Our friendly neighborhood crunch 'n munch prosecutor nabs an alleged bomber...
It’s always encouraging when law-enforcement officials catch a would-be bomber.
A Muslim convert who talked about his desire to wage jihad against civilians was charged Friday in a plot to set off hand grenades at a shopping mall during the Christmas rush, authorities said.
Investigators said Derrick Shareef, 22, was acting alone and never actually obtained any grenades.
“He fixed on a day of December 22nd on Friday … because it was the Friday before Christmas and thought that would be the highest concentration of shoppers that he could kill and injure,” said Robert Grant, the agent in charge of the Chicago FBI office.
Officials said Shareef 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.
Apparently, Shareef planned to set off four hand grenades in garbage cans at a shopping mall in Rockford, about 90 miles northwest of Chicago. Officials said other “potential targets,” which Shareef allegedly discussed, included government facilities such as courthouses and city hall.
He was taken into custody after meeting an undercover agent in a parking lot to trade stereo speakers for hand grenades and a handgun.
http://www.thecarpetbaggerreport.com/
Good job team!
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Unfortunatley there is so much else going on in Illinois that the DOJ can't spend all the time it needs on the Cook County/City mess.
William Beavers (Alderman now Cook County Commisioner, Strong Stroger Steele ally) had a 30 minute interview last on PBS, this guy is going to be a major contributor to further problems, he is all out in favor of patronage, says it works, nothing is wrong with it on and on.
By the way Beavers admitted getting on the police force due to patronage, he did not weigh enough for his height but miraculously when he weighed in at the physical he was exactly the wieght he should be for his height! He also did point out he did pass the police entrance exam!
I stand proud when the little angel speaks. The man knows what he's talking about. It's a big job cleaning the swamp in Chicago but no matter man is up to the job then Patrick J. Fitzgerald. The problem is most elected officials will be calling my little angel for help with their criminal investigations. I might have to step and to control the rush for justice.
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