AWOL Muslim soldier who refused to deploy, arrested in plot against Fort Hood

Posted on July 29, 2011 by creeping

And the beat jihad goes on.

Story via AWOL GI Wanted “Retaliation,” Talked Of Attacks

(CBS/AP) KILLEEN, Texas – An AWOL soldier told police he was “seeking retaliation” against the Army and indicated that he was planning attacks against the City of Killeen and Fort Hood, the same Texas Army post where 13 people were killed in a 2009 shooting rampage blamed on an Army psychiatrist, CBS News correspondent Bob Orr reports.

Killeen police arrested without incident 21-year-old Pfc. Nasser Jason Abdo on Wednesday after being alerted by “concerned citizens,” and agents found firearms and “items that could be identified as bomb-making components, including gunpowder,” in his motel room, said FBI spokesman Erik Vasys.

Federal charges are pending and will be filed, pending review of the prosecutor’s office, Killeen Police Chief Dennis Baldwin said at a press conference. Baldwin said that it was a federal investigation, not a local police investigation.

This begs the question why the Arkansas jihad attack, which resulted in one soldier killed and another injured, was not a federal case.

U.S. law enforcement sources told Orr that a .40 caliber semi-automatic handgun, ammunition clips, more than 100 rounds of ammunition, a large quantity of smokeless gunpowder, batteries, clocks and a pressure cooker were found in Abdo’s motel room.

There were indications that Abdo was dismantling shotgun shells to retrieve the gunpowder with the intention of using the pellets as shrapnel in explosive devices, Orr reports.

“Military personnel were a target of this suspect,” Baldwin said. If he had not been stopped, “we might be having a very different press conference.”

A law enforcement official told CBS News that Abdo had asked how to build explosives at a gun store near Fort Hood. His questions about explosives made the gun store worker suspicious and contact police, the official said. When police questioned Abdo at his motel, he made references to a plan to kill or injure people.

Gun store clerk Greg Ebert, a 17-year veteran of the Killeen police force who retired in 2010, said a customer arrived by taxi Tuesday at Guns Galore LLC, where the 2009 Fort Hood rampage suspect bought a pistol used in the attack. The customer bought 6 pounds of smokeless gunpowder, three boxes of shotgun ammunition and a magazine for a semi-automatic pistol, paying about $250.

Ebert said he became concerned when the man asked questions indicating he didn’t know much about the items, such as “What is smokeless powder?”

“(We) felt uncomfortable with his overall demeanor and the fact he didn’t know what the hell he was buying,” Ebert said. “I thought it prudent to contact the local authorities, which I did.”

Killeen police did not immediately confirm Thursday whether the buyer was Abdo.

Two people associated with Abdo have been questioned but not arrested, the law enforcement official told CBS News.

Vasys said the FBI planned to charge Abdo with possessing bomb-making components later Thursday, at which time he would be transferred into federal custody. He said there was nothing to indicate Abdo was “working with others.”

Abdo has been absent without leave from Fort Campbell, Ky., since the July 4 weekend.

“I would emphasize that any threat that Abdo posed is now over,” Vasys said. “Suffice it to say we’re looking into all aspects of Mr. Abdo’s life to determine his motivations and intentions.”

That shouldn’t be hard, but can any official handle the truth?

MEMRI has a translation of a video Naser gave to al Qaeda Jazeera.

Nasser Abdo: “I don’t believe I can involve myself in an army that wages war against Muslims. I don’t believe I could sleep at night if I take part, in any way, in the killing of a Muslim.”

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I can’t deploy with my unit to Afghanistan and participate in the war – I can’t both deploy and be a Muslim.”

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“He has one lawyer, and his wife from Canada runs a website to raise money to finance his defense. The family of serviceman Nasser Abdo is preparing for a lengthy and bitter legal battle.

Is the media just now referring to him as “Jason” Abdo?

Posted on 29 Jul 11 by creeping sharia