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San Bernardino Attackers’ Friend Spoke of ‘Sleeper Cells’
NY Times ^ | 11 Dec 2013 | IAN LOVETT, JACK HEALY, MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT and JULIE TURKEWITZDEC

Posted on 12/11/2015 12:47:43 PM PST by amorphous

RIVERSIDE, Calif. - The regulars did not take it seriously when Enrique Marquez mused about terrorism at Morgan's Tavern, a dank dive bar where the bespectacled 24-year-old hauled ice, cleaned bathrooms and checked ID's at the door. After a few drinks, he would just start talking - about his money woes, trying to lose weight, wanting to join the Navy. News reports about terror were just fodder for more bar talk.

"He would say stuff like: 'There's so much going on. There's so many sleeper cells, so many people just waiting. When it happens, it's going to be big. Watch,' " said Nick Rodriguez, a frequent patron who had known Mr. Marquez on and off for the past two years. "We took it as a joke. When you look at the kid and talk to him, no one would take him seriously about that."

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; US: California; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: attackers; california; enriquemarquez; isi; marquez; navy; riverside; sanbernadino; sanbernardino; sleepercells; sleepers; terrorists; usn; usnavy
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To: amorphous

He looks like a middle eastern to me.


41 posted on 12/11/2015 4:28:51 PM PST by VerySadAmerican
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To: amorphous

Any citizen who takes down a muslim BEFORE the muslim kills a lot of people will be prosecuted. And there better be video of the muslim in action.

Deciding when to shoot is going to be a bitch.


42 posted on 12/11/2015 4:33:22 PM PST by VerySadAmerican
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