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Man Charged With Shopping Mall Bomb Plot
AP Via Guardian UK ^
| Friday December 8, 2006
| MIKE ROBINSON
Posted on 12/08/2006 10:48:55 AM PST by absalom01
CHICAGO (AP) - A man was arrested Friday by federal agents on charges of planning to set off hand grenades in garbage cans at a shopping mall. Derrick Shareef, 22, of Rockford, was arrested when he met with an undercover agent in a parking lot to trade a set of stereo speakers for four hand grenades and a handgun. Federal officials said he planned to set off four hand grenades in garbage cans at the CherryVale shopping mall in Rockford, about 90 miles northwest of Chicago. He was charged with one count of attempting to damage or destroy a building by fire or explosion and one count of attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction. Federal officials said that in September, Shareef became acquainted with a witness who was cooperating with the FBI and confided to him that he wanted to commit acts of ``violent jihad,'' as well as other crimes.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: abusalamibnshareef; derrickshareef; jihad; mallplot; mallplots; martyrvideo; rop; shareef; shoppingmalls; talibshareef; terror
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posted on
12/08/2006 10:48:58 AM PST
by
absalom01
To: absalom01
So this is the "non-terrorist" reported earlier?
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posted on
12/08/2006 10:50:32 AM PST
by
Ben Mugged
(Always cheat; always win. The only unfair fight is the one you lose.)
To: absalom01
Surprise! He's a Muslim. And all this time I was assuming he was Amish.
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posted on
12/08/2006 10:50:37 AM PST
by
3AngelaD
(ic.)
To: 3AngelaD
He's just Amish with a Muslim sounding name.
To: absalom01
I WANNA KNOW!!!!!: WILL HE BE CHARGED WITH A HATE CRIME???? IT IS PURE UNADULTRATED HATE OF AMERICA THAT MADE HIM WANT TO DO THIS!!!! Oh, wait, he hates America, so it is not hate. That happens all day long in this Republic.
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posted on
12/08/2006 10:53:01 AM PST
by
RetiredArmy
(I don't march to other people's opinion of me or my beliefs. I march to my beliefs and heart.)
To: 3AngelaD
Funny how that worked out. Notice, four counts of handgrenades, one count of WMD - the pistol was a WMD?
6
posted on
12/08/2006 10:53:12 AM PST
by
patton
(Sanctimony frequently reaps its own reward.)
To: absalom01
I expect CAIR to defend the guy, saying that he was profiled as "Bombing while Muslim"...
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posted on
12/08/2006 10:53:17 AM PST
by
kromike
To: 3AngelaD
Shareef isn't an Amish name? I'm shocked.
I also doubt he was "working alone." Other stories have said he had AQ contacts on the internet--what do you want to bet he also had some in the Chicago area?
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posted on
12/08/2006 10:54:06 AM PST
by
MizSterious
(Anonymous sources often means "the voices in my head told me.")
To: Ben Mugged
So this is the "non-terrorist" reported earlier?
Yes. The "non-terrorist" is named Talib Abu Salam Ibn Shareef and he "wanted to commit 'violent jihad'."
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posted on
12/08/2006 10:54:22 AM PST
by
Vision
("As a man thinks...so is he." Proverbs 23:7)
To: absalom01
FYI, Drudge reporting his full name is Talib Abu Salam Ibn Shareef.
10
posted on
12/08/2006 10:54:23 AM PST
by
elc
(Slingin' away)
To: absalom01
I think it's time for a good old fashion rattlesnake round up.
11
posted on
12/08/2006 10:55:13 AM PST
by
bella1
(Support the Minuteman Project.)
To: absalom01
Derrick Shareef.... another practitioner of TROP?
12
posted on
12/08/2006 10:56:06 AM PST
by
theDentist
(Qwerty ergo typo : I type, therefore I misspelll.)
To: absalom01
Shopping mall, huh? I guess...
...Shareef don't like it...
13
posted on
12/08/2006 10:57:50 AM PST
by
Wolfie
To: elc
Huh. Talib Abu Salam Ibn Shareef. What are the odds of that?
14
posted on
12/08/2006 10:58:21 AM PST
by
absalom01
(The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.)
To: absalom01
I wonder how it was that they grabbed his sorry rear end so far before execution. Either he's a poor terrorist, or the FBI has a freaking eagle eye for them now. Or both.
15
posted on
12/08/2006 10:58:55 AM PST
by
domenad
(In all things, in all ways, at all times, let honor guide me.)
To: patton
it is Chicagoland, right?
all guns are WMD's there, right?
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posted on
12/08/2006 10:58:57 AM PST
by
Rakkasan1
((Illegal immigrants are just undocumented friends you haven't met yet!))
To: elc
Talib Abu Salam Ibn Shareef I'm shocked..
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posted on
12/08/2006 11:00:07 AM PST
by
Fawn
(NEVER GO TO 'APPLIANCE KING' IN BOYNTON BEACH, FLORIDA--THEY SCAM YOU!!!)
To: Rakkasan1
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posted on
12/08/2006 11:01:02 AM PST
by
massgopguy
(I owe everything to George Bailey)
To: absalom01
weapon of mass destructionA hand grenade is a "weapon of mass destruction?" I'm not saying that grenades aren't deadly, but a WMD?
Mark
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posted on
12/08/2006 11:02:07 AM PST
by
MarkL
(When Kaylee says "No power in the `verse can stop me," it's cute. When River says it, it's scary!)
To: absalom01
weapon of mass destructionA hand grenade is a "weapon of mass destruction?" I'm not saying that grenades aren't deadly, but a WMD?
Mark
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posted on
12/08/2006 11:02:13 AM PST
by
MarkL
(When Kaylee says "No power in the `verse can stop me," it's cute. When River says it, it's scary!)
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