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Man accused of trying to sell bomb to terrorists
http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/news/052305_APlocal_terroralert.html
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Grecula told the source he could buy all the components for the bomb at a welding store. He was educated as a mechanical engineer and experiments with alternative fuels and energy, according to the criminal complaint.
During the Friday meeting in Houston with the confidential source and an undercover officer who presented himself as an al-Qaida agent, Grecula said he would be willing to build the bomb in exchange for custody of his two children.
Grecula had previously been arrested in Malta for parental kidnapping. He was imprisoned in Pennsylvania before being released in March 2003.
At one point in the meeting about building the bomb, Grecula compared himself to Spartacus, according to the criminal complaint.
"He formed an army and he fought against Rome. He was tortured in prison, he was beat up, took his family, killed his friends, etc.," Grecula said during the meeting videotaped by authorities. "So, you could say in a way I am like a Spartacus. ... So, that's it, I have no loyalty to America."
The undercover FBI agent pretending to be an al-Qaida operative asked Grecula if he had a problem with his terrorist group killing "a bunch of Americans."
"I can stand it," Grecula replied.
THANKS Velveeta for your posts and thanks to Myrddin for a ping to the link below:
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This is an interesting UNCONFIRMED (COULD-BE-A-HOAX-STATUS in my opinion) link I will put here on TM in case any news of interest does pop up regarding this:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1408895/posts
From post 3334.
Any idea what they mean by this?
>>>He was educated as a mechanical engineer and experiments with alternative fuels and energy<<<
I love it when a good plan doesn't come together ;)
Article snippet from post no. 3334:
"At one point in the meeting about building the bomb, Grecula compared himself to Spartacus, according to the criminal complaint."
Welding stores stock cylinders of oxygen, acetylene and MAP gas. The cylinders offer not only fuel and oxidizer, but also a casing that can fragment.