Of course he must not have had anything to do with this plot. How could an imam misunderstand Islam on such a huge scale? Couldn’t happen, right? Right? Ahmad Afzali Update. “Queens Imam Pleads Not Guilty To Federal Charges,” from NY1 News, November 2 (thanks to all who sent this in): A Queens imam accused […]
New York Islamic cleric misunderstands Islam, indicted for role in NYC jihad terror plot
How did an Islamic cleric, who had dedicated his life to understanding the Koran and the teachings of Islam, come to misunderstand Islam so thoroughly as to get involved in a terror plot? And this guy was a moderate, also — someone who had cooperated with the FBI in the past. You’d think that a […]
New York jihad plotter had contact with Al-Qaeda top dogs
Evidently this was going to be a very major attack. New York Jihad Plot Update. “Officials: Zazi Had Contact With Top Al-Qaida Leaders,” by Dina Temple-Raston for NPR, October 15 (thanks to James): The man arrested last month for allegedly plotting to blow up targets in New York contacted one of Osama bin Laden’s right-hand […]
New York: Muslims complain about “racial profiling” in wake of arrests in major jihad terror plot
Think about what they could be doing in the aftermath of the revelation of the New York jihad plot. They could have demonstrated against those who supposedly “twist” and “hijack” Islam to find in it justification for terrorism. They could have offered full and open cooperation from law enforcement to root out the terrorists from […]
DHS slashes funds for NYC counterterror funding
After all, the war on terror is over, right? Najibullah Zazi? Pah! “Stunning: Despite Plot, NYC’s Terror Funds Slashed,” by Marcia Kramer for CBS, October 10 (thanks to Pamela): NEW YORK (CBS) “• After facing one of the most serious terror threats since the 9-11 attacks, Department of Homeland Security officials are slashing a big […]
Report: Several of NY jihad suspect’s fellow travelers to Pakistan also back in U.S.
New York Jihad Plot Update. “Sources: Several who went to Pakistan with Zazi back in U.S.,” from CNN, October 4: (CNN) — Several people who traveled from New York to Pakistan last year with a man accused of plotting a terrorist attack have since returned to the United States, sources close to the investigation told […]
Accused New York jihadist pleads not guilty
Anyone can find himself downloading bomb-making material from the Internet by accident. Why, it’s as common as the air we breathe. New York/Colorado Jihad Plot Update: “US Terror Suspect Zazi Pleads Not Guilty,” from the VOA News, September 29 (thanks to James): An Afghan-born terror suspect, Najibullah Zazi, has pleaded not guilty in a New […]
New York jihad plot: “We just know that it was going to be a very bad attack”
More on the New York/Colorado jihad plot. “Officials: NYC Plot Operational, Not Just Aspirational,” by Dina Temple-Raston for NPR, September 28 (thanks to James): The man at the center of an alleged plot to blow up transportation targets in New York City is scheduled to appear before a Brooklyn judge for the first time Tuesday. […]
The threat and the threat
Pamela Geller has a terrific piece in today’s American Thinker, “Is This Any Way To Fight A War?” In it, she points out the irony as an actual threat that was playing out in New York City last week just as Barack Obama was at the United Nations talking about a threat, all right — […]
After three jihad terror plots uncovered in the U.S., Obama frees three more Gitmo detainees
New York/Denver. Dallas. Springfield, Illinois. Three plots, three released detainees. No, I am not saying there is some connection, some jihad terror plot-for-detainees exchange program. I am saying that the plots show that there is a manifest jihad threat, and that Obama continues to act as if there isn’t. Release more Gitmo detainees — what […]
New York jihadis planned to strike on 9/11
And surpass it in mayhem. “Bomb plot suspect ordered to NY to face charge,” by Robert Boczkiewicz for Reuters, September 25 (thanks to all who sent this in): DENVER, Sept 25 (Reuters) – An immigrant from Afghanistan who was arrested in a federal anti-terrorism investigation was ordered on Friday to be moved to New York […]
New York jihad suspect “purchased unusually large quantities of hydrogen peroxide and acetone from beauty supply stores in the Denver metropolitan area”
“Court documents say Zazi sent text messages to the others, “each communication more urgent in tone than the last – seeking to correct mixtures of ingredients to make explosives.” But hang on. Surely we’ll all hear soon enough how this was “taken out of context.” “The Beauty Parlor Bomb Plan; Massive Terror Plot Alleged,” by […]
Spencer: Latest Jihad Plot Shows Need to Know Koran
A piece I wrote for Human Events today: The still-unfolding New York/Colorado jihad terror plot — including an Islamic imam and of a Muslim who says he downloaded bomb-making materials by mistake while downloading a “religious text” — focuses our attention again on the role of Islam and the Koran in inciting Muslims to commit […]
NYC tightens up: 24 more under scrutiny in jihad terror plot
Appearing to be more serious by the minute. New York Jihad Plot Update. “Up to 24 More People Under Scrutiny as NYC Tightens Security in Terror Probe,” from FoxNews, September 23 (thanks to Islam In Action): NEW YORK — Police in New York City stepped up their patrols and increased their random searches on subways […]
Spencer: Jihad in New York and Colorado
In Human Events today I discuss the unfolding jihad plot in New York and Denver: Details are still emerging, but it seems clear at this point that the extensive jihad terror plot that has been exposed in New York City and Denver this week involved plans to target baseball and football stadiums and New York’s […]
How using an imam in jihad terror investigation backfired on NYPD
Not that anyone is likely to draw any lessons from this — not lessons about the NYPD cooperating with the FBI, which is what this article is about, but about making false and unwarranted assumptions about the loyalties of Muslims who appear to be “moderate.” The fact that there is no moderate Koran, or moderate […]
Detectives combing Queens storage sites for Al-Qaeda bomb-making materials
“The FBI said Zazi, arrested in Colorado on Saturday, has admitted being trained in ‘weapons and explosives’ last year at an Al Qaeda camp in Pakistan. And sources told The News for the first time that he admits he was out to kill.” New York Jihad Plot Update: “Cops, feds ransack Queens storage sites for […]
Feds warn cops: watch stadiums, hotels, entertainment complexes for jihad activity
“The bulletin on stadiums notes that an Al Qaeda training manual specifically lists ‘blasting and destroying the places of amusement, immorality, and sin… and attacking vital economic centers…’” New York Jihad Plot Update: “Authorities Eye Stadiums, Hotels, Storage Centers in Colorado Terror Plot Probe,” from FoxNews, September 22 (thanks to all who sent this in): […]
New York jihad plot: Authorities know of “three distinct teams of four men each”
An update on this story. “Active Terror Cell Prepared NYC Attack, Officials Say,” by Brian Ross, Richard Esposito, Clayton Sandell, and Megan Chuchmach for ABC News, September 21: After overnight arrests this weekend in the alleged New York terror plot, FBI agents believe an active terror cell directed by al Qaeda was preparing an attack […]
Central figure in New York/Colorado bomb plot is an imam who worked both sides
How could an imam get mixed up in a jihad plot? Can even an imam become a Misunderstander of Islam? How did he miss the Koran’s true, peaceful teachings? New York/Colorado bomb plot update: “FBI says imam Ahmad Afzali worked both sides and tipped off suspects,” by Elizabeth Hays and Helen Kennedy for the New […]