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Pakistani-American yoot pleads guilty of planning terror attack on local JCC
2016-10-12
[IsraelTimes] Mahin Khan, 18, pleads guilty on terrorism charges in plea bargain

An Arizona teenager has pleaded guilty to plotting an attack on government buildings and the Tucson Jewish Community Center.

Mahin Khan, 18, pleaded guilty on Monday in Maricopa County Superior Court to charges of terrorism, conspiracy to commit terrorism and conspiracy to commit misconduct involving weapons, according to reports.

Khan reportedly struck a plea bargain with the Arizona Attorney General’s Office under which he will serve a prison term of at least five years and no more than 10 years and three months, as opposed to the life sentence that he could have received. He will be sentenced on Nov. 4.

Khan was tossed in the slammer
Youse'll never take me alive coppers!... [BANG!]... Ow!... I quit!
in his parents’ home on July 1 and has been held in prison without bail for fear he would flee to Syria or Pakistain. He pleaded not guilty
"Wudn't me."
at the time.

His parents have said that Khan is autistic and not capable of carrying out the terror attacks he had planned.
Being autistic does not necessarily mean he was not capable of it, just that he was more gullible to evil manipulations.
The FBI told the court that Khan had described himself in an email as an "American jihadist" who supports the Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems....
. In contact with undercover FBI agents, Khan said he wanted to carry out "lone jihadist" attacks that would kill hundreds of people in Arizona.

In addition to targeting the Tucson JCC, a Motor Vehicles office in Mesa and an Air Force recruitment center in Tucson were in his sites. Khan revealed his desire to attack the JCC while speaking with an undercover FBI employee in 2015.

Khan lived with his family in a gated community in north Tucson. He had threatened to kill his parents if they discovered his scheme and tried to turn him in.
Posted by:trailing wife

#4  Frank, you gonna stand for this uppitiness?
Posted by: Shipman   2016-10-12 10:56  

#3  Beat me to it...
Posted by: Raj   2016-10-12 10:27  

#2  KKKKAAAAAHHHHNNNNNNN
Posted by: Procopius2k   2016-10-12 09:47  

#1  Khan revealed his desire to attack the JCC while speaking with an undercover FBI employee in 2015.

A mentally unstable (aren't they all?) youth born of Pakistani parents, living in a north Tuscon gated community, jailed for 5 years for talking tough to the FBI. He wanted to blow up the DMV.

I can't help but think this is a case of 'grooming'.
Posted by: Skidmark   2016-10-12 09:26  

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