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| CHICAGO: Man arrested in alleged plot to set off grenades |
| 2006-12-09 |
| CHICAGO - A 22-year-old man who authorities said talked about a desire to wage "jihad" against civilians was arrested by federal terrorism investigators on charges of plotting to set off hand grenades in a shopping mall. Derrick Shareef of Rockford was taken into custody Wednesday as he met in a parking lot with an undercover agent and attempted to trade a pair of stereo speakers for four hand grenades and a handgun, officials said today. Officials said he had been under investigation since September, when he told an acquaintance that "he wanted to commit acts of violent jihad against targets in the United States as well as commit other crimes." The acquaintance immediately informed the FBI, officials said. "Once the threat Shareef posed was detected by the Joint Terrorism Task Force, his activities and movements were under constant surveillance and there was no imminent risk to the public," said Robert D. Grant, special agent in charge of the Chicago office of the FBI. Officials said Shareef was acting alone and not in concert with any terrorist group. In an affidavit filed with the complaint, Shareef said he planned to set off the grenades in garbage cans at the CherryVale Mall in Rockford. It said that in November Shareef and the acquaintance who was working with the FBI went through the mall discussing possible spots to attack. According to the affidavit, a number of conversations between the two men were recorded by the acquaintance. Shareef was charged with one count of attempting to damage or destroy a building by fire or explosion and one count of attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction. According to the affidavit, Shareef met in the parking lot with the undercover agent who described the hand grenades as "pineapples" and showed the agent stereo speakers that he would trade for them. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #10 Per the "Religious Policeman" blog, the arabic word for "Black" and "slave" is the same. Therefore they refer to Condelisa Rice as "the slave woman" as an inside joke. Al |
| Posted by: frozen al 2006-12-09 18:34 |
| #9 I don't think CAIR gives a damn about NOI. They're posers, and they're black, which I think is almost as low as Persian in the Arab racial hierarchy. |
| Posted by: exJAG 2006-12-09 18:27 |
| #8 Any bets Shareef converted to the muslim cult while he was in prison? |
| Posted by: Phineter Thraviger 2006-12-09 17:23 |
| #7 Derrick Shareef = Narcissistic numbskull |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2006-12-09 16:35 |
| #6 Jeez, it's been a day and no "Muslim Persecution" story yet. CAIR better get on the stick. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2006-12-09 16:31 |
| #5 Considering some of the occupancy rates in malls - the mall owners might have kissed him for the chance to collect on insurance. |
| Posted by: 3dc 2006-12-09 14:29 |
| #4 Get enough of these Jihad Joes doing their jihad thing, and we might even wake this country up. Maybe Jihad Joe might visit a news organization near you. Never know. Might even wake them up, but don't lay money on that. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2006-12-09 14:06 |
| #3 Please, this is Jihad amateur-hour... |
| Posted by: Free Radical 2006-12-09 11:44 |
| #2 The olde Bose for Booms deal. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2006-12-09 06:03 |
#1 The AP version started this way:CHICAGO (AP) -- A Muslim convert who authorities say talked about waging violent jihad is in custody after federal agents say he tried to make an unusual trade: two stereo speakers for a 9 mm pistol and the grenades he would need to pull off his alleged plot. LGF called this "a very uncharacteristic level of detail in its lead paragraph". Indeed. |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2006-12-09 05:02 |