Posted on 12/08/2006 9:03:25 AM PST by janetjanet998
Edited on 12/08/2006 11:03:36 AM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]
A 22-year-old Rockford man has been charged with plotting to set off hand grenades in an alleged terror attack at a popular Rockford mall during the busy holiday season, federal authorities announced today.
Derrick Shareef, of Rockford, has been charged with attempting to maliciously damage and destroy a building and to use a weapon of mass destruction against persons or property in the U.S., federal authorities said.
According to an FBI affidavit, Shareef met with an undercover federal agent in a Rockford area parking lot to trade stereo speakers for a handgun and four hand grenades that he intended to use at the CherryVale shopping mall at 7200 Harrison Ave., just off the junction of Interstate Highways 90 and 39 in the city.
The mall, with about 130 retail stores, was one of several potential targets, which also included courthouses, city hall and several government buildings, the complaint alleges. Sources said there was no imminent threat from the attack, describing it as more of a hopeful plan.
Shareef also allegedly told an acquaintance who actually was cooperating with the FBI that he wanted to commit acts of "violent jihad" against civilians.
Shareef told an undercover informant that he wanted to attack a courthouse in DeKalb County and "smoke a judge," according to the complaint.
"[T]he courthouse in DeKalb where I be going every month …You go in there and you clock the first three [guards] at the door that they got, and you up in there, you know what I'm saying…I just want to smoke a judge," the complaint quoted Shareef as saying.
The informant then asked Shareef when he wanted to stage the attack.
"What do you think? I like the holiday season," the complaint quotes him as saying.
Cool. It's getting harder for the MSM to redact the facts, but you still have to watch.
A "lone wolf" linked to AQ...what nimrod writes these things?
Well it's good that they released the shopping mall...and not the lone wolf...LOL
"Da Yutes."
The US Attorney's office and the FBI are expected to release a statement soon. The fact that they are involved at this stage should tell you something.
All Milwaukee is good for is dumping their trash in Lake Michigan, making it impossible for me to go to the beach and swin..
"That would be a "Lone dog" terrorist..."
Such disparagements against dogs. At least they are loyal. ;-)
Those fans will do anything to get Grossman pulled...
(go Gators)
What religion was he? Mormon, Mehodist?, one of those "M" religons?
Here in the NW suburbs of Chicago, we do not consider Rockford to be part of the greater metropolitan area, but it does have a decaying rustbelt feel to it. (No offense intended to Rockfordians).
That's only because Chicago denies that anything in Illinois exists outside of Chicago
I'll guess Mennonite.
Expect the NY Times to call for the Al Qaeda operative's release because his privacy rights were violated by the FBI wiretaps.
Be interesting to see how they caught him....wiretapping, patriot act used???? hmmmm, democrats "what say you"
So, just to clarify, they didn't just now catch the guy, right? They just released the information today?
You guys return the favor by sending us your smog. And for the record, we don't dump trash. We dump human waste. :)
Maybe it's the Amish. They have no use for shopping malls anyway. Hmmmmmm.
Certainly not if they're calling it "terrorism".
hahahhaha, I guess it all evens out then...
That's what I typed at first but I figured I'd stick with the M religions. LOL!
A cell usually consists of 3 people.
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