Jihadist enemies are running free through Western nations leaving citizens at grave risk. Meanwhile, many countries in the EU and also Canada are targeting “white supremacists” and so-called “islamophobes” in state sanctioned witch-hunts.
A 22-year-old Bangladeshi Muslim, Ashiqul Alam, of Jackson Heights, New York, was taken into federal custody “after he allegedly tried to buy guns and grenades in order to carry out a terror attack in Times Square.”
Investigators who were monitoring Alan’s activity “said between August 2018 and now, Alam repeatedly expressed a desire to purchase firearms and explosives for use in a terrorist attack. He considered either Times Square or Washington, D.C., where he could kill a senior government official.”
Most reports avoided identifying him as a jihadi terrorist.
Alam “hailed the 9-11 jihad attacks” and stated: “Bin Laden’s ‘mission is a complete success, thousands of American soldiers died and trillions of their monies gone in the war.”
”Man in federal custody after alleged Times Square grenade plot, report says”, abc7 NY , June 7, 2019:
TIMES SQUARE, Manhattan (WABC) — A Queens man is in federal custody after he allegedly tried to buy guns and grenades in order to carry out a terror attack in Times Square.
Officials said 22-year-old Ashiqul Alam, of Jackson Heights, was intercepted by federal and local officials, and he posed no imminent threat, as police were monitoring his activities.
Investigators said between August 2018 and now, Alam repeatedly expressed a desire to purchase firearms and explosives for use in a terrorist attack. He considered either Times Square or Washington, D.C., where he could kill a senior government official.
In January, he traveled to Times Square several times for “recon” and recorded video as he searched for potential targets, officials said. He also allegedly considered several ways to carry out the attack, including using a suicide vest or AR-15 assault rifles to kill police.
Investigators said he got in touch with an undercover officer on the internet while trying to purchase two Glock 9mm pistols. He was told that the firearms would have obliterated serial numbers, and he reportedly replied, “Oh, that’s good, man.”
He later met with the people believed were going to sell him firearms and discussed purchasing grenades because they could “take out at least eight people,” officials said.
While plotting to carry out the attack, Alam strategically underwent Lasik eye surgery because he was worried about his glasses falling off, investigators said.
“Let’s say we are in an attack, right, say that my glasses fall off. What if I accidentally shoot you? You know what I mean. Imagine what the news channel would call me the ‘Looney Tunes Terrorist’ or the ‘Blind Terrorist,'” Alam said, according to investigators.
During this time, he also expressed praise for Osama bin Laden and said carrying out this attack would make him a “legend,” according to the criminal complaint. When asked what would make him happy, he replied “seeing the flag of Islam on the Twin Towers or the Empire State Building,” he said, according to the complaint.
Investigators said Alam again met with the individual he believed was going to sell him firearms and gave them $400. He was arrested shortly afterward.
Alam appeared in federal court in Downtown Brooklyn Friday. The judge issued an order of detention for the defendant, citing that he poses a danger to the community and a risk of flight. The next hearing date is set for June 21 at 11:00 a.m.
He is not believed to be linked to any other people or part of a larger plot….
Savvy Kafir says
This jihadi is a traitor, and had plans to become an enemy combatant, targeting innocent civilians. If common sense prevailed, he would be stood up in front of a firing squad.
We need to start eliminating jihadis in an efficient & inexpensive manner. Keeping these enemies of the West alive in prison, at a cost of millions of dollars, is just plain stupid.
abad says
Deportation is the best solution.
It’s cheaper than prison, and puts the Jihadi in a more familiar surrounding.
For example, Palmyra.
Savvy Kafir says
I’d say deportation is the second-best solution. I can’t see any advantage in allowing violent jihadis to remain alive. The fewer of them there are, the safer non-Muslims are. And they certainly don’t deserve to live.
They are at war with us, and we need to acknowledge that fact by killing them before they kill more of us.
Mark Stapleton says
If he gets Deported the Democrats will just let him cross back into the US illegally
Frederick King says
No mention of this guy being a Jihadist on Yahoo News today. I wonder why ? Would it be racist and islamophobic to mention a muslim was the one behind the attack plot ? Would it offend Omar and he other muslima congress thing ?
mortimer says
One of every six Muslims self-declares as being in favor of jihad terrorism. 85% of Muslims say they do not support terror groups. Less than 1% of Muslims are jihad-terrorists or wish to become one.
While most Muslims are not very political and are not in favor of Islamic terrorism, we are playing ‘Muslim Roulette’ when we invite Muslims into Western countries.
A jihadist cannot be identified among other Muslims. A Lebanese cabinet minister (a Muslim) stated that he could not pick out a jihadist from a given group of Muslims, because they conceal their terrorist ideation.
Out of 1 million Muslims about 1,000 to 2,000 will be jihad terrorists or wannabes. When a charismatic Islamic leader (such as Bin Laden) becomes known, the number of jihadists will increase.
A number of Muslim countries like Iran and Pakistan are actually encouraging or passively supporting jihadists, thus raising the risk of jihad attacks worldwide. These terror-supporting countries should be financially punished.
abad says
All the more reason why they should stay in their own Moslem-majority nations and stop coming to the western world.
Deportation should be the biggest threat to face Jihadis.
Nobody will care if a Jihadi detonates his suicide belt in the middle of Homs. No one.
But the bottom line is this:
Moslems do not belong in the United States. There is no reason whatsoever for them to be coming here. None. And NO reason why they cannot stay in their home Moslem-majority nations.
gravenimage says
Then, a majority of Muslims, even in Western nations, support the imposition of brutal Shari’ah law.
Westman says
The fact that a majority of Europe’s polled Muslims want Shariah Law is inconsistent with the Idea that only 1% are willing to engage in violent Jihad. We will never know the precise percentage of would-be jihadists because it is a matter of opportunity. The jihadists who left Europe to fight for ISIS had to purchase their way, use subterfuge to hide their purpose for travel, and aiready have contacts/arrangements for arrival. And all of that was to become the Caliphate of hot barren soil, rocks, and sand.
We are not witnessing a flood of reverse-migration because relatives and traffickers/smugglers are saying, “Come here, to the West. We have communities waiting for you. There is abundant water, better temperatures, food, and a dole to get started or continue.” In this world of high definition communications, the comparisons of Europe, the US, the Middle East, Africa, etc, are so obvious that the pressure to emmigrate will only increase as the West’s parallel Muslim communities expand to absorb more immigrants.
There are only three possible future scenarios: Islam fades in the West to become a dependent non-threat, it continues to expand until it aggressively attempts to impose Shariah, or, it fights for political control of Western nations to create a new Caliphate.
If Islam was in a position to take over a Western nation with a final battle, what percentage would be a jihad warrior? 1%? Every male Muslim who wants Shariah should be considered a potential jihadist – they have already declared that they will not integrate or obey the unbeliever’s laws unless they have no choice. And the West is all about choice.
mortimer says
Ashiqul Alam is the sort of moderate-looking Muslim that we should be afraid of. I have found that a moderate façade often conceals a raging jihadist. One need only casually raise the issue of Israel and a jihad-supporter will often reveal his hand freely, thus exposing himself as a fanatical, political Muslim ready to betray his Western country which supports the existence of Israel.
gravenimage says
Very true–more stealth Jihad.
KFR says
Very sad
TKF says
Not sad at all. In fact, very good. He was caught and hopefully will be put away in a super-max prison for the rest of his miserable life. It would have only been sad if his plot to commit mass murder for Allah and Big Mad Moe had succeeded.
RichardL says
One fat, stupid little allahist. How many counter-terror operators, how much money wasted on him? Luckily the current jihadi generation needs to virtue signal their allahism. The next generation might be smarter and simple explode one day out of the blue. islam and civilisation don’t mix.
Naildriver says
One big apologetic argument is that Muslims know better than to exercise the more violent aspects of the Koran’s directives, and that even as with the context of the OT many such violent passages can be thought of as referring and applicable only to Islam’s initial struggle — though thousands, of ‘time and again’, have shown Muslims do not actually believe that; but that the terrorist activity in the USA is rare enough for such arguments to find ears, in the current small relative numbers of Muslims.
Yet, they should be reminded that it only took 19 devotees to kill over 3000, and there are perhaps thousands of individuals as in this article willing to be a ‘good’ devotees, even if most his fellow Muslims do not need to express such violence.
Also Islam depends upon this hard wired threat and intimidation in its Koran for not only its progress, when members enter a community where verbal arguments are silenced, but it also appeals to the malcontents, thugs, criminals, as a means for justification and payback; as with racist blacks for their felonies in conversions to it while in prison. Also, the population of Aspergers, bi polar and other mental issues can enlist many Muslims into such violent activity — and directed to actively do so by just one outspoken cleric like Alawaaki. Islam is not OK nor ‘safe owing to such reasoning.
Our government has failed in upholding its duty to protect the Constitution with regard to Islam being our natural enemy — even if lies regarding ‘national interests’ are bandied about. It is treason to the people who elected them.
Members of congress should be held accountable, and the crimes of Obama should not be forgotten or forgiven. Our risk from Islam’s inclusion and Muslim immigration has increased since 9/11, to the shame of the USA.
abad says
How about this:
How about if we stop allowing Moslems from other countries into the United States of America.
Or is that idea too “radical” for some people?
gravenimage says
Not for me. Luckily, Muslim immigration into the US is down 90% under Trump. A great first step.
James Lincoln says
Agree, gravenimage — 100%.
But…
The US ALSO needs to deport ALL Muslims that can be LEGALLY deported.
gravenimage says
Agreed, James–and start with the worst Jihadists, including this one when he has served his sentence.
Walter Sieruk says
That jihadist, Ashiqni Alam ,is a minor league Muslim terrorist, nevertheless he still could have ,if not captured inflected much harm. There are also major league Muslim terrorist who have done much harm, murderous harm .such as Khalid Sheik Mohammed. If KSM had not been captured what he was we may be all sure that he would have had continued to have a hand in still further heinous actions of future Muslim terror attacks.
As for that al Qaeda jihadist, KSM who “mastermind” of the September 11, 2001 those jihad mass murder attacks, K S M , had confidently declared “We will win because Americans don’t realize …we do not need to defeat you militarily; we only need to fight long enough for you to defeat yourself by quitting.” That arrogant boast of by KSM should serve as a reminder that we, as Americans, need to and should stand firm ,with great fortitude, in this War of Idea’s and struggle against the jihadist who are always busy scheming to engage in mad Islamic quest by the means of the stealth jihad and the violent jihad violent . In other words, the jihadists means the conquest for supreme power and control of Islam over the West,, either by hook or by crook.
Therefore all, good Americans should maintain a strong vigilant fortitude against Islamic strategies , savagely and tyranny. As Thomas Jefferson had, so well, explained “Fortitude…teaches us to meet and surmount difficulties; not to fly from them.”
Again ,Alam is still a “small fish” in large sea other scheming big time, large fish, jihadist chiefs around and are still on the loose ,as KSM, who are engaged in Islamic scheming to have their jihadist /stooges future Islamic terrorist attack against Americans and America.. Therefore , we ,as Americans , should not live in fear or be afraid to go to difference place and do different things ,yet even though we should feel no fear we should keep aware of our surrounding and be alert for anything that seems not to look quite right. As in “What’s wrong with this picture?” Then if something questionable is seen then it’s important to go and tell the right person about it. As example, In NY.NY a tee-shirt vendor saw some smoke come out of a parked van and so he went and informed as police officer about it. As it has been said “If you see something, say something.” To put this in another way, the wise words of Thomas Jefferson apply more now more than those words of wisdom did in his own time. For Mr. Jefferson declared “Let the eye of vigilance never be closed.”
TKF says
He should be tried and executed. Make him an example to other would be junior Jihadis. And while we’re at it….no more immigrants, and I mean NONE….from Islamic turd-pile Bangladesh.
OLD GUY says
I agree with stopping the muslims from immigrating into America. We are at war with Islam and the Muslim world by their declaration. Our liberal leaders won’t do anything until they or one of their family is murdered by a jihadi terrorist. By then it will be a little late for the rest of us, however they are screwing with the wrong people and we the free Christian people of this world will bomb them back to the caves they crawled out of.
Kerry Wadw says
We need to pass laws that execute every terrorist and every suspected terrorist, its the ONLY answer, period.