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Alleged NY bomber pleads not guilty to terror charges
[IsraelTimes] Ahmad Khan Rahami,
The suspect behind a bombing that maimed 31 people in New York in September pleaded not guilty "Wudn't me." to terrorism-related charges Thursday in a Manhattan federal court. Ahmad Khan Rahami pleaded not guilty to all eight counts of the indictment, a front man for the prosecutor said. All counts are linked to homemade bombs he is suspected of planting in Manhattan and New Jersey. The charges include the use of a weapon of mass destruction, the inter-state transportation and receipt of explosives, and the bombing of a place of public use. One bomb went kaboom!in Manhattan’s Chelsea neighborhood, lightly wounding 31 people. Police found five additional pipe bombs in Rahami’s hometown of Elizabeth, New Jersey and a second device in Chelsea that was defused. Most of the other bombs did not explode and no one was killed. Rahami, 28, an American of Afghan descent, was unable to appear before a judge until last week because he was recovering from multiple gunshot wounds sustained during a shootout with police that led to his arrest in New Jersey on September 19. Police found a handwritten journal in which Rahami lauded the late Osama bin Laden ... who is now sometimes referred to as Mister Bones... and US-born al-Qaeda recruiter Anwar al-Awlaki ... Born in Las Cruces, New Mexico, zapped in Yemen, al-Awlaki was a dual citizen of the U.S. and Yemen. He was an Islamic holy man who was a trainer for al-Qaeda and its franchises. His sermons were attended by three of the 9/11 hijackers, by Fort Hood murderer Nidal Malik Hussein, and UndieboomerUmar Farouk Abdulmutallab. He was the first U.S. citizen ever placed on a CIA target list... , and criticized US wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and Syria. Officials say he traveled extensively to Afghanistan and spent around a year in Pakistain, where he married and his wife became pregnant. The FBI believes Rahami acted alone and is not connected to any myrmidon groups. The only suspect in the New York case, he faces life in prison if convicted. Rahami faces other charges in New Jersey in connection with his shootout with police, including attempted murder of a law enforcement officer. Posted by: trailing wife 2016-11-18 |
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