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| FBI makes arrests in MN, CA in counterterrorism action |
| 2015-04-20 |
[MPRnews] The FBI nabbedDrop the gat, Rocky, or you're a dead 'un! several people in Minneapolis and San Diego on Sunday as part of a joint terrorism task force investigation, a front man for U.S. Attorney Andrew Luger confirmed Sunday evening. A Somali woman who said she was the mother of two men who were arrested told MPR News that the FBI arrived at her house around noon. One of her sons was arrested at her house; the other was arrested in San Diego. The FBI arrested several people in Minneapolis and San Diego on Sunday as part of a joint terrorism task force investigation, a front man for U.S. Attorney Andrew Luger confirmed Sunday evening. A Somali woman who said she was the mother of two men who were arrested told MPR News that the FBI arrived at her house around noon. One of her sons was arrested at her house; the other was arrested in San Diego. She said more than a dozen FBI and coppers searched her house and confiscated a tablet computer owned by the son arrested in San Diego. She said she met with four families Sunday whose sons were also arrested in the operation. Another Somali woman said her son was arrested in Minneapolis around 10 a.m. Sunday, after he returned home from work. The FBI arrested a total of six men, according to family members, who said they didn't know why the men had been arrested. Ben Petok, a front man for Luger, declined to offer further details but said there was no threat to public safety. Authorities are planning a news conference Monday morning to provide more information. Federal authorities have been investigating the departures of about 15 young people from the Twin Cities who allegedly traveled to Syria to support the terrorist group ISIS over the past year or so. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #10 Mountains:molehills. You put puzzles together from little pieces.... |
| Posted by: Pappy 2015-04-20 16:15 |
| #9 Well, I feel safe. I'd feel safer if our government didn't let these people into our country. |
| Posted by: Marilyn Platypus8841 2015-04-20 16:02 |
| #8 Awlaki came from San Diego as well as at least 2 of the 9/11 hijackers tried to take flying lessons here |
| Posted by: Frank G 2015-04-20 15:43 |
| #7 Those with long memories will recall that Hamas operation in the US was administered by Holy Land Foundation headquartered in Texas. HLF ran branch offices in Paterson, N.J., Bridgeview, Ill., and San Diego. For twenty five years San Diego has been a center of Islamist recruiting. |
| Posted by: Ulique Pelosi8805 2015-04-20 13:57 |
| #6 An Nahar adds the following: "They are all from Minnesota and are all part of the same conspiracy," U.S. Attorney for Minnesota Andrew Luger told a press conference, adding that several of the men had been repeatedly seeking to travel to Syria over the past year, with the help of an acquaintance who had made it to Syria and was actively recruiting in Minnesota. Four of the men were arrested Sunday in Minneapolis, while two were arrested in San Diego, where they had intended to acquire forged documents and then cross into Mexico to begin their journey to Syria, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. One hopes the forgers have been picked up, and the ratlines are being traced. Mountains:molehills You report the War on Terror with the news you've got, Skidmark. The day it's announced they've picked up the entire staff and supporters of CAIR, ISNA, MSA, and the boards and religious staff of certain select mosques across the U.S., we can move this thing to a new level. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2015-04-20 13:18 |
| #5 Ben Petok, a front man for Luger, declined to offer further details but said there was no threat to public safety. No! No! Certainly not! It's just a pack of lone wolves. One tidbit came out of this that I didn't know: San Diego Union/Tribune reports that San Diego County has the second largest Somali population in the United States, second only to Minneapolis. |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2015-04-20 11:40 |
| #4 Skidmark, At first I thought "domestic criminal organizations" referred to the Democratic Party. |
| Posted by: frozen al 2015-04-20 11:33 |
| #3 Same characteristics as the "Skinnys" in Dodge City. |
| Posted by: bman 2015-04-20 11:30 |
| #2 Why would anyone want Somali immigrants? They're universally useless lazy and criminally minded with a chip on their shoulder (the ones that colonise parts of the UK at least). |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2015-04-20 11:17 |
| #1 Mountains:molehills. Six unhappy teenage immigrants. Hey FBI, What about controlling the real domestic criminal organizations overwhelming the decaying cities? Oh, that's a local problem? |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2015-04-20 05:26 |