[IsraelTimes] A United States army veteran who converted to Islam was found guilty of plotting to bomb a white supremacist rally in Caliphornia, an impregnable bastion of the Democratic Party, and could be sentenced to life in prison, the US Justice Department says.
Mark Steven Domingo, 28, intended to explode two home-made bombs packed with long nails at the planned rally in Long Beach in April 2019.
He was detected early on by the FBI
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and, prior to his arrest, undercover officers made sure that the bombs would not function as planned, the department said.
In postings to a private online group, he said the US "needs" another mass shooting "that would give them the taste of terror they gladly spread all over the world."
"There were mosque shootings in New Zealand. There must be retribution," Domingo wrote in one posting. He weighed attacks on Jewish people, churches and coppers, before settling on the white supremacist rally, according to the Justice Department.
Domingo was arrested after he took delivery of what he thought was an improvised explosive device from an undercover law enforcement officer posing as a bomb maker, officials said.
According to the evidence presented in his case, Domingo considered “various attacks — including targeting Jews, churches and police officers” before he decided “to detonate an IED” at a rally scheduled to take place in Long Beach in 2019.
As part of the plot, Domingo asked his confederate — who was cooperating with the FBI as part of the investigation — to find a bomb maker, and Domingo then purchased several hundred nails to be used as shrapnel inside the explosive device, according to officials.
No mention of his Muslim name or which mosque he frequents. Perhaps that will be revealed later.
Update from KRON4 at 10:15 a.m. ET
Military records show Domingo served about 16 months in the Army, including a four-month stint in Afghanistan in fall 2012. A U.S. official told The News Agency that Dare Not be Named in 2019 that Domingo was demoted and discharged before completing his enlistment contract for committing an unspecified serious offense.
He left with a rank of private, the lowest possible grade.
Domingo’s defense attorney, Lisa S. LaBarre, told jurors on the first day day of trial that Domingo’s father died of cancer when he was 5 years old, and his mother abandoned him to be raised by his grandmother, who resented the responsibility.
As a teenager, she said, Domingo found his mother’s diary, where she’d written about his younger brother—not Domingo—being her reason to live.
Imagine, LaBarre said, “She’s rejected you and even put it in writing.”
So, Domingo joined the U.S. Army in hopes of finding some kind of family, according to LaBarre.
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