can only carpet kiss and cup their ears like they just don’t care for so long until they crave “something more” to fill the meaningless void of Islam.
Cindy says
I think this guy should get the death penalty. He was wanting to kill mass amounts of people. So why because he didn’t make it he gets only 20 yrs. And will probably get worse while in prison, so why keep them around they are not going to change their minds, They hate us and our dumb ass president wants to make deals with these kinds of people. He thinks they won’t get him and he is willing to sell the US down the river. He doesn’t care about the freedoms we have and I pray that he is out of here before too much longer.
KrazyKafir says
Ten to one odds he was a self-loathing leftist Jew. He was halfway there already.
J. Bruce says
Goldberg? Oy vey!
ploome says
obviously wacko
mortimer says
I hope young Goldberg will turn his intellect to combatting jihad in a more logical and scholarly manner. We need creative thinkers like him to find ways to change the minds of Muslims…within the law.