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'Lone Wolf' Muslim terrorist arrested in NYC
The New York Police Department has foiled an alleged terror plot targeting law enforcement and soldiers returning from the battlefield.Jose Pimentel, 27, of Washington Heights, New York, was arrested yesterday at his apartment. The charges include conspiracy, first-degree criminal possession of a weapon as a crime of terrorism, and soliciting support for a terrorist act. He was to be arraigned later Sunday. He was believed to be acting as a 'lone wolf', New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said during a press conference tonight. Mayor Bloomberg said Pimentel was 'plotting to bomb police patrol cars and also postal facilities as well as targeted members of our armed services returning from abroad.' The NYPD's counter-terrorism unit has been tracking Pimentel since May 2009, when he began discussing his terror plans. Pimentel, an unemployed American citizen originally from the Dominican Republic, had converted to Islam and was allegedly inspired by Al-Qaida - namely radical cleric Anwar al-Awlaki. He had converted to Islam and was going to change his name to Osama Hussein, the name of his two heroes, Osama bin Laden and Saddam Hussein, Mayor Bloomberg said. The date of his alleged attack was not immediately clear. Pimentel was reportedly able to build three pipe bombs using instructions found in an article in the online terror magazine Inspire. The magazine featured an article entitled, 'How to build a bomb in the kitchen of your mom.' He also intended to test the effectiveness of the bombs by placing them in mailboxes and detonating them. His terror plot intensified from talk to action with the dealth of Awlaki, Inspire's publisher, in September. Commissioner Kelly said: 'What set him off was the elimination of Anwar al-Awlaki on September 30.' Bloomberg said: 'This is just another example of New York City because we are an iconic city... this is a city that people would want to take away our freedoms gravitate to and focus on.' Posted by: Steve White 2011-11-21 |
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