A Virginia man has been arrested for allegedly trying to help Al Qaeda plan multiple bombings around the nation's capital, according to U.S. officials.
Farooque Ahmed, 34, of Ashburn, Va., was arrested today by the FBI and charged with providing material support to terrorists and collecting information for a terrorist attack.
It's chilling that a man from Ashburn is accused of casing rail stations with the goal of killing as many Metro riders as possible through simultaneous bomb attacks,†said Neil MacBride, the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia. Today's arrest highlights ... our ability to find those seeking to harm U.S. citizens and neutralize them before they can act."
According to an indictment filed in U.S. Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, between April 2010 and Oct. 25, Ahmed repeatedly met with individuals he thought were affiliated with Al Qaeda to discuss "jihad."
On May 15, in a hotel room in Sterling, Va., Ahmed told one individual that he might be ready to travel overseas to conduct jihad, but only after he completed the Hajj pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia in November, according to the indictment.
In addition, he agreed to watch and photograph Arlington Cemetery Metrorail station and a hotel in Washington, D.C., in order to obtain information about their security and busiest periods.
Read more: http://liveshots.blogs.foxnews.com/2010/10/27/man-arrested-in-va-for-terror-offenses/#ixzz13aW0t9Cf
What a bunch of inept, uneducated, stupid folk the wanna -be terrorists are.
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In addition, he agreed to watch and photograph Arlington Cemetery Metrorail station and a hotel in Washington, D.C., in order to obtain information about their security and busiest periods.
An average 12 year old American male would see through that scam.
There are few places in DC that are not covered with security cameras and that unfortunately includes the very expensive hotel rooms, rest rooms and the "A months salary for a dinner, restaurants" Betcha there are microphones every 5 feet in that city.
Just sit outside Union Station for an hour people watching, just ask yourself how many of the thousands of people go past you are what they seem to be, or foreign spies, gypsies, tramps and thieves.
Fun place to vacation, the Spy Capital of the world.
This 34 year old moron believes that he can from filming a Metro Station or a hotel for traffic flow is important------ :desired: :desired:
If you pay attention to the people in DC, one will wonder why the police do not roust a homeless man from sleeping on a park bench across from a few Embassy's .
I love that place, better then HollyWood, much better magic and illusion,
