An American citizen has been accused of planning to build and detonate a bomb as part of a terror plot after three months of undercover surveillance by federal agents. The student from New York has been arrested and is being held without bail.
The FBI complaint against 20-year-old Munther Omar Saleh of Queens was unsealed on Tuesday and accuses him of allegedly providing material support to Islamic State (IS, aka ISIS/ISIL) while planning to detonate an explosive device in New York City.
According to the complaint, Saleh caught federal officials’ attention when a police officer saw him walking along and looking around the George Washington Bridge, which connects New Jersey and New York, on successive days in March, reported Reuters.
When officers stopped and questioned Saleh at that time, he denied sympathizing with IS and granted them permission to search his computer. During the course of their examination, investigators found IS propaganda, as well as search topics ranging from weapons and pressure cookers to eluding police and disguises.
The complaint says Saleh told a paid FBI informant posing as a terrorist sympathizer in May “I’m in NY and I’m trying to do an Op.” It is believed that an ‘Op’ referred to an effort to conduct a terror attack, according to a federal special agent cited in court papers.
The complaint also alleges that Saleh supported jihadist beliefs online and openly supported IS activities via Twitter, including the Charlie Hebdo massacre in France, the immolation of a Jordanian pilot and the beheading of a Japanese journalist. He is also said to have tweeted support for the terror attack in Garland, Texas in May.
Court documents say that further investigations into Saleh’s activities found possible plans to detonate an explosive device in New York City on behalf of IS.
Investigators said Saleh had enrolled at the Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology in Queens in January and was taking a course in electrical circuitry.
The complaint mentions another unnamed co-conspirator, but does not say whether an arrest has been made.
Saleh was arrested on June 7, after allegedly trying to attack FBI agents who were following him, and appeared in Brooklyn Federal Court last Saturday.
The Saleh case remains under investigation and a law enforcement official told Reuters that more arrests are expected.
Undoubtedly a set up to convince us there are real terrorists, and why they need to listen to every phone call.
And stop and frisk, facial recognition, e-mail interception, no more search warrants, city lock-downs, and the end of free speech…. all in pursuit of phantom terrorists.
Not to mention the Jews in my computer. As soon as I get to this site, the web connection slows to a crawl.
Authorities have busted a “terrorist cow” planning a big cow fart that, potentially, could smother our fearless leaders in deathly gas. The cow has since been disposed of in the matter that, eventually, you will find out, we have been perfecting since WWII. Here, walk over to the edge of that ditch and I’ll show ya!
I know that when I’m pretending to be a Muslim terrorist working for the CIA/Mossad…err I mean ISIS, I always refer to what I’m doing as an “Op”. Then I Blab about it to everyone I meet and store all my secret plans on my computer so it can be easily found by the FBI. Then I pretend to curse the American dogs for pretending to catch me with ease and look forward to the show trial and my big payday when they pretend to send me to prison but send me to the Caribbean instead. HA hahahahaaa…Stupid Americans. They will believe anything.
Hey tc, I’m in a particularly sarcastic mindset this A.M. In fact, if I’ve offended anyone with my comments, oh well, get over it! (Nothing personal tc, we’re good)
im feeling a bit sarcastic these days too.. I think it comes with the territory and pressure , that and how stupid it all looks when your eyes are wide open
Yep. I’m definitely on a sarcastic roll today. Not trying to offend anybody…lol.
Not again? You’d think the FBI would tire of their domestic terrorism. But, I suspect, that their attempts to justify a bloated budget, outweigh any thoughts of morality. The new norm: law enforcement being more criminal than street corner criminals. Pathetic!
Remember: only Americans with Muslim-sounding names are in stories like this. Therefore, this is bullshit.
Munther Omar Saleh? You never see, “Joe Smith” plot something like this. Right? It’s bullshit.
IT’S: THE ZIONIST MEDIA CIRCUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!