Posted on 07/29/2015 3:37:43 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
A man described by the FBI as an Islamic State sympathizer who hoped to mount attacks on U.S. soil was charged Tuesday with plotting to detonate a nail-filled backpack bomb on a Florida beach.
It's the latest in a string of arrests targeting potential ISIS-related plots in the U.S. Earlier this month, the FBI touted its work in disrupting numerous such plans in places like the New York City area and Boston.
A criminal complaint unsealed Tuesday charges 23-year-old Harlem Suarez of Key West with attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction in the U.S. If convicted, he could face a maximum punishment of life in prison.
Authorities say Suarez came to the FBI's attention through his Facebook posts praising the Islamic State group and containing extremist rhetoric. A tip led them to Suarez's page where he was posting under the name "Almlak Benitez," according to The Miami Herald.
In April, Suarez allegedly posted, "Be a warrior, learn how to cut your enemies head and then burn down the body learn how to be the new future of the world Caliphate" — a reference the Islamic State's goal of building a regional fundamentalist entity.
The FBI says he later added a request "from any brother. How to make a bomb send me a video or something, what do I need to make it."
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Boy, decisions decisions...
If convicted do we stand him in front of an open ditch and shoot him, or do we simply cut his head off and serve it to local hogs?
So I guess FB is good for something after all.
Harlem Suarez ... must be Swedish.
Some form of anabaptist.....like Amish or Hutterites.
RE: If convicted do we stand him in front of an open ditch and shoot him, or do we simply cut his head off and serve it to local hogs?
Obama has the answer: Send him to the Middle East in exchange for some American hostage (AKA Deserter).
Is this real? Or some brain damaged guy that got fooled into a sting like 90% of the other “plots” the FBI “solves”?
It’s tough to laugh at comments like that anymore. With this president you never know.
He’ll probably give him to Iran for our four hostages, only forget to actually get the four in exchange.
It’s tough to laugh at comments like that anymore. With this president you never know.
He’ll probably give him to Iran for our four hostages, only forget to actually get the four in exchange.
Wouldn’t want to complicate things and all...
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