Soldier Arrested in Suspected Bomb Plot Had Series of Disputes With Army

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Source: The New York Times

KILLEEN, Tex. — The 21-year-old Army private arrested here this week made his first appearance in federal court on Friday, two days after telling investigators he planned to detonate explosive devices at a restaurant frequented by soldiers from nearby Fort Hood, the culmination of a series of disputes between the private and the military over his Muslim beliefs and his pending deployment to Afghanistan.

Prosecutors charged the soldier, Pfc. Naser Jason Abdo, with possession of an unregistered destructive device, accusing him of intending to assemble and detonate two bombs inside an unspecified restaurant.

Private Abdo was arrested by Killeen police officers on Wednesday at his hotel room, just two miles from the entrance to the base. In his backpack and in his room, the police found a .40-caliber handgun, ammunition, razor blades and bomb-making materials, including six bottles of smokeless gunpowder, shotgun shells and pellets, two clocks, two spools of auto wire, an electric drill and two pressure cookers, the criminal complaint said. Investigators also discovered a handwritten shopping list of bomb-making components and an article titled “Make a bomb in the kitchen of your Mom.”

The private told F.B.I. officials that he planned to assemble two bombs in the hotel room “using gunpowder and shrapnel packed into pressure cookers to detonate inside” the restaurant, according to the federal complaint.

Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/30/us/30awol.html

[Veracious]

1. Jihad his punk ass.

I'm all liberal and tolerant, but he IS an emeny of the state! Smoke HIM!

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[RSillsbee]

4. I don't see the issue

the guy stated that he intended to attack American soldiers on U.S. soil. He deserves what ever punishment he receives

[Marrah_G]

2. I feel badly for all the muslim soldiers that will be looked at suspiciously now

I am very glad he did not have the chance to complete his insane plans.

[Robb]

5. Indeed. Actually, reading the entire article, I feel much sympathy for the man.

That said, building a pressure cooker bomb from a recipe in http://blog.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2010/07/01/is_al_qaedas_new_english_language_magazine_any_good">al Qaeda's "Inspire" magazine would put to bed any CO status based on "opposition to war in all forms."

[rasputin1952]

6. Life in prison if convicted...

I don't care about his religion or any of that stuff. You take an oath, you stick to it, there are ways out if you can't handle the pressure.

As a vet, I have no sympathy for those who would harm their fellow soldiers.

[Crowman1979]

7. If someone really hates being in the military that much, then they should try something non-violent:

Such as:

1) Move to Canada or some other foreign country.
2) Smoke Weed.
3) Engage in or photo-shop yourself engaging in homosexual activity and have someone e-mail it to one of the self-righteous officers in your unit.
4) Work in a porn movie.