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Suspect in Oregon Bomb Plot Is Called Confused [Mohamed Osman Mohamud]
NY Times ^ | 11/28/10 | JESSE McKINLEY and WILLIAM YARDLEY

Posted on 11/28/2010 6:04:19 PM PST by BunnySlippers

Mr. Khan and Mr. Day said several people who worship at the mosque said the FBI had knocked on their doors late at night on the day of Mr. Mohamud’s arrest, but that none agreed to speak to agents.

“People were finding cards in the doors that said FBI,” Mr. Day said.

The mosque, the largest in Portland, has been the center of controversy before. In 2002, the mosque’s imam, Sheik Mohamed Abdirahman Kariye, who — like Mr. Mohamud — is a naturalized American citizen from Somalia, was arrested at Portland International Airport.

Prosecutors subsequently said that trace elements of TNT were found in his luggage, though those tests were later said to be inconclusive and he was not convicted of any crime.

Mr. Kariye did not immediately respond to a request for comment made through Mr. Day, but Mr. Khan reiterated that Mr. Mohamud’s action were his own.

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Several people who said they knew Mr. Mohamud’s family said that they believed his parents had reported their son to law enforcement authorities, citing concerns that his views were becoming extreme. They declined to be quoted by name.

A law enforcement official, who was not authorized to publicly discuss certain aspects of the case, said investigators first became aware of Mohamud because of his alleged efforts to connect with Islamic extremists through email.

Soon after that they received a tip from someone who knows him, alerting them to what the official described as increased radicalization. According to the federal affidavit for his arrest, Mr. Mohamud at one point told undercover agents he had been “betrayed” by his family.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: jihad; portland; somalia; waronterror
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To: blam
I need to work harder to understand this troubled/confused young man.

Nah. WE need to work harder to convince the powers that be that when you catch a terrorist, YOU SHOOT HIM IN THE F$$$$$$ HEAD!

21 posted on 11/28/2010 6:26:29 PM PST by bigheadfred (mind like a steel trap---rusted shut...)
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To: BunnySlippers

First choice: Revoke his citizenship and then hang him.
Second choice: Hang him and then revoke his citizenship.
Either choice is acceptable to me.


22 posted on 11/28/2010 6:26:59 PM PST by chuckee
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To: All

Remember yall,
Under the new Obamacare you are a child until you are 27


23 posted on 11/28/2010 6:27:35 PM PST by mylife (Opinions ~ $1 Half Baked ~ 50c)
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To: JimSEA
Already, here in Oregon, the big stories are the mosque fire and islamophobia. Also, entrapment has been raised as a defense.

Right on schedule. Libtards have a death wish... for everybody else, because they just know that when the bomb does blast near them that they will be safe. I think a diet low in trans fat combined with multiple Starbuck drinks a day has rotted their brain.
24 posted on 11/28/2010 6:29:20 PM PST by crazyhorse691 (Now that the libs are in power dissent is not only unpatriotic, but, it is also racist.)
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To: LibWhacker
He was crystal clear on what he wanted to do and why.

One of the investigators said that it was made clear, repeatedly, that a large number of the people killed would be women and children. Repeatedly. He was all for it.

25 posted on 11/28/2010 6:32:02 PM PST by bigheadfred (mind like a steel trap---rusted shut...)
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To: CJ Wolf; aragorn; houeto; Quix; B4Ranch; Whenifhow; Silentgypsy; Lurker; BenKenobi; ...
Insanity Plea Wave ping.

"Insanity Wave" ping.

Ping list scanning the increase of insane murder and suicide statements and events, and mental meltdowns.

FReepmail me if you want on or off The Comedian's "Insanity Wave" ping list...


Frowning takes 68 muscles.
Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
I'm lazy.

26 posted on 11/28/2010 6:32:32 PM PST by The Comedian (Government: Saving people from freedom since time immemorial.)
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To: rdcbn
(e) was a victim of racism


Frowning takes 68 muscles.
Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
I'm lazy.

27 posted on 11/28/2010 6:37:36 PM PST by The Comedian (Government: Saving people from freedom since time immemorial.)
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To: chuckee

I don’t begrudge anyone a shot at bettering themselves, but why? why? why? are we putting nomadic islamist’s who are uneducated at the front of the line?

I believe only 4% of Somalians have certified skills.
We have 10% unemployment and we put these folks to the front of the line?

It’s crazy.


28 posted on 11/28/2010 6:37:42 PM PST by mylife (Opinions ~ $1 Half Baked ~ 50c)
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To: The Comedian

SHORT ROPE AND A LONG DROP SOLVES CONFUSION!
Film at eleven!!!!!!


29 posted on 11/28/2010 6:38:37 PM PST by 9422WMR (Illegal is not a race)
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To: bigheadfred

Which is why it gets my goat that some claim “entrapment”. He pushed the button, called the number ...


30 posted on 11/28/2010 6:38:37 PM PST by BunnySlippers (I love BULL MARKETS . . .)
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To: BunnySlippers

and so the defense of this piece of s*it begins! sarcasm on!


32 posted on 11/28/2010 6:41:31 PM PST by NY Attitude (Make love not war but be prepared for either.)
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To: mylife
You did this as an adult despite all that YOU WERE TAUGHT. The decision was his alone.

That is pretty much how most folks on this forum were raised. Personally, I knew without doubt to NOT call home if I got my tail in a crack.

33 posted on 11/28/2010 6:42:15 PM PST by Islander7 (If you want to anger conservatives, lie to them. If you want to anger liberals, tell them the truth.)
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To: Islander7

This was a good kid.
He got snagged on a technicality, because he was white.

Still. He was fooling with the wrong crowd and he has to do the time.


34 posted on 11/28/2010 6:46:45 PM PST by mylife (Opinions ~ $1 Half Baked ~ 50c)
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To: BunnySlippers
Well, almost by definition if one subscribes to the islamic 'religion' (so-called) they are "confused".

They are trying to spend their lives 'honoring' a god who supposedly delights in murder; degradation of women; pathological hatred of Jews; and mayhem...
Now exactly why would anyone worship a 'god' of this nature?
Must be pretty confusing.

35 posted on 11/28/2010 6:55:54 PM PST by El Cid (Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house...)
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To: mylife
Ore. fire raises Muslims' fears of attack backlash

Well, tough hop...
36 posted on 11/28/2010 6:57:09 PM PST by ButThreeLeftsDo (FreeRepublic......Monthly Donors Welcome.)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

Oh noes! a hate crime?


37 posted on 11/28/2010 7:02:06 PM PST by mylife (Opinions ~ $1 Half Baked ~ 50c)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo
The fire at the Salman Al-Farisi Islamic Center in Corvallis was reported at 2:15 a.m., and evidence at the scene led authorities to believe it was set intentionally,

Really? What a shock!

Authorities don't know who started the blaze or why, but they believe the center was targeted because Mohamud occasionally worshipped there.

Sharp as tacks in Corvalis aint they?

38 posted on 11/28/2010 7:08:07 PM PST by mylife (Opinions ~ $1 Half Baked ~ 50c)
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To: The Comedian

Now he knows how the so called “right wing milita” people who were set up a while back feel.

Al this was was just the feds evening the scales while endevoring to keep the sheep pacified and distract the focus from the TSA.

Don’t fall for their tactics.


39 posted on 11/28/2010 7:24:53 PM PST by sport
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To: BunnySlippers

He’s not confused at all - doing exactly what he was taught from the cradle on.


40 posted on 11/28/2010 7:34:31 PM PST by Let's Roll (Stop ACORN destroying America! Cut off their federal funding!)
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