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Current Events => Breaking News => Topic started by: thundley4 on September 24, 2009, 03:10:14 PM
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(http://media.nbcchicago.com/images/410*307/Paul-Findley-Springfield.jpg)
"Authorities arrested today a 29-year-old man who they say tried to blow up the Springfield courthouse with an explosives-filled van.
Authorities say Michael Finton, also known as "Talib Islam," drove a van containing what he thought was explosive material, parked it directly in front of the Paul Findley Federal Building and Courthouse, then tried to detonate it with his cell phone.
The attempt was apparently part of a federal ruse. Finton got out of the van, locked the door and got into another vehicle driven by an undercover FBI agent and drove away, authorities said.
Within blocks, Finton used a cell phone to remotely detonate the purported bomb, agents said, according to the State Journal-Register.
The case has nothing to do with the major terrorism investigation under way in New York and Colorado, federal officials say.
Finton appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Byron G. Cudmore in Springfield and said he was a part-time cook in a Decatur fish and chicken restaurant." Link (http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local-beat/springfield-paul-findley-federal-building-bomb-plot-61202497.html)
Screwy stuff going on in my part of the state. Recently a family of 5 was murdered, in a little crossroads town called Beason, not far from here.
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That is a clear case of enntrapment
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That is a clear case of enntrapment
How so? Because the informant was driving a getaway car?
ETA: Nevermind--saw the linked story. We need a facepalm smiley.
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Springfield Illinois, apparently. It's a Chicago station and there is a Springfield and a Decatur in that state.
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A part time cook in a fish and chicken restaraunt? I wonder if this had anything to do with the religion of Islam?
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Springfield Illinois, apparently. It's a Chicago station and there is a Springfield and a Decatur in that state.
Oops, yes it is Illinois.
A part time cook in a fish and chicken restaraunt? I wonder if this had anything to do with the religion of Islam?
I thought this was a slight clue that it was Islam related:
Michael Finton, also known as "Talib Islam,"
:tongue:
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Idiot had a facebook page....
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http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/09/24/national/main5336523.shtml
Finton expressed a desire to receive military training and fight in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Somalia or elsewhere, agents said. In the months that followed, he talked about an attack within the United States and ultimately settled on the Paul Findley courthouse.
He also allegedly took an interest in the nearby office of Republican U.S. Rep. Aaron Schock as well, the affidavit said.
Looks like the DUmmies have a new hero.
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Dallas jihadi arrested. His car bomb was a dud.
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Dallas jihadi arrested. His car bomb was a dud.
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/092409dnmetbombarrest.1b177db8b.html'
Smadi, who was in the U.S. illegally, allegedly told them that he came to the country specifically to commit “Jihad for the sake of God.â€
Good thing we have that southern border battened down and they can't just slip in freely with ease.
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http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/092409dnmetbombarrest.1b177db8b.html'
Good thing we have that southern border battened down and they can't just slip in freely with ease.
Don't get me started. Went to bed ticked off about the border, and woke up to hear this. Dang..
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It appears that the FBI is TRYING to do their job. However, I question their tactics because of the possible entrapment issues. I hope that the charges against both of these terrorists stick.
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In the last week....Colorado, Springfield IL, now Dallas....
anybody besides me wondering if they aren't all connected?
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You are not alone.
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How so? Because the informant was driving a getaway car?
ETA: Nevermind--saw the linked story. We need a facepalm smiley.
:thatsright:
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It's obvious that all the hate speech coming from RW radio is prompting these normally peaceful muslims to hate our government!
Thanks Limbaugh, Beck, Savage and Levin. I hope you're happy now!
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ETA: Nevermind--saw the linked story. We need a facepalm smiley.
We do. :thatsright:
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It's obvious that all the hate speech coming from RW radio is prompting these normally peaceful muslims to hate our government!
Thanks Limbaugh, Beck, Savage and Levin. I hope you're happy now!
I really hope that you forgot to use the emoticon for sarcasm...
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It's obvious that all the hate speech coming from RW radio is prompting these normally peaceful muslims to hate our government!
Thanks Limbaugh, Beck, Savage and Levin. I hope you're happy now!
:rotf: :rotf: :hyper: :hyper: :whatever: :uhsure: :lmao: :bow: :banghead:
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It's obvious that all the hate speech coming from RW radio is prompting these normally peaceful muslims to hate our government!
Thanks Limbaugh, Beck, Savage and Levin. I hope you're happy now!
Sarcasm, I hope. Otherwise, it's a talent you'll likely never master.
ETA: Here for 9 months and THIS is your first post? Oh, this could be fun.
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Sarcasm, I hope. Otherwise, it's a talent you'll likely never master.
ETA: Here for 9 months and THIS is your first post? Oh, this could be fun.
uh oh.
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In the last week....Colorado, Springfield IL, now Dallas....
anybody besides me wondering if they aren't all connected?
This is something that I always thought would be worse than a concentrated attack. Small groups or "lone wolfs" making attacks scattered around the country. Much harder to get intel on, and much harder to stop.