Times Square terror suspect Ashiqul Alam ordered held without bail

https://nypost.com/2019/06/07/times-square-terror-suspect-ashiqul-alam-ordered-held-without-bail/ ^ | 6/7/2019 | NYPOST

[lescrane]

The terror suspect accused of plotting to shoot up Times Square was ordered held without bail during a court appearance on Friday.

Ashiqul Alam, 22, was charged with knowingly receiving two firearms with obliterated serial numbers in Brooklyn federal court, where prosecutors said the wannabe terrorist received Lasik surgery to “shoot more accurately.”

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Prosecutor David Kessler said Alam had “taken specific steps to plan an attack,” including “research on Times Square and firearms, explosives.”

The suspect also “got Lasik surgery to be able to shoot more accurately,” Kessler said.

Alam, from Jackson Heights, Queens, received the surgery in April and claimed he didn’t want his eyeglasses to create a debacle during the terror strike — leading him to be dubbed the “Looney Tunes Terrorist” or “Blind Terrorist.”

[lescrane]

Just another man from Jackson Heights. Hmmm. Not a lot of coverage here is there??? Nothing, even in the NYP about the guy's background. His mother "cried into her headdress". Must be Native American, right?? Do the Amish women wear headdresses??? Nothing to see here folks, nothing at all

[CivilWarBrewing]

How come the Feds never catch the crazy white guys BEFORE they commit their mass shootings?

Tin foil hat time.

[frank ballenger]

Hope the mooselimb goes to prison and his cellmate plays the Who on singing “I Can See For Miles.”

“Turn that thing off, man. I can’t stand it.”

[the OlLine Rebel]

Yes, I’d like to see more reporting on this.

[knarf]

What ... he had them delivered to the court ?

Public school news hack.

[Repeal The 17th]

“There’s a hold-up in the Bronx,
Brooklyn’s broken out in fights,
There’s a traffic jam in Harlem,
That’s backed up to Jackson Heights.”

[Long Jon No Silver]

Just a spur of the moment terrorist thing. Lone wolf. Whitey to blame

[glenduh]

Supposedly a greencard holder from Bangladesh.

“He is respectful, quiet. The family is Muslim,” said Shamsi Ara, 46, who lives next door to Alam...”

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/07/nyregion/times-square-plot-attack.html

https://nypost.com/2019/06/07/queens-residents-shocked-quiet-neighbor-charged-times-square-terror-plot/

[philetus]

So I guess it’s illegal to receive firearms with obliterated serial numbers in Brooklyn federal court?