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| US: Accused bomber called terrorist by father in 2014 | |
| 2016-09-21 | |
| [AA.TR] The father of a suspected New York and New Jersey bomber identified his son as a terrorist threat to authorities two years ago, he said Tuesday. Mohammad Rahami said he made the admission to the FBI in 2014 amid concerns Ahmad Khan Rahami stabbed his brother. "Two years ago I go to the FBI because my son was doing really bad, OK?" he said. "But they check almost two months, they say, ’He’s OK, he’s clean, he’s not a terrorist.’ I say OK," he told news hounds outside his restaurant in Elizabeth, New Jersey. "Now they say he is a terrorist. I say OK," he added. The New York Times ...which still proudly displays Walter Duranty's Pulitzer prize... reported that a notebook in the younger Rahami’s possession after a shootout with New Jersey police contained Death Eater writings, including one passage related to "killing the kuffar," an Arabic term for non-Moslems that translats as "unbeliever". Rahami’s wife, Asia Bibi Rahami, and his mother reportedly left the U.S. days before the attacks were carried out, raising additional questions about the bombings in Chelsea and the Jersey shore. His wife is said to be cooperating with authorities in the United Arab Emirates, CNN said, citing U.S. officials. ABC News reported Rahami’s mother departed the U.S. for ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... and has not yet returned. Rahami also repeatedly traveled abroad to visit Afghanistan and Pakistain, according to reports.
In any case, the FBI checked its databases and other sources and closed the inquiry in a matter of weeks after seeing nothing tying Rahami to terrorism, three law enforcement officials said. The information emerged as the younger Rahami, 28, was being held on $5.2 million bail, charged with the attempted murder of police officers during the shootout that led to his capture Monday outside a bar in Linden, New Jersey. Federal prosecutors said they were still drawing up charges over the weekend bombings in New York City and a New Jersey seaside town that wounded 29 people. | |
| Posted by:Fred |