Posted on 12/16/2020 1:07:56 PM PST by karpov
Federal prosecutors in Manhattan charged a Kenyan man with plotting to stage an attack in the style of Sept. 11 at the direction of al-Shabaab, a terrorist group that serves as al Qaeda’s principal wing in East Africa.
Cholo Abdi Abdullah, 30 years old, traveled to the Philippines in 2016 to train as a pilot and researched how to hijack an aircraft in preparation for crashing a commercial aircraft into a building in the U.S., Manhattan federal prosecutors said. They said he acted at the direction of an unidentified senior al-Shabaab commander who was also responsible for planning a 2019 attack at a Nairobi hotel.
“This chilling callback to the horrific attacks of September 11, 2001, is a stark reminder that terrorist groups like al Shabaab remain committed to killing U.S. citizens and attacking the United States,” acting Manhattan U.S. Attorney Audrey Strauss said in a statement.
Prosecutors charged Mr. Abdullah with providing material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization, conspiring to murder U.S. nationals, conspiring to commit aircraft piracy and other crimes. He faces up to life in prison.
Mr. Abdullah was arrested in the Philippines on local charges in July 2019 and transferred to U.S. law enforcement Tuesday.
He pleaded not guilty Wednesday in federal court in Manhattan.
A lawyer for Mr. Abdullah declined to comment.
From 2017 to 2019, Mr. Abdullah trained as a pilot at a flight school in the Philippines, ultimately completing the tests needed to obtain his license, according to an indictment unsealed Wednesday.
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Just another muslim following the koran.
“al Shabaab”
Life could be a dream
Life could be a dream
Do-roo-do-do, sh-boom
Life could be a dream
Sh-boom, if I could take you to a paradise up above
If you will tell me I’m the only one that you love
Life could be a dream, sweetheart, hello, hello again
Sh-boom and hopin’ we’ll meet again, boom
They’re baaaaaaaaack.
Was his name Barry?
It was going to be a mostly-peaceful attack.
Can’t bestselling author B. Hussein Obama puts his relatives in Kenya on the case? In his home town over there.
Put their boots on the ground. Here are some bio listings....
Abon’go Malik “Roy” Obama (born March 1958) is a Kenyan-American businessman and politician known for being the older half-brother of Barack Obama.
Barack Obama’s half-brother rips ‘cold and ruthless’ .....
https://nypost.com/2020/08/01/barack-obamas-half...
Aug 01, 2020 · The book, “Big Bad Brother From Kenya,” a self-published memoir.....
Barack Obama - Brothers
George Obama
Born 1982
David Ndesandjo
1967 - 1987
Abo Obama
Born 1968
Malik Abongo Obama
Born 1958
Mark Okoth Obama Ndesandjo
Born 1965
Bernard Obama
Born 1970
[It was going to be a mostly-peaceful attack.]
Some people did something mostly-peaceful.
99.99999999% of Muslims give the rest a bad name.
He was a pretty cool guy, I wasn't concerned about Sudden Jihad Syndrome with him, but that just gives y'all an idea of what's going on.
This 'Kenyan man' in the article, I bet he's not really from Kenya.
Stopped him from flying into The New York Times ?
Al-Shabaab is as bad as they come. They are a hard core Al Queda offshoot that has become a operationally and tactically sophisticated guerrilla organization that is well on its way to fielding an actual army. They effectively control large chunks of southern Somalia and have planned and successfully conducted combined arms attacks against Somali, U.S, and African Union positions in Somalia and Kenya.
It is not surprising that they are branching out to lone wolf attackers. It’s a cheap and effective way to strike at us, with almost no investment aside from propaganda required and no cost to them if they fail.
Fly it into the UN and we’ll pin a medal on
his chest.
One of Obama’s cousins going all Mau Mau on the U.S..
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