And good old Irv Rubin would always scream about all militias being full of terrorists and white supremacists...
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By Sarah Tippit
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The chairman of the militant Jewish Defense
League and a follower have been arrested in an alleged plot to bomb a
major Los Angeles area mosque and the office of a Republican California
congressman, among other targets, federal officials said on Wednesday.
JDL Chairman Irv Rubin, 56 and group member Earl Krugel, 59, who were
arrested on Tuesday night, were charged with conspiring to bomb the King
Fahd Mosque in Culver City, a Los Angeles suburb; the offices of
Southern California Congressman Darrell Issa, the grandson of Lebanese
immigrants; and the Muslim Public Affairs Council office in the
Mid-Wilshire section of Los Angeles.
``Last night´s arrests confirm that we meant what we said: if you
cross the line from expressing your political or religious beliefs to
committing violent acts against those whose beliefs are offensive to
you, then you will likely end up facing federal prosecution on charges
carrying extremely long prison sentences,´´ said John Gordon, U.S.
Attorney for California´s Central District.
The two men face one count each of conspiring to destroy a building by
means of an explosive and possession of a destructive device during and
in relation to a violent crime, according to an affidavit filed in the
U.S. District Court in Los Angeles. If found guilty they could each face
a minimum of 35 years in prison. A bail setting heaping was scheduled
for Wednesday afternoon in Los Angeles federal court.
THIRD MAN TURNED INFORMER
Officials said the two men plotted with a third, a former JDL member, to
make and detonate bombs. The third man, who was approached last October,
informed authorities of the plot, officials said. No bombs were
detonated and no one was injured.

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A complaint against the two men said that Krugel told the informant the
bombings were necessary because ``Arabs need a wake-up call.´´
Additional comments were made at a meeting by Rubin that the JDL needs
to let people know they are ``alive in a militant way.´´
The complaint added that the unnamed source was asked to photograph the
Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC) offices and help buy bomb
components and that Krugel said he would build the bombs at his
residence. The source would then place the explosives at the MPAC
office.
The MPAC, which also has a Washington, D.C. office, describes itself as
a public service agency working for the civil rights of American
Muslims.
When the source asked Krugel about dangers to human beings should the
bombs detonate, he allegedly responded: ``C´est la vie´´
(´´That´s life´´), Gordon said.
``The affidavit makes clear their primary motivation was to ...
terrorize Muslims or Arabs and alert the national if not the local
community to JDL´s commitment to attack those targets,´´ Gordon
said.
The source told officials he was led to believe one bomb was to be
placed in the offices of the Muslim Public Affairs Council. He arrived
at Jerry's Deli in the Los Angeles suburb of Encino with 5 pounds (2.2
kg) of explosive powder in his vehicle ready for delivery to Krugel.
TARGETS CHANGED AT MEETING
However at the deli meeting the two men said they had changed their
targets and bombs were instead to be placed at the Culver City Mosque
and Issa's office. Gordon said he believed Issa, a Christian American of
Lebanese descent, was targeted because he made statements the JDL
disagreed with.
There was no specific time frame for when the bombs were to be
detonated, however they were expected to be set off ``in the near
future. Things were fluid,´´ Gordon said.
Issa was not made aware of the plot, because authorities only learned of
it on Tuesday moments before the arrests, Gordon said.
Because the informant wore a wire when he met the two men, federal
agents followed and arrested them a short time later. A search of
Krugel's Reseda, Calif. house turned up two pipe bombs and firearms. The
bombs were adequate to cause ''considerable damage'' to the areas where
they were to be detonated and possibly death to people in the vicinity,
officials said.
Issa thanked law enforcement officials for their quick action and said
he had ``no way of knowing´´ why he had been a target of the JDL.
``Like most Americans, my hope and wish is for a peaceful resolution to
the Middle East conflict. Unfortunately, there are extremists on both
sides who oppose a peaceful resolution.´´
Rubin and Krugel are expected to appear in court later on Wednesday when
bail and future court dates will be set.
The JDL was founded by Rabbi Meir Kahane, who was assassinated in New
York in 1990. Prior to his death he founded the extremist KACH party in
Israel which advocated the expulsion of all Arabs from Israel and
Israeli-occupied territories. The party was later outlawed.

Ahah, a couple of months ago I was in a Denny's with my ex-girlfriend. Knowing that I sometimes make fun of her jewish background(just a joke between us) she quickly said "DON'T SAY ANYTHING ABOUT JEWS" in a stern whisper. Turns out Mr. Ruben was sitting at the counter. Weird guy, wouldn't look me in the eye when she introduced him to me and apparently he hangs out at Denny's alot. It'll be interesting to see how this turns out. Any word on the "other weapons" that were seized?

It's about time this domestic Terrorist got his!! Hope they send him away for life!

What is particularily ironic is that if he and his cohort had gotten away with it, the public would have thought that those very same "militias or white supremacists" were the ones who did it!

Talk about creating your own fall-guy.

Will the ADF now put the JDL on their Watch List?

Never!