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No Act of Terrorism On U.S. Soil Since Obama Took Office?
Act of Terrorism On U.S. Soil Since Obama Took Office
The list of Islamic terrorist attacks on U.S. soil since Obama took office in January, 2009.
Binghamton, New York — May, 2009
Taliban chief claims responsibility for N.Y. shooting massacre.
Bronx, New York — May, 2009
FBI arrest four in alleged plot to bomb Bronx synagogues, shoot down plane
Little Rock, Arkansas — June, 2009
Shooting at military recruiting center; 1 dead, 1 wounded; suspect is anti-military Muslim convert
New York and Colorado – September 21, 2009
Three men were arrested and charged in the ongoing terror probe centered around New York and Colorado. The three men are Najibullah Zazi, 24; his father Mohammed Wali Zazi, 53; and Ahmad Wais Afzali, 37. When authorities searched Zazi’s car, they found a laptop computer that contained “a jpeg image of nine-pages of handwritten notes. The handwritten notes contain formulations and instructions regarding the manufacture and handling of initiating explosives, main explosives charges, explosives detonators and components of a fuzing system.” Though Zazi initially denied that the notes were his, he allegedly later admitted during interrogation that he had written them, and that he had attended an al Qaeda training camp in Pakistan where he received explosives training. If the account provided in the criminal complaint against Najibullah Zazi is accurate, the idea that he accidentally ended up with the notes on his computer is implausible: the complaint concludes that Zazi had e-mailed the instructions to himself from two separate accounts registered under false names.
Zazi may have done some work selecting targets to strike. ABC News reports: “A computer belonging to Zazi showed he had researched baseball and football stadiums and sites used in the recent Fashion Week event in New York City, law enforcement officials tell ABCNews.com. While officials say they do not know the targets of the alleged plot, the contents of Zazi’s computer are considered a valuable insight into what he might have been planning.”
Zazi had connections to high levels of al Qaeda. A senior intelligence source with whom I spoke said of Zazi’s primary al Qaeda contact: “This is not somebody you casually meet.” Zazi also appeared to be communicating in code that suggested something big was imminent; ABC News reported that he sent a text message stating: “The wedding cake is ready.” Al Qaeda operatives have frequently used the wedding metaphor for their plots in the past. Then there is the matter of the backpacks that authorities uncovered. The 7/7 attackers in London used backpacks to carry their explosives, and here “[r]aids in New York led to the discovery of 14 new backpacks.”
CNN reports that earlier in September, a group of Afghan men who have been connected to the alleged plot tried unsuccessfully to rent a U-Haul truck in Queens: “A former counter-terrorism official familiar with the investigation said that the group of Afghans tried to rent the truck September 9, but were unsuccessful after three different credit cards they attempted to use were declined. The men, who held driver’s licenses from Florida and Ohio, also were unable to use cash for the rental, the official said.” Think Oklahoma City, or the 1993 World Trade Center attacks — both of which were much more ambitious than 7/7.
Dallas, Texas — September 22, 2009
A 19-year-old Jordanian man, Hosam Maher Husein Smadi, was arrested on charges he intended to bomb a downtown Dallas skyscraper. Smadi placed what he believed to be a car bomb outside the 60-story Fountain Place office tower, according to a statement from the U.S. attorney’s office in Dallas. The decoy device was given to him by an undercover FBI agent.
The case is unrelated to that against Najibullah Zazi, a 24-year-old shuttle driver at the Denver airport also indicted in New York on charges of conspiracy to use weapons of mass destruction. It was also unrelated to the case against Michael C. Finton, who was accused of planning to bomb the federal courthouse in Springfield, Ill, White said.
Fort Hood, Texas — November, 2009
Fort Hood massacre: Major Hasan killed 13 service men and women and wounded over 40 others. He has been linked to al-Qaeda.
Detroit, Michigan – December, 2009
Northwest 253 passengers tell of thwarted Detroit terror attack.
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