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Dirty Nuke Plotter a Convicted Double Murderer
NewsMax.com ^
| 6/10/02
| Carl Limbacher and NewsMax.com Staff
Posted on 06/10/2002 9:44:58 PM PDT by kattracks
The dirty nuke bomb plotter whose arrest last month in Chicago was announced on Monday has a rap sheet that included convictions for two murders before he was out of his teens as well as prosecutions for other serious crimes - all before he joined al Qaeda to fight against America.
When he was just 13, Abdullah al Muhajir - aka Jose Padilla - was arrested in 1983 on a robbery charge, reports ABC News.com. He was given probation.
From there Muhajir became a one man crime wave.
By the time cops caught up with him again in 1985, he was charged with and convicted of two counts of murder, aggravated battery, armed robbery, and attempted armed robbery.
Details of the would-be nuke bomber's murders were not immediately available, but the crimes took place when he was a 15-year-old street gang member in Chicago.
After serving time for murder and assault charges, Muhajir moved to Florida, but quickly found himself in trouble again, when he was convicted of aggravated assault with intent to commit a felony and discharging a firearm from a vehicle.
Despite his already lengthy criminal record, he was sentenced to just a year on probation.
A year later al Muhajir was convicted of assaulting a police officer and resisting arrest. He served a jail sentence in Broward County, Fla., jail.
Muhajir dropped his given name Padilla sometime in the early 1990's while in prison, the Justice Department said Monday.
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TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: dirtybombplot; padilla
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posted on
06/10/2002 9:44:58 PM PDT
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kattracks
To: kattracks
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...convicted of two counts of murder, aggravated battery, armed robbery, and attempted armed robbery.how, pray tell, does one get convicted of two counts of murder and still be free to walk among society?
To: holyscroller
Perhaps because it was in Florida and he changed his name?
Maybe he registered as a Democrat?
Didn't Janet Reno and Sheen just request that this perp be allowed to have a gun?
To: holyscroller
He was a poor, pitiful, misguided youth - tried as a juvenile. Let the trash back out on society where he grows up to help plan how to pull mega murder to the 100th degree.
I got so angry tonight listening to some of the pundits talking about how wrong it was of Ashcroft and the Justice Department to arrest this guy and hold him indefinitely because he was a 'citizen' and only 'planning' a dirty bomb - hadn't actually carried it off yet. I don't see him as a 'citizen'. I see him as a traitor and would like for him to be chopped into 269 million pieces, give a piece to all of us so we can take it out back and pee on him.
To: kattracks
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posted on
06/10/2002 9:54:28 PM PDT
by
Woodstock
To: Woodstock
Sorry, the link takes you deeper into the thread, but the question is, "Does this guy look like John Doe #2 from the Oaklahoma City bombing?" The pictures are similar.
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posted on
06/10/2002 9:57:05 PM PDT
by
Woodstock
To: Woodstock
"Does this guy look like John Doe #2 from the Oaklahoma City bombing?" The pictures are similar. HELLO! Yes he does!
To: kattracks
ISLAM -- the religion of criminals.
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posted on
06/10/2002 9:59:31 PM PDT
by
StormEye
To: kattracks
This punk thug is a poster child for why the death penalty must be imposed and execution carried out.
To: Woodstock
Yes he does look like OKC Doe.
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posted on
06/10/2002 10:01:14 PM PDT
by
dalebert
To: Woodstock
"Does this guy look like John Doe #2 from the Oaklahoma City bombing?" The pictures are similar. Yes...you are right....he really does.
Here's new incentive for neglectful or bad parents -- not that I expect them to heed the signs. Not only will youth be be more likely to run amuck if ungoverned, neglected, and abused, now we have al Qaeda trolling for them.
To: StormEye
Dang...you are so bright....and so RIGHT ON!!
To: Woodstock
Well, here's the FBI sketch of the OKC John Doe.
To: Woodstock
Sorry, the link takes you deeper into the thread, but the question is, "Does this guy look like John Doe #2 from the Oaklahoma City bombing?" The pictures are similar. You're right, but this guy seems too unstable to play it cool during preparations for a large terror scheme.
To: kattracks
If a nut job converts to Islam while in prison, he should be denied parole. I'd like to see this guy swinging from a flagpole. Way to go liberal justice system! Two homicides?
To: Isadora Duncan
If you read thru the thread in post 5 you will find out that Terry Nichol's ex-wife in 1995 was named Lana Padilla.
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posted on
06/10/2002 10:09:18 PM PDT
by
ao98
To: ao98
This is getting curiouser and curiouser.
To: ao98
If you read thru the thread in post 5 you will find out that Terry Nichol's ex-wife in 1995 was named Lana Padilla.Wasn't she Filipino? Jose Padillo is Hispanic.
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posted on
06/10/2002 10:14:16 PM PDT
by
nycgal
To: nycgal
Padillo = Padilla
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posted on
06/10/2002 10:15:40 PM PDT
by
nycgal
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