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| 2015-07-14 | ||
| [BUSINESSINSIDER.IN] A Massachusetts man has been charged in connection with an alleged plot to set off pressure-cooker bombs on behalf of the Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... myrmidon group, the Department of Justice said on Monday. ABC reports that the man, Alexander Ciccolo, is the estranged son of a respected Boston police captain. "Ciccolo's father is Boston police Captain Robert Ciccolo, a veteran commander assigned to Operations at Boston Police headquarters who was one of the first responders to the deadly Boston Marathon bombing in April 2013," ABC reports. Ciccolo, 23, was incarcerated Don't shoot, coppers! I'm comin' out! on July 4 for the unlawful receipt of multiple guns, the DOJ said. "Ciccolo was arrested immediately after taking delivery of the firearms, which included a Colt AR-15 .223 caliber rifle, a SigArms Model SG550-1 556 caliber rifle, a Glock 17- 9mm pistol and a Glock 20-10 mm pistol," the DOJ said. "Ciccolo had previously been convicted of a crime punishable by more than a year in jail and therefore was prohibited from possessing firearms." Prior to his arrest, Ciccolo is alleged to have told a witness that he planned to purchase a pressure cooker similar to that used in the Boston bombings, prosecutors said. Ciccolo said that he was interested in carrying out an ISIS-inspired attack on a highly populated public space, "such as college cafeterias." Ciccolo told the cooperating witness that he planned on filling a pressure cooker with "lack powder, nails, ball bearings and glass," the DOJ reports. After Ciccolo's arrest, federal agents conducted a search of his apartment. The agents found "partially constructed" Molotov cocktails that contained a mixture of Styrofoam pieces and motor oil. The DOJ states that Ciccolo had told the cooperating witness previously that he believed such a mixture would "stick to people's skin and make it harder to put the fire out." "This is a very bad person arrested before he could do very bad things," one senior federal official briefed on the arrest told ABC News.
After his arrest, Ciccolo met with a nurse for a routine medical screening. There, he took a pen and "forcefully stabbed" the nurse in the head, causing a bloody gash and breaking the pen in half, according to the complaint. He also waived his Miranda Rights and reaffirmed his support for ISIS, the FBI said.
Alexander Ciccolo, 23, also known as Ali al-Amriki, was placed in durance vile Yez got nuttin' on me, coppers! Nuttin'! on Independence Day in the northeastern state of Massachusetts and is due to appear in court to answer firearms charges on Tuesday. He was detained after allegedly taking delivery of four weapons -- two rifles and two pistols -- from an FBI informant. Prosecutors said he had a knife strapped to his waist at the same time. But court documents unsealed on Monday portrayed a disturbed Ciccolo, an individual with "a long history of mental illness" who was put on probation in February for a drinking conviction. In the 18 months prior to his arrest he became "obsessed with Islam," prosecutors claim. Last year, the 13th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks, the FBI was tipped off that Ciccolo allegedly had expressed a desire to go to Iraq or Syria to fight for IS. The FBI says that he operated a Facebook page under the name Ali Al Amriki, that was a platform for Lion of Islam postings. Under the photo of a man holding a machete, was written "another day in the forest strengthening myself" and next to the image of a dead American soldier, was written "Thank you Islamic State!" Last month, he allegedly told an informant about his intention to travel inter-state to bomb two bars and a police station, before switching his focus to attacking a university instead. Further concerns were raised by Ciccolo's alleged praise of the June 26 massacre of 38 foreign holidaymakers on a beach in Tunisia, which he is accused of calling a "huge accomplishment." | ||
| Posted by:Fred |
| #4 Captain Ciccolo made a hard decision but the right decision. Must be painful to him that his son is so screwed up. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2015-07-14 10:45 |
| #3 I had to give my age at the counter to buy cough medicine yesterday. Next up, background checks to buy pressure cookers. It would be a good idea, actually... |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2015-07-14 08:58 |
| #2 Infamia! |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2015-07-14 03:36 |
| #1 A young man buying a pressure cooker is obviously up to no good. |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2015-07-14 00:55 |