An Illinois man plotted to set off hand grenades at shopping malls in a holiday season terror campaign that was thwarted by federal investigators. According to an FBI affidavit, Derrick Shareef, 22, told a confidential source that he wanted to "commit violent acts of jihad," and spoke of killing judges and blowing up public buildings. A copy of the affidavit can be found below. Shareef told the snitch that he sought "to disrupt Christmas," adding that, "I swear by Allah man, I'm down for it too, I'm down for the cause, I'm down to live for the cause and die for the cause, man." The document does not further describe the supposed cause of Shareef, who was named today in a federal felony complaint. Shareef is quoted telling the FBI source, "I probably would have eventually ended up stabbing the s*** outta some Jews or something. Just stabbing them n***** with a steak knife.... Because during that war with Hezbollah, man, I had already started to look at synagogues out here..." (11 pages)
MoreIsrael Warns of Al Qaeda Attack on Lebanon Peacekeepers
Friday, December 08, 2006
JERUSALEM — Israel has warned the U.N. force in Lebanon that Al Qaeda is planning an attack on international peacekeepers, Israel TV reported Friday.
The report said Israel had received intelligence that Al Qaeda's deputy chief, Ayman al-Zawahiri, had issued the order to attack the peacekeepers. It did not give details on the source of the information or when the attack might take place........
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