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Posted: 2/17/2012 9:07:13 AM EDT

Fox News Confirms the Arrest of a Moroccan Man on Way to U.S. Capitol for Would-Be Suicide Attack

Posted: 2/17/2012 9:07:52 AM EDT

[#1]

just saw this...

Posted: 2/17/2012 9:08:24 AM EDT

[#2]

I could make a comment about religion and surprise, but I'll keep that to myself

glad they caught him.

Posted: 2/17/2012 9:08:29 AM EDT

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Fox News Confirms the Arrest of a Moroccan Man on Way to U.S. Capitol for Would-Be Suicide Attack

Misspelled Mormon.

Posted: 2/17/2012 9:09:22 AM EDT

[#4]

More of the FBI assisted possible, maybe, if, would be, shit.

I'm gonna take a random guess. His attack wouldn't even have been possible without FBI assistance...

Posted: 2/17/2012 9:10:26 AM EDT

[#5]

Should be tried and executed within 2 weeks. NEXT.

Posted: 2/17/2012 9:10:42 AM EDT

[#6]

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More of the FBI assisted possible, maybe, if, would be, shit.

I'm gonna take a random guess. His attack wouldn't even have been possible without FBI assistance...

Sounds like they even gave him the vest. Tinfoil on"I guess they learned not to give out real bombs after OKC" Tinfoil off.

ETA: We so need a troofer or tinfoil smiley. Maybe even an overweight militia smiley too. A tinfoil smiley with a microphone?

Posted: 2/17/2012 9:11:05 AM EDT

[#7]

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Fox News Confirms the Arrest of a Moroccan Man on Way to U.S. Capitol for Would-Be Suicide Attack

Misspelled Mormon.

Was he a Morroccan Mormon?

The man, in his 30s and of Moroccan descent, was nabbed following a lengthy investigation by the FBI, initiated after he expressed interest in conducting an attack. It's unclear how the FBI learned of his aspirations.
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/02/17/feds-arrest-man-heading-to-us-capitol-for-suicide-mission/#ixzz1mfF6nwRY

edit -sarcasm meter wasnot turned on.

Posted: 2/17/2012 9:11:13 AM EDT

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Fox News Confirms the Arrest of a Moroccan Man on Way to U.S. Capitol for Would-Be Suicide Attack

Misspelled Mormon.

I think they meant to say Missourian.

Posted: 2/17/2012 9:11:24 AM EDT

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I'm pretty sure Al Qaeda in America consists completely of FBI agents

Posted: 2/17/2012 9:11:59 AM EDT

[#10]

I wonder how many FBI fake terrorists there are in comparison to real terrorists.

These guys can't seem to find the real terrorists to deal with.

Posted: 2/17/2012 9:13:47 AM EDT

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I'm pretty sure Al Qaeda in America consists completely of FBI agents

Posted: 2/17/2012 9:14:17 AM EDT

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I'm pretty sure Al Qaeda in America consists completely of FBI agents

Can an FBI agent be in both a militia org and al qaeda?

Posted: 2/17/2012 9:14:26 AM EDT

[#13]

Are they gonna say Obama stopped it?

Posted: 2/17/2012 9:14:27 AM EDT

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I wonder how many FBI fake terrorists there are in comparison to real terrorists.

These guys can't seem to find the real terrorists to deal with.

They find wannabes, dress them up like the real deal with fake bombs and turn them loose, and arrest them when they get close to launching their "attack". Sooner or later one of these shitheads is going to come up with a real bomb or launch their attack a little sooner than the FBI planned for them to.

Posted: 2/17/2012 9:16:01 AM EDT

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I could make a comment about religion and surprise, but I'll keep that to myself

glad they caught him.

caught him? they gave him the vest...

Posted: 2/17/2012 9:16:06 AM EDT

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Posted: 2/17/2012 9:16:38 AM EDT

[#17]

I for one agree with Ron Paul and Barack Obama that there are plenty of good reasons to attack Washington. Fortunately fearless leaders foot soldier didn't take out fearless leader.

Posted: 2/17/2012 9:16:49 AM EDT

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"A short time earlier, he had been praying at a mosque in the Washington area."

Someone who earlier had been praying in his religion of peace would certainly not have done this.

They must be mistaken.

Posted: 2/17/2012 9:16:56 AM EDT

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I could make a comment about religion and surprise, but I'll keep that to myself

glad they caught him.

caught him? they gave him the vest...

Probably took them months to talk the guy into it.

Posted: 2/17/2012 9:17:26 AM EDT

[#20]

But this is not terrorism related. (Waiting for the official statement).

Posted: 2/17/2012 9:17:35 AM EDT

[#21]

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I could make a comment about religion and surprise, but I'll keep that to myself

glad they caught him.

caught him? they gave him the vest...

It is a lot easier when you initiate and close in the same circle of friends.

Posted: 2/17/2012 9:17:47 AM EDT

[#22]

Attack? but its Friday.....

Posted: 2/17/2012 9:17:51 AM EDT

[#23]

This is a weird thread.

Posted: 2/17/2012 9:17:55 AM EDT

[#24]

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I could make a comment about religion and surprise, but I'll keep that to myself

glad they caught him.

caught him? they gave him the vest...

Probably took them months to talk the guy into it.

don't you feel safer now?

Posted: 2/17/2012 9:18:27 AM EDT

[#25]

The man, in his 30s and of Moroccan descent...

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In September, Massachusetts man was arrested for allegedly plotting to
fly bomb-laden model planes into the Pentagon and Capitol... Rezwan
Ferdaus with what he thought was explosive material for the
remote-controlled planes.

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a Virginia man was arrested for trying to help Al Qaeda plan multiple
bombings against Washington's Metrorail system. For months, 34-year-old
Farooque Ahmed of Ashburn, Va., had been meeting and discussing "jihad"...

Anyone remember that report put out by Janet Napolitano and DHS about how "right wingers", "White Christians" and "returning veterans" would be especially likely to become radicalized terrorists?

In
the past year alone, at least 20 people have been arrested in the
United States on terrorism-related charges, according to the Senate
Select Committee on Intelligence.

"Most of the arrests" have involved "lone wolves,"...

20 "lone wolves" in the past year.

Posted: 2/17/2012 9:18:43 AM EDT

[#26]

Can you change thread title to "FBI pranks wannabe terrorist with play-doh explosive vest"

Posted: 2/17/2012 9:18:51 AM EDT

[#27]

When he was arrested Friday in Washington, he was carrying with him a vest supposedly packed with explosives, but the material inside was not actually dangerous, Fox News was told.

Ahh, I see he was not told the rule about people voting to carry out bombing plots.

Posted: 2/17/2012 9:18:57 AM EDT

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The man, in his 30s and of Moroccan descent, was nabbed following a lengthy investigation by the FBI, initiated after he expressed interest in conducting an attack. It's unclear how the FBI learned of his aspirations.

The man thought undercover FBI agents assisting him in his plot were associates of Al Qaeda.

When he was arrested Friday in Washington, he was carrying with him a vest supposedly packed with explosives, but the material inside was not actually dangerous, Fox News was told.

So the FBI assists him, gives him fake explosives, sends him on his way then arrests him?

Do you think he would have gotten anywhere without the FBI?

Posted: 2/17/2012 9:19:00 AM EDT

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I'm pretty sure Al Qaeda in America consists completely of FBI agents

Pretty much this!

Posted: 2/17/2012 9:19:01 AM EDT

[#30]

As soon as I saw that the "terrorist" had been arrested on his way to the Capitol rather than being mopped off the floor of the Rotunda, I knew this was another FBI set-up.

Posted: 2/17/2012 9:19:44 AM EDT

[#31]

In on 1

Posted: 2/17/2012 9:20:09 AM EDT

[#32]

Damn radical christians.

Posted: 2/17/2012 9:20:27 AM EDT

[#33]

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Quoted:
I'm pretty sure Al Qaeda in America consists completely of FBI agents

Pretty much this!

To be fair, this guy was probably a dick.

Posted: 2/17/2012 9:20:43 AM EDT

[#34]

Quoted:

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I could make a comment about religion and surprise, but I'll keep that to myself

glad they caught him.

caught him? they gave him the vest...

Probably took them months to talk the guy into it.

don't you feel safer now?

Well, to be intellectually honest, I would have to grant that someone who was apparently willing to make an attack is in custody. But yes, it is hokey on other levels that they run around encouraging people to engage in an activity so that they can arrest them for that activity.

Posted: 2/17/2012 9:21:20 AM EDT

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This is a weird thread.

Cue the bunny pancake head pic.

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Posted: 2/17/2012 9:21:21 AM EDT

[#36]

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This is a weird thread.

Yes, it is.

Fuck terrorists. I don't care who talked him into it. While I'm at it, Fuck Barack Obama along with most of Washington DC.

Posted: 2/17/2012 9:21:35 AM EDT

[#37]

I for one am glad that our enemies are mostly half retarded.

Posted: 2/17/2012 9:21:49 AM EDT

[#38]

We are not serious about terrorist. The underwear bomber should have been hung like a common criminal instead of life in prison where he can read the koran and pray to ala all day.

Posted: 2/17/2012 9:22:42 AM EDT

[#39]

Quoted:

Quoted:

I'm pretty sure Al Qaeda in America consists completely of FBI agents

Pretty much this!

To be fair, this guy was probably a dick.

Of course, but there have to be enough real terrorists out there that the FBI doesn't have to recruit their own to bust one.

Posted: 2/17/2012 9:23:09 AM EDT

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I for one am glad that our enemies are mostly half retarded.

+10,000,0000,0000,0000

Posted: 2/17/2012 9:23:09 AM EDT

[#41]

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Fox News Confirms the Arrest of a Moroccan Man on Way to U.S. Capitol for Would-Be Suicide Attack

I'm pretty sure they misspelled 'food stockpiler'.....

Posted: 2/17/2012 9:23:27 AM EDT

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I for one am glad that our enemies are mostly half retarded.

Eh, while half-retarded enemies are better than all-genius enemies, when the FBI spends 3 years chasing a half retarded guy, they're never going to notice the genius, who's actually dangerous.

Posted: 2/17/2012 9:23:54 AM EDT

[#43]

It's friday, they'll release him this afternoon in time for 4-7 happy hour.

Posted: 2/17/2012 9:24:05 AM EDT

[#44]

I suspect this FBI super investigation is akin to talking the slow kid into eating bugs.

Posted: 2/17/2012 9:24:51 AM EDT

[#45]

Quoted:

Quoted:

I'm pretty sure Al Qaeda in America consists completely of FBI agents

Pretty much this!

To be fair, this guy was probably a dick.

Of course, but there have to be enough real terrorists out there that the FBI doesn't have to recruit their own to bust one.

Arguably, this guy was only lacking opportunity, so if they did not provide him with the controlled opportunity, he might have found a genuine opportunity down the road.