US arrests suicide bomb suspect in Kansas: Justice Dept

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http://news.yahoo.com/us-arrests-suicide-bomb-suspect-kansas-justice-dept-165508580.html

Washington (AFP) - The US Justice Department said Friday it arrested an Islamic State sympathizer who was plotting to carry out a suicide bomb attack on a US military base in Kansas.

John T. Booker Jr, 20, is charged with "attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction... attempting to damage property by means of an explosive and one count of attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant," the Justice Department said.

Booker was arrested earlier Friday near the Kansas city of Manhattan "as he made his final preparations for his planned assault" on nearby Fort Riley, the US Attorney for Kansas, Barry Grissom, told reporters in Kansas City.

Glad they caught this dude before he killed people.

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"Unbeknownst to him, the materials that were used to make up this bomb were inert," said Grissom, who added that Booker would appear Friday in US Federal Court.

this tells me a lot.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

Wait, Kansas? I thought they'd be in NY. I'm sure someone here keeps telling us that.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

And this guy isn't the only one - there was another one taken into custody just yesterday. Also not in NY.

Wisconsin man accused of trying to join ISIS

MADISON, Wis. -- A Wisconsin man accused of traveling to the Middle East in a failed attempt to join the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, or ISIS, has been ordered held without bond.

Thirty-four-year-old Joshua Van Haften made his first court appearance Thursday in Madison one day after being arrested at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago. A newly unsealed criminal complaint charges Van Haften with attempting to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization.

The complaint says Van Haften talked to friends about his plans and flew to Istanbul last August. But it says he was unable to cross the border into Syria.

U.S. Attorney John Vaudreil called Van Haften is a flight risk.

Van Haften's lawyer, Joseph Bugni, said he looks forward to "having all the facts brought to light."

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/wisconsin-man-accused-of-trying-to-join-isis/

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Damn radical Muslim.

[Teddy B 17,251]

The chickens are coming home...........................

Van Haften sounds Pakistani to me.

[spookyturtle 9,465]

The chickens are coming home...........................

Van Haften sounds Pakistani to me.

Eddie is not Pakistani.

[Teddy B 17,251]

Eddie is not Pakistani.

Are you sure?

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

The chickens are coming home...........................

Van Haften sounds Pakistani to me.

I thought it had more of a Somali ring to it but either way, Van Haften does sound radically Muslim.

[decocker 7,198]

never trust a man with mutton chops that grow naturally up to his eyelids.

[Teddy B 17,251]

never trust a man with mutton chops that grow naturally up to his eyelids.

I hear the Planet Of The Apes look is in.

[decocker 7,198]

I hear the Planet Of The Apes look is in.

i thought we were in the middle of an amish hipster revival, i just can't keep up.

[Teddy B 17,251]

i thought we were in the middle of an amish hipster revival, i just can't keep up.

The fact he's not wearing his hat should've been a dead give away.

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Kansas man accused of plotting to detonate bomb at Fort Riley military base

A 20-year-old Kansas man plotted to kill American soldiers with a vehicle bomb at the Fort Riley military base, an attack he planned to carry out on behalf of the ISIS terror group, prosecutors announced Friday.

John T. Booker, also known as Mohammed Abdullah Hassan, was arrested as part of a lengthy FBI investigation. Federal authorities said he was arrested near the army base in Manhattan, Kansas, as he completed final preparations to detonate the bomb, which had, in fact, been rendered inert while he was under FBI surveillance.

“As alleged in the complaint, John Booker attempted to attack U.S. military personnel on U.S. soil purportedly in the name of (ISIS)," said Assistant Attorney General John Carlin. "Thanks to the efforts of the law enforcement community, we were able to safely disrupt this threat to the brave men and women who serve our country. Protecting American lives by identifying and bringing to justice those who wish to harm U.S. citizens remains the National Security Division's number one priority."

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2015/04/10/kansas-man-accused-plotting-to-detonate-bomb-at-fort-riley-military-base/

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