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2018-01-12 Home Front: WoT

New York 'Islamic State'-inspired bomb plot: Not guilty plea by suspect

[DW] Akayed Ullah is facing six charges for an attempted suicide kaboom near Manhattan's Time Square. He allegedly told police after his arrest he "did it for the Islamic State."

A Bangladeshi immigrant accused of trying to carry out a suicide kaboom in a busy New York City subway tunnel in December pleaded not guilty
"Wudn't me."
to terrorism charges on Thursday.

"At this moment, not guilty," Akayed Ullah

...the very connected lone wolf...

said after asked for his plea in a federal court hearing in Manhattan.

What an absurd thing to say.

The 27-year old could serve a life sentence if found guilty of charges including supporting a foreign terrorist organization, using a weapon of mass destruction and committing a terrorist attack against a mass transit system.

Attempted attack
Police tossed in the calaboose
... anything you say can and will be used against you, whether you say it or not...
Ullah on December 11 after he allegedly tried to detonate a pipe bomb attached to his body in a tunnel between Times Square and Port Authority Bus Terminal.

The bomb failed to completely detonate, but the partial kaboom left Ullah and three commuters with minor injuries.

Ullah, who arrived in the United States in 2011, allegedly told police after his arrest that he "did it for the Islamic State." Federal prosecutors said a handwritten note was also found in Ullah's passport with the words "O AMERICA, DIE IN YOUR RAGE."

Prosecutors accuse Ullah of radicalizing himself after he started watching pro-Islamic State internet videos in 2014.

At Thursday's hearing, Ullah's lawyer requested her client receive medical attention after not seeing a doctor for several days.

Judge Richard Sullivan said he may set a trial date at the next hearing on April 13.

Posted by trailing wife 2018-01-12 00:20|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top
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#1 The 27-year old could serve a life sentence if found guilty of charges

wouldn't WMD be a Fed charge that could bring the needle?

Posted by Skidmark 2018-01-12 01:51|| 2018-01-12 01:51|| Front Page Top

#2 skid,

per 18 USC 2332a, use of weapons of mass destruction only carries a death sentence if there is a fatality and even then the death sentence is not mandatory but optional

Posted by lord garth 2018-01-12 07:50|| 2018-01-12 07:50|| Front Page Top

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