Posted on 08/30/2019 7:36:55 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Yes, ISIS doesn’t hold large swaths of territory. Yes, we’ve pummeled them into the ground under the Trump administration. We can take a victory lap over that, but this war is far from over. This is the long war, our long war against radical Islamic terrorism. It’s fought on many fronts. It’s fought in the streets, on the Internet, and even in our backyard. In New York City, a nineteen-year-old suspect has been arrested for plotting a terror attack for ISIS. He was caught after texting undercover federal agents (via NBC News):
FBI agents on Thursday arrested a 19-year-old New York City man who had been texting an undercover federal agent about his alleged plans to carry out an attack in the name of the terror group ISIS, according to multiple senior law enforcement officials.
The suspect, who lives in the borough of Queens, is expected to face charges of material support of terrorism on Friday.
In text messages with the undercover agent, the suspect allegedly claimed he wanted to perpetrate a knife attack in Queens. He also posted in an online chatroom about plans to commit an attack, according to a senior law enforcement official briefed on the investigation.
The suspect, who has not yet been publicly identified, allegedly ordered a knife via the undercover agent. When he went to pick up the knife, he was arrested by law enforcement, the senior law enforcement official said.
This isn’t the first time we’ve had ISIS trying to start something over here. In 2015, a pizza parlor owner in Rochester, NY admitted to being part of a recruiting scheme for the terrorist organization (via The Hill):
The man, 31-year-old Mufid Elfgeeh, used the Internet to find potential supporters of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), send them propaganda and support their efforts to join the extremist group in Syria, officials alleged.
To spread his message, Elfgeeh used a combination of three Twitter accounts, 23 Facebook accounts and one WhatsApp account, which he used to seek out funding and support radical fighters, according to details in his plea agreement.
From late 2013 to early 2014, Elfgeeh. a naturalized U.S. citizen from Yemen, began communicating with two people who appeared willing to travel to Syria and join the jihadist fight.
In 2016, Omar Mateen shot and killed over 40 people at Pulse, a gay nightclub, in Orlando, Florida. Mateen reportedly did this in the name of ISIS and to avenge the bombing campaign that the U.S. was conducting against its forces in the region.
One would imagine that a person searching for a way to contact ISIS members or try to join would be on the FBI list of dangerous folks right away just but the words they use in their searches.
But then one would think comey would be spending 5 years behind bars by now.
Pretty tough to totally obliterate an enemy that one cannot name publicly.
Soon: Longhorn Steakhouse will serve your dinner order with little plastic knives only. If you try carrying a metal knife you will go out in handcuffs.
...allegedly ordered a knife via the undercover agent.
It’s a never ending war, because we keep trying to coexist with a group that does not want to coexist. Very foolish that we do not recognize & acknowledge this fact.
Islamic terrorism will be with us until there is no more Islam.
You cannot separate jihad from Islam.
Islam must be eradicated like Nazism.
No I got a knife that could do tremendous damage.
It’s a nice serrated one but I THINK if you wanna get one longer than 4 or 5 inches...I dont know.
I suspect this war will continue until I shuffle of this mortal coil and well beyond. Ultimately it is a spiritual war and the final victory will only be through Christ.
Williams Sonoma should stop selling kitchen knives now.
How much planning goes into a slashing spree?
When’s the “Key to the City” ceremony for the youngster?
I'm guessing the unidentified perp is not named John or Christian or Joseph...
So, Jihadists are now referred to as ‘Teens’ too.
The word “teen” must be eliminated. It’s based on a peculiarity of the English language. It allows you to put a 13 year old in the same category as a 19 year old. Big difference. The media use it when they want us to feel sympathy for a violent young adult by making us think it’s a young adolescent.
If he’s in New York, he has nothing to worry about. Unless he uses plastic straws or orders 20 ounce soft drinks.
No name. No picture. No other description. A 19 year old is a legal adult not some little 14 year old teenager.
Any given Sat or Sun at the old NY World’s Fairground site when the weather’s nice you would see plenty of Asian kids kicking soccer balls around on the fields. It could be a “target rich” environment for any member of the religion of peace.
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