Man Arrested in Recruiting Center Bomb Plot

sabra

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Wed Dec-08-10 03:02 PM
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Man Arrested in Recruiting Center Bomb Plot

Source: CBS News/AP

21-Year-Old Given Phony Bomb, Arrested Trying to Detonate it in the Baltimore Area

(CBS/ AP) A Baltimore man faces charges of attempted murder and attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction after authorities say he tried to detonate what he thought was a bomb at a military recruitment center near Baltimore.

Court documents filed Wednesday say Antonio Martinez, also known as Muhammad Hussain, told an FBI source in October that he was seeking to attack and kill military personnel.

In conversations through his Facebook account, Martinez allegedly told the source that all he thinks about is jihad.

The documents say Martinez talked with the source about shooting people inside the center and burning the building. He was introduced to an FBI agent who along with the source provided him with a phony bomb in a van.

Sources tell CBS News that the man is a U.S. citizen and a convert to Islam.

The source told CBS News that he had been "mouthing off" to friends and "wanted to retaliate against the military for the wars," and when others heard about it, "they wanted nothing to do with it."

Read more: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/12/08/national/main7130061.shtml?tag=stack

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MrCoffee

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Wed Dec-08-10 03:05 PM
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1. They busted him with Facebook?

Dumbass. They should lock this moron up just for being stupid.

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johnnyplankton

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Wed Dec-08-10 05:05 PM
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2. You'd be surprised how many criminals brag on Facebook

My friend is a court officer and he says that murder cases are
solved all the time by perps bragging on Facebook. One guy was
posing with the murder weapon.

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Dr. Strange

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Wed Dec-08-10 05:28 PM
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4. Stop with the excuses already.

Get your ass on Facebook now!

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PSPS

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Wed Dec-08-10 05:24 PM
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3. Gee, the FBI "saved" us from another FBI-created plot.

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slackmaster

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Wed Dec-08-10 05:33 PM
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6. I'm glad the FBI intercepted and neutralized him

He could have just as easily stumbled on some other psychopath who would have provided him with a working explosive device.

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Wed Dec-08-10 09:40 PM
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7. Bingo - you nailed it. The FBI is not out of control but is finding

and stinging those assholes who are.

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slackmaster

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Wed Dec-08-10 05:29 PM
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5. SUCKER!

:rofl:

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