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Unemployed Ohio man allegedly planned bomb-and-shoot attack on U.S. Capitol
CNN ^ | Updated Jan 15, 2015 | By Ben Brumfield, Pamela Brown and Dana Ford, CNN

Posted on 01/15/2015 10:36:43 AM PST by Jim Robinson

(CNN) For months, 20-year-old Christopher Lee Cornell had been on the FBI's radar. Authorities said he left alarming posts on social media, talking about violent jihad.

On Wednesday, agents arrested the Cincinnati, Ohio, man before he could put his alleged plot into action.

Authorities say Cornell, who ostensibly tweeted under the name Raheel Mahrus Ubaydah, hatched a simple scheme. It was similar to the Paris attack on the offices of Charlie Hebdo, but at a key location -- the U.S. Capitol, said a criminal complaint filed by an FBI agent.

The plan: Set off pipe bombs to put lawmakers and employees in panicked flight and then gun them down with an assault rifle as they ran across his path and that of an accomplice, Special Agent T.A. Staderman wrote.

Cornell was ready to go, the agent said.

(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events; US: District of Columbia; US: Maryland; US: Ohio; US: Virginia; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: christophercornell; cornell; domesticterrorism; fbi; foiled; homegrownjihadist; isis; islam; islamicterrorism; jihad; jihadinamerica; raheelmahrusubaydah; traitor; ubaydah
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1 posted on 01/15/2015 10:36:43 AM PST by Jim Robinson
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Christopher Lee Cornell - traitor

2 posted on 01/15/2015 10:38:07 AM PST by Jim Robinson (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God!!)
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Aw, now, does that look like the face of a lunatic Muslim terrorist murderer?

Oh. Actually, yes.

3 posted on 01/15/2015 10:40:01 AM PST by Billthedrill
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I’m confused. I thought his preferred name was Raheel Mahrus Ubaydah. Aren’t the media being disrespectful? It’s like calling Muhammad Ali “Cassius Clay.”


4 posted on 01/15/2015 10:41:15 AM PST by Genoa (Starve the beast.)
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Targeting Conservatives only?? /s


5 posted on 01/15/2015 10:41:50 AM PST by lysie
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I'm not normally inclined to take jabs at someone's appearance...

But this dude looks like something is seriously wrong with him. Whatever is going on with that extra eyebrow growing over his nose makes him look deranged.

6 posted on 01/15/2015 10:43:16 AM PST by TontoKowalski
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... and he liked kitty cats. Couldn’t be the right guy.


7 posted on 01/15/2015 10:43:46 AM PST by ThePatriotsFlag ($$$$$ Don't Defund the Government...Defund Obama and his illegal policies $$$$$)
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I wonder if the FBI coerced him to grow the jihadist beard?


8 posted on 01/15/2015 10:44:25 AM PST by Gumdrop
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Former prison inmate?


9 posted on 01/15/2015 10:44:32 AM PST by Baladas
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The parents are claiming that he was “set up” by the FBI.


10 posted on 01/15/2015 10:44:39 AM PST by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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Whatever is going on with that extra eyebrow growing over his nose makes him look deranged.

LOL

11 posted on 01/15/2015 10:45:56 AM PST by lysie
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Virgin nerd loser craving his 72 virgins.


12 posted on 01/15/2015 10:45:56 AM PST by elcid1970 ("I am a radicalized infidel.")
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Let me see if I understand this right.. A guy dresses as a woman, they call him ‘she’. They’ll refer to media stars by whatever stage name they want. But they suddenly go by legal name when referring to an Islamic terrorist?

By today’s standards, isn’t this a PC crime in itself?

Oh, right, his Islamic name and intention to commit Islamic terrorism goes against their agenda of showing a whacked out white guy.


13 posted on 01/15/2015 10:48:27 AM PST by kingu (Everything starts with slashing the size and scope of the federal government.)
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Targeting Conservatives only?? /s

Of course not! If that was the case, they would have let his plot go forward!
14 posted on 01/15/2015 10:49:02 AM PST by notdownwidems (Washington DC has become the enemy of free people everywhere)
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There’s a certain irony in a mohammedan terrorist being named “Christopher”.


15 posted on 01/15/2015 10:49:03 AM PST by NorthMountain (No longer TEA Party ... I'm the TAF Party)
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He’s got them jihadi “Crazy Eyes”


16 posted on 01/15/2015 10:49:41 AM PST by GraceG (Protect the Border from Illegal Aliens, Don't Protect Illegal Alien Boarders...)
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Authorities said he left alarming posts on social media, talking about violent jihad.

Well, to be fair, I've probably left what would be considered 'alarming posts on social media' (here) about 'violent jihad' needed to be taken on Washington, DC. Not using those terms, of course, but something along the lines of a real revolution being needed to replace the current lot of power grabbing government 'leaders', with a limited government that actually follows the U.S. Constitution.
But then I remember we get the government we deserve, and God is in charge. And also that I'm not supposed to talk bad about our leaders ... So we're all good.
But I'm sure some of my former posts would be considered 'alarming'. Hopefully they have something more solid for arresting Jihad Johnny here.

17 posted on 01/15/2015 10:50:34 AM PST by El Cid (Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house...)
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I couldn’t believe the state of denial by the parents this morning on the news. I mean look at the kid! Does he look normal to you? Does not look normal to me! But the parents thought he was normal! We are in so deep....


18 posted on 01/15/2015 10:53:08 AM PST by defconw (If not now, WHEN?)
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The father claimed he never went out of the house, but I understand he was arrested at a shooting range.


19 posted on 01/15/2015 10:53:10 AM PST by Deo volente (God willing, America shall survive this Obamanation.)
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The parents are claiming that he was “set up” by the FBI.

Not to excuse this guy but it does seem that the only domestic terrorists the gov't catches are the ones they manufacture.

20 posted on 01/15/2015 10:53:34 AM PST by Paine in the Neck (Socialism consumes EVERYTHING)
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