Alchemist Posted October 18, 2012 Posted October 18, 2012 Federal authorities arrested a Bangladeshi national Wednesday morning for allegedly plotting to blow up a Federal Reserve Bank in New York City's lower Manhattan, mere blocks away from the site of the terrorist attack of Sept. 11, 2001. The bank is one of 12 branches around the country. The 21-year-old suspect, Quazi Mohammad Rezwanul Ahsan Nafis, attempted to detonate what he thought was a 1,000-pound bomb in front of the Fed building on Liberty Street, but the device was a fake supplied to him by undercover FBI agents who had been tracking his activity, the FBI's Joint Terrorism Task Force said Wednesday afternoon. The supposed explosives posed no threat to the public, the FBI said. A criminal complaint accuses Nafis of having overseas connections to Al Qaeda and travelling to the U.S. in January to recruit individuals to form a terrorist cell and conduct an attack on American soil. He came under the guise of going to school in Missouri on a student visa. One of Nafis' potential recruits was an FBI source, who alerted authorities, the FBI said. A federal law enforcement official told Fox News that there was no evidence Nafis was directed by Al Qaeda to carry out this attack, though he appears to have thought he was working for the terrorist group. At one point, according to criminal complaint, Nafis told undercover agents: "I don't want something that's like, small. I just want something big. Something very big ... that will shake the whole country, that will make America, not one step ahead, change of policy, and make one step ahead, for the Muslims ... that will make us one step closer to run the whole world." A U.S. official told Fox News that President Obama was Nafis' first target, but the criminal complaint only refers to "a high-ranking official." The complaint also mentions the New York Stock Exchange as a proposed target. The FBI cites a written statement obtained from Nafis in which he said he wanted to "destroy America" and determined that the best way to achieve that goal was to target the economy. He also referenced quotes from "our beloved Sheikh Osama bin Laden." Nafis appeared in federal court in Brooklyn to face charges of attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction and attempting to provide material support to Al Qaeda. Wearing a brown T-shirt and black jeans, he was ordered held without bail and did not enter a plea. His defense attorney had no comment outside court. "Attempting to destroy a landmark building and kill or maim untold numbers of innocent bystanders is about as serious as the imagination can conjure," FBI Acting Assistant Director-in-Charge Galligan said. "The defendant faces appropriately severe consequences." NYPD Commissioner Raymond Kelly noted that there have been 15 terrorist plots targeting the city since the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. "Al Qaeda operatives and those they have inspired have tried time and again to make New York City their killing field," Kelly said. "After 11 years without a successful attack, it's understandable if the public becomes complacent. But that's a luxury law enforcement can't afford." I thought TIGER=DON was a good dude !! :cantstop:
gangnam style Posted October 18, 2012 Posted October 18, 2012 the FBI are such islamophobes, won't even let him practice his peaceful religion in peace.
Tiger-Don Posted October 18, 2012 Posted October 18, 2012 @alchemist, uhm dude.., i live in florida. :p Putting aside the shameful act, it kind of made me chuckle how he went after a financial institution, as if the US isn't already knee deep in **** financially.
Alchemist Posted October 18, 2012 Author Posted October 18, 2012 @alchemist, uhm dude.., i live in florida. :p Putting aside the shameful act, it kind of made me chuckle how he went after a financial institution, as if the US isn't already knee deep in **** financially. I thought you already moved to NY man.
Tiger-Don Posted October 18, 2012 Posted October 18, 2012 I thought you already moved to NY man. Gonna move in June B->
vvvslaxman Posted October 18, 2012 Posted October 18, 2012 setting up a plot on facebook.. are these guys sure he is not mentally ill or something :cantstop:
Tiger-Don Posted October 18, 2012 Posted October 18, 2012 It takes only one $^%$ to ruin the image of a whole nation. This news is already all over new york and its gonna be all over US soon...
Texy Posted October 18, 2012 Posted October 18, 2012 May be he was protesting shortage of eliish maach :hmmm:
Prakat Posted October 18, 2012 Posted October 18, 2012 Pfshhh, it takes a Pakistani to finish the job properly.
Texy Posted October 18, 2012 Posted October 18, 2012 Good luck Bangladeshis in getting an US student visa next time. This bokach.oda just screwed u 4 life.
ganeshran Posted October 18, 2012 Posted October 18, 2012 These sort of aggressive counter terrorist operations are the reason why US hasnt had any major terrorist attacks in the last 11 years. There are so many undercover FBI agents posing as terrorist sympathizers that the real bad guys are not sure whom to trust. IB would do well to take a leaf out of the FBI's book and take the fight to the terrorists in addition to using the traditional surveillance.
Crookbond Posted October 18, 2012 Posted October 18, 2012 "Al Qaeda operatives and those they have inspired have tried time and again to make New York City their killing field," Kelly said. "After 11 years without a successful attack, it's understandable if the public becomes complacent. But that's a luxury law enforcement can't afford." :hatsoff:
Alchemist Posted October 18, 2012 Author Posted October 18, 2012 These sort of aggressive counter terrorist operations are the reason why US hasnt had any major terrorist attacks in the last 11 years. There are so many undercover FBI agents posing as terrorist sympathizers that the real bad guys are not sure whom to trust. IB would do well to take a leaf out of the FBI's book and take the fight to the terrorists in addition to using the traditional surveillance. There are no Green Brigades in US to cry foul. Forget India, we have our own green brigade on ICF who will oppose such kind of actions under the pretext of only 1 % and only 5 % crap.
rageaddict Posted October 18, 2012 Posted October 18, 2012 Wow , a Bongoli terrorist . Kudos to him , after all why must Bongolis always lag behind the Punjabis and Pathans in department of terrorism .
ravishingravi Posted October 18, 2012 Posted October 18, 2012 Good luck Bangladeshis in getting an US student visa next time. This bokach.oda just screwed u 4 life. Texy bhai, always interested in knowing how WB people perceive Bangladeshis and vice versa. You would imagine there to be lot of animosity post partition, but that is not the case generally. OT yes. Caused major uproar in Bangladesh.
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