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Two Broward men charged in plot to blow up local armory, utility plants
Miami Herald ^ | 5/17/2002 | Larry Lebowitz

Posted on 05/17/2002 11:49:38 AM PDT by Catspaw

Posted on Fri, May. 17, 2002 story:PUB_DESC

Federal authorities Friday charged two Muslim men from Broward County with plotting an armed jihad that would have included the bombing of several South Florida electrical substations and a National Guard armory.

The purported leader, Imran Mandhai, 19, a student at Broward Community College, has been in U.S. Immigration and Natrualization Service detention since Feb. 13. Mandhai is a Pakistani national living with his parents in Hollywood.

His accomplice, Shueyb Mossa Jokhan, 23, who works at an American Express processing facility in Plantation, was arrested at his Hollywood home without incident this morning by FBI agents.

Jokhan is a naturalized American who was raised in Trinidad and Tobago, which has one of the largest concentrations of Muslims in the Caribbean.

The indictment unsealed this morning alleges Mandhai was seeking funding to acquire AK-47 rifles, night-vision equipment, stun guns, pepper spray, smoke grenades and train for an armed organized ''jihad'' against the United States.

The goverment says Mandhai and Jokhan plotted to bomb Florida Power electric substations in Miami Shores and near Miami International Airport and a National Guard Armory in Hollywood as a precursor to a list of demands they intended to place on the U.S. and other governments around the world.

Mandhai and Jokhan both attended a Broward mosque but the ''jihad'' did not appear to be connected in any way to Osama bin Laden or the al-Quaeda operatives who perpetrated the suicide hijacking missions of Sept. 11.



TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: jihadinamerica; terrorism; terrorwar
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To: Hard Case
I would bet my bottom dollar that you would see radical profiling of Middle Easterners by citizens.

Neither of the men arrested is from the Middle East.

21 posted on 05/17/2002 12:08:12 PM PDT by John H K
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To: Catspaw
Good work -- this story broke a while ago, but it was very vague. Sounds like they have specific info and evidence now -- and we will soon hear the moans of "secret evidence" and "no proof," from the Islamists.

Jokhan is a naturalized American who was raised in Trinidad and Tobago, which has one of the largest concentrations of Muslims in the Caribbean.

There is a large concentration of Trinidadians in South Florida, and this is the first I've heard of Islam on the island -- a reminder that not all terrorists (or terrorist wannabe's) are Arab...the common denominator is Islam.

22 posted on 05/17/2002 12:08:36 PM PDT by browardchad
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To: contessa machiaveli
Kewl screen name .....should'nt that be Princess Machiaveli ?

As to the muslims....I have a real problem telling the good from the bad so the good had better get a handle on the bad fast before they committ such atriocities against America again...... because they won't like my version of fixing the problem at all......

Stay Safe

23 posted on 05/17/2002 12:10:13 PM PDT by Squantos
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To: Squantos
because they won't like my version of fixing the problem at all......

Might that possibly involve crosshairs and turbans? Works for me!

24 posted on 05/17/2002 12:11:56 PM PDT by MarineDad
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To: LouD
I seriously doubt that any attack by these people is purely independent and without guidance/backing from Al Quaeda in some form. Islam is a tightly controlling religion. Independent action is out of character and generally not tolerated.
25 posted on 05/17/2002 12:12:09 PM PDT by TADSLOS
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To: browardchad
I knew a Trinidadian whose grandparents had immigrated from India to Trinidad in the 1950s, apparently, there is a concentration of Bangladeshis and Indians there. He was of Indian/Hindu background.
26 posted on 05/17/2002 12:12:50 PM PDT by tangodown
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To: Squantos
NO! It is two Muslim monsters.
27 posted on 05/17/2002 12:13:26 PM PDT by Donna Lee Nardo
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To: LouD
They were inspired by Islam, just like al Qaeda. Same difference.
28 posted on 05/17/2002 12:14:30 PM PDT by cgk
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To: MarineDad
As a retired EOD troop I did/do my best work without a firearm ...... albeit I don't leave the house without a 1911A1 on me these days , troubled times we live in ya know etc etc ....:o)

Stay Safe !

30 posted on 05/17/2002 12:20:14 PM PDT by Squantos
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To: Hard Case
Pass go.
31 posted on 05/17/2002 12:20:54 PM PDT by meadsjn
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To: Catspaw
Interesting thing here.

Go to this site. Pick "advanced search", on the page that comes up enter "Islamic" in the "keywords" field and then pick a state.

32 posted on 05/17/2002 12:21:05 PM PDT by isthisnickcool
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To: Donna Lee Nardo
Agree 100% ........I think any description we use is too nice for such as these .

Stay Safe !

33 posted on 05/17/2002 12:22:08 PM PDT by Squantos
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To: seamole
Didn't they all live near the Darul Uloom Institute (mosque) in Pembroke Pines?

Imran Mandhai

34 posted on 05/17/2002 12:22:42 PM PDT by angkor
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To: Catspaw
The headline should read "Two Arab Men . . . "

And BRING ON THE F'IN JIHAD ! ! I know a few guys who will Jihad back on their a$$ (myself included).

35 posted on 05/17/2002 12:27:49 PM PDT by MickMan51
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To: Catspaw
Jihad!        Jihad!

Sorry, I just could not help myself.....

36 posted on 05/17/2002 12:30:31 PM PDT by TLI
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To: TADSLOS
I beleive the post said they were "seeking funding" for their armory, so I would doubt that al Quaeda sponsored them. Sadly, what concerns me is that there are many people that truly hate us and our country. And many are our own citizens.
37 posted on 05/17/2002 12:31:03 PM PDT by tall_tex
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To: Catspaw
...Mandhai and Jokhan...

Somehow I knew their names wouldn't be Jack and Bubba...

38 posted on 05/17/2002 12:33:50 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Catspaw
Those same Muslims in Trinidad staged a violent coup attempt in 1990. They are only 7% of the population there. Wake up America!
39 posted on 05/17/2002 12:35:29 PM PDT by sheik yerbouty
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To: cgk
They were inspired by Islam, just like al Qaeda.

That's the bottom line. They are all fighting the same fight - Islam vs. western civilization.

40 posted on 05/17/2002 12:36:57 PM PDT by freeperfromnj
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