Indictment - Copy - Link:
http://www.investigativeproject.org/documents/case_docs/2202.pdf
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http://www.investigativeproject.org/4090/indictment-jacksonville-man-tried-to-join-aqap
For The Record - The IPT Blog
“Indictment: Jacksonville Man Tried to Join AQAP”
by Abha Shankar
Jul 18, 2013 at 8:00 pm
SNIPPET: “According to the indictment, Bell and an unnamed juvenile engaged in physical fitness and firearms training to prepare for armed conflict. Bell also made video and audio recordings to solicit and recruit others to join him in jihad. In furtherance of their efforts to “promote the jihad,” Bell and his accomplice undertook a night-time “mission” in which they “dressed in dark clothing, wore masks and gloves, wrapped their footwear in tape, and, caused significant damage to religious statues at the Chapel Hills Memorial Gardens Cemetery.”
Bell said he was ‘partaking in the training of jihad,” actively seeking participation in jihad,” and “looking for an active objective.” He identified his target as “[n]ot the American people, just the flag and the Government.” A woman identifying herself as Bell’s mother told the Jacksonville Times Union that he had converted to Islam.
Bell and the unnamed accomplice leased a laptop computer to communicate with people after he traveled to the Middle East and bought “gauze pads, batteries, athletic tape, razors, and a computer storage device” as part of their plan. Bell then bought a one-way ticket for both him and his friend to fly to Tel Aviv, Israel. They made the trip last September but were denied entry. After going to Jordan, they reached out to people named Nidal and Sheik Yussef seeking help finding a way into Yemen. It is not clear when he returned to Jacksonville or why he never made it to Yemen. He has been in the county jail since January on an unrelated grand theft charge, a Jacksonville television station reports.
Bell faces a maximum of 15 years in prison if convicted.”