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New York City: Muslim in plea talks over his foiled plot for jihad massacre in Times Square

Jun 29, 2019 11:38 am By Robert Spencer

Ashiqul Alam may cop a plea and walk free fairly soon, no doubt after expressing remorse and asserting, now that he faces jail time, that he now rejects his previous understanding of his peaceful religion. But what steps will be taken to ensure that he will not act again upon the murderous ideology that led him to plot a jihad massacre in Times Square? It is virtually certain that nothing will be done in that regard. To take such steps would be “Islamophobic.”

“‘Looney Tunes terrorist’ in plea talks over foiled Times Square plot,” by Emily Saul, New York Post, June 27, 2019 (thanks to The Religion of Peace):

The “Looney Tunes terrorist” is already in plea talks with the government following his foiled plot to shoot up Times Square, according to a federal prosecutor.

Ashiqul Alam pleaded “not guilty” Thursday to an indictment charging him with possessing a firearm with an obliterated serial number. Assistant US Attorney Jonathan Algor told the court both sides “have begun plea negotiations.”

Alam, 22, allegedly underwent Lasik eye surgery first because he worried that if he bungled the shooting he’d be dubbed the “Looney Tunes Terrorist” or “Blind Terrorist,” according to federal charging documents.

“Let’s say we are in an attack, right, say that my glasses fall off. What if I accidentally shoot you?” Alam is quoted as telling an undercover law enforcement officer in the filing in the Brooklyn federal court filing. “You know what I mean? Imagine what the news channel would call me, the ‘Looney Tunes Terrorist’ or the ‘Blind Terrorist.’ ”

The Queens man was arrested earlier this month following months of plotting an attack with informants and undercover agents.

Prosecutors say he originally planned to buy suicide vests and hand grenades, but eventually settled on attacking Times Square…

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  1. Suebe says

    Jun 29, 2019 at 12:00 pm

    This man should do jail time and then be forced to go through a program that would really show him that his religion of peace has and never will be a religion of peace. I think that a former Muslim who has found out the truth and is now a devout Christian should start a program for these devil worshipers.

    • CRUSADER says

      Jun 29, 2019 at 1:27 pm

      Someone such as ex-Muslim, formerly trained to be an imam,
      Egyptian born but Christian convert, turned pastor
      Mark Gabriel
      for instance?

      • SweetOlBob says

        Jun 30, 2019 at 3:38 am

        Taqiyya ! If you believe anything said by a filthy muslim you are hopeless. The full force of the law must be swung against every of these lying muslims, every time !
        Thy all will tell you what you want to hear, so that you’re smiling as they cut your throat.

    • gravenimage says

      Jun 29, 2019 at 9:25 pm

      No offense, Suebe, but why would you suppose that Ashiqul Alam–who plotted a Jihad terror attack–thinks that Islam is a religion of peace?

  2. Walter Sieruk says

    Jun 29, 2019 at 12:08 pm

    This is the second specific that a murderous jihad massacre a Time Square was foiled.

    Let’s not forget before that jihadist ,Ashiqul Alam,even started to scheme for an Islamic murder and mayhem of a terror attack attack, an earlier Islamic mass murders , at Time Square, was attempted. That jihadist plot was also foiled and stopped . In part because tee -shirt vendor who had a stand at Times Square, who saw some smoke come out of a parked van .So he went a told police officer about it. As it has been said “If you see something, say something.” This may be put in another way, be the words of a former US President, Thomas Jefferson, For his wise words apply, even more now, then they did in his own time. For Mr. Jefferson declared “Let the eye of vigilance never be closed.”

    • gravenimage says

      Jun 29, 2019 at 9:30 pm

      Yes–Times Square is known around the world, and will always be a big target for Jihadists.

      • SweetOlBob says

        Jun 30, 2019 at 3:44 am

        Makes a good case for a New Years Eve celebration in Big Mamou !

        • gravenimage says

          Jul 1, 2019 at 12:30 am

          Jihadists would *love* to hit Times Square on NYE while half the world is watching. God, I hate Islam.

  3. jarmanray says

    Jun 29, 2019 at 1:06 pm

    This story is scary for many reasons. One is that a jury might even believe this clown and what if this becomes a precedence for future cases. The fact that George Soros is buying elections for both district attorneys and state attorney-generals and if Philadelphia is any indicator, the Soros paid for no terrorist would be brought to trial. The district attorney there refuses to permit his staff to prosecute criminals that the police have apprehended. In this case it is at the federal level but what happens if a terrorist is apprehended by local law enforcement and the district attorney refuses to prosecute?

  4. CRUSADER says

    Jun 29, 2019 at 1:14 pm

    See Something,
    Say Something…

    Don’t see anything,
    Shoot anyway…

    =============

    So, not only do we have to be on look out for people wearing:

    niqabs, burqinis, dishrags on heads, black flags with graffiti on them,
    suicide vests, grenades hanging like decorative bangles, headbands,
    henna colored half beards…

    We are to suspect people with four eyes, too….

  5. abad says

    Jun 29, 2019 at 1:17 pm

    Better yet, deport him.

    Send him the message he is not welcome in the USA which is the truth.

    Moslems really need to start working a little extra harder at staying in their own Middle Eastern countries and stop coming here.

  6. Angemon says

    Jun 29, 2019 at 2:06 pm

    The “Looney Tunes terrorist” is already in plea talks with the government

    I guess we’re not getting a “That’s all, folks” that soon…

    • gravenimage says

      Jun 29, 2019 at 9:43 pm

      I like the idea that people would only consider him “Looney Tunes” if he couldn’t shoot straight…

  7. SweetOlBob says

    Jul 1, 2019 at 5:24 pm

    Looks like the typical misfit, anti-social goon the filthy muslims pray for. It’s probably easier to radicalize a jerk that couldn’t get a date in a women’s prison with a fist full of pardons. Likely fodder for the terrorist preaching mullahs or gullahs or what the hell ever ! The mosque that had a big hand in teaching the terrororist dogma to this goon should be destroyed down to the last pebble and its preaching radicals deported.
    It’s time to stop winking at these dangerous, anti-American preachers and do something constructive to protect our people from jihad !
    Maybe send them all to China !

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