Posted on 10/29/2010 2:15:10 AM PDT by Scanian
The arrest Wednesday of a Virginia man who thought he was aiding an Al Qaeda attack on the Washington, D.C., transit system is further proof that "radical jihadists" are inside the United States, and it's a reminder to cities around the country that ground transportation is still a "highly attractive" target for terrorists, according to a New York Police Department threat assessment obtained by Fox News.
Federal prosecutors have charged 34-year-old Farooque Ahmed, a naturalized U.S. citizen from Pakistan, with providing material support to terrorists and collecting information for a terrorist attack. Over six months, Ahmed videotaped and scouted several sites for a 2011 attack, meeting at Washington-area hotels with individuals "he believed to be member of Al Qaeda" to hand off the materials he gathered, according to an indictment.
"The successful arrest of Farooque Ahmed may very well have thwarted devastating terrorist attacks which could have killed civilians as well as caused infrastructure and economic damage," said the NYPD assessment, drafted by the department's Counterterrorism Bureau Terrorism Threat Analysis Group. "While large scale terrorist attacks like September 11th remain a top priority for Al Qaeda's central leadership, the threat posed by homegrown extremists, acting on their own within the U.S. is a serious concern."
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No s**t, Sherlock. One sits in the Oval Office.
You think Obama is a radical jihadist?
Well .. DUH!?
No, I just think he’s a guy who couldn’t manage a three car funeral.
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