Defense Attorney Says Teenager Accused in Bomb Plot "Immature"

Chicago Sun Times ^ | September 17, 2012 | Kim Janssen

[PBRCat]

During a brief appearance Monday, a boyish-faced Daoud wore leg shackles, an orange jumpsuit and a scruffy, unkempt beard and Afro-style hair.

He’s accused of trying to blow up a bar and liquor store using a car bomb placed in the back of a Jeep Grand Cherokee Friday night.

Though federal authorities haven’t identified the bar, the co-owner of Cal’s at 400 S. Wells, Mike Feirstein said Sunday that he believes his family’s bar was the target.

A federal complaint alleges (Abel)Daoud pressed a “detonator” that he believed would explode the car bomb, killing dozens. Daoud — who worshipped at the Islamic Foundation in Villa Park — had become radicalized online and wanted to join Al-Qaida, authorities allege. He allegedly picked the bar as a target because it was busy and served alcohol, which is against Muslim beliefs.

During the court hearing on Monday, Daoud’s attorney, Thomas Durkin, alleged that Daoud was being held in solitary confinement at the Metropolitan Correctional Center simply because he allegedly holds radical Islamic views, a move he complained was unconstitutional.

[Molon Labbie]

I bet the attorney would have changed his tune if Duuh-ood had targeted his firm instead...

[ridesthemiles]

A moderate Muslim is only a Muslim that hasn’t yet learned how to build a bomb.