Posted on 07/10/2007 11:53:25 AM PDT by smoothsailing
Man accused of trying to help al-Qaida sought US public rebellion
MICHAEL RUBINKAM
The Associated Press
SCRANTON, Pa. - A man charged with trying to help al-Qaida blow up U.S. energy facilities described in chilling detail a plan to target a natural gas refinery and wrote that it would lead to "instant rebellion" by an American public disgusted over the Iraq war...
Michael C. Reynolds, 49, of Wilkes-Barre, is on trial here on federal charges of providing material support to terrorists. He was arrested in December 2005 after he tried to meet a purported al-Qaida contact near a hotel where he was staying in Pocatello, Idaho.
Prosecutors on Tuesday displayed a series of computer messages between Reynolds and the contact, whom he knew from an Internet message board used by adherents of Osama bin Laden. The contact turned out to be a Montana judge who was working for the FBI.
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He wrote in one message that he had selected the Williams natural gas refinery in Opal, Wyo., "the largest refinery in the west," as the first target. He said the refinery should be struck on Dec. 24, 2005, when presumably there would be less security.
"The site has no fences or security to speak of, 3 men would merely walk as they wished there and leave undetected. ... Minimum forces, maximum damage," he wrote, according to transcripts displayed to the jury.
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Reynolds wrote it was an opportune time to strike, citing public disapproval of the Iraq war and President Bush's response to Hurricane Katrina. "The fuel is here ... He'll be roasted on a spit," wrote Reynolds, tacking on a news article that quoted U.S. Rep. John Murtha, D-Pa., as calling for an immediate end to the war............
(Excerpt) Read more at philly.com ...
Just don't you dare question his patriotism! /sarc
(Not the most handsome dude (to put it kindly...) . Divorced dad of three, so he's available. :-D Wonder how his kids feel about what dear ol' dad tried to do?)
Finally. Please please please charge him with full-blown treason and hang him.
Looks like Michael Reynolds could well be an alias. He sure looks a lot more like Ahmed Al Reynola to me.
How true, no doubt. I'd bet a dollar to a donut that if he's a registered voter, he's a registered Democrat.
But his use of a Murtha news article to validate his argument to someone he thought was al-Qaida, is what I'm talking about. I guess he figured Murtha was a good reference. The article mentioned no other news articles he used, no other references he submitted. That's what stood out glaringly when I read this article. The news of this guy is not a breaking story, but it's the first I've heard of his use of Murtha.
but...but...but...
when’s HIS Article 32?
Hopefully right after he loses his shirt in the defamation lawsuit.
I keep offering to bite the buttons off.
Ping.
Well, sweet potato pie and shut my mouth! LOL!
Very good! Looks like the word is getting around.
http://andrightlyso.com/2007/07/11/man-infected-with-moonbatitis-inspired-by-john-murtha/
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