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Suspicious Man Stopped At Church Service
via JihadWatchMan Left Briefcase, Claims To Have Message From Allah A man has attracted the attention of the FBI after an incident at a Greenville County (South Carolina) church last weekend. Sheriff's deputies said Iyad Abed Alnazli entered the Redemption World Outreach Center's morning service Sunday, and tried to approach the stage. "It was a young man of Arabic descent who had come in and said that he had a message for the church and this was a word from Allah." church founder Ron Carpenter said Security officers met Alnazli before he reached the stage and stopped him. "He became unraveled. He began to scream vulgarities out," Carpenter said. When the officers escorted Alnazli from the building, they found he had left a briefcase in the foyer and parked his car in a church worker's spot against the building. "And our first thoughts were, 'We have someone here who's unstable.' But the concerns grew when he began to talk all of the terrorist language, 'I want to do my job. I want to go back to my homeland," Carpenter said. Deputies called the bomb squad and the FBI to investigate. "Certainly, when someone makes a comment that would be perceived as a security issue - potential national security - as far as threats against the country, we would take those and pass them along to the FBI," Lt. Shea Smith said. The bomb squad blew up the bag, but found no explosives. The FBI told WYFF News 4 only that it was aware of the incident and would not elaborate, but Carpenter said he was told that Alnazli was on an FBI watch list. Why wasn't he placed on the first plane back to Hellistan the moment he came to the attention of the FBI? Investigators said Alnazli had recently been treated for mental problems. In addition to the criminal charge, the man has been served with a trespass notice from the church. Mugshot confirms Iyad has been working on his Mohammed Atta stare. Posted by: ed 2005-07-20 |
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