But, hey, he’s probably not a “real Muslim” or something
(Washington Times) An Ohio man plotted to attack the U.S. Capitol using pipe bombs and rifles, saying he wanted to conduct an attack in solidarity with the Islamic State terrorists the U.S. is fighting in the Middle East, the FBI charged in a criminal complaint Wednesday.
Christopher Cornell had saved money, researched government buildings in Washington, laid plans to travel to the capital to carry out his attack and on Wednesday bought two M-15 semiautomatic rifles and 600 rounds of ammunition, prompting police to move in and arrest him.
Mr. Cornell, 20, posted on a Twitter account by the name of Raheel Mahrus Ubaydah, drawing the attention of an FBI informant. Over the course of several months, Mr. Cornell and the informant met and discussed their plans to carry out the attack.
“I believe that we should just wage jihad under our own orders and plan attacks and everything,†he wrote in an instant message to the FBI’s informant, who was cooperating with authorities in order to get favorable consideration in his own criminal case.
Mr. Cornell said he’d “already got a thumbs-up†from other terrorist leaders, including Anwar al Awlaki, a U.S.-born imam who American authorities said helped plan terrorist attacks against the U.S. He was killed in a drone strike in Yemen in 2011.
But, we aren’t allowed to discuss Islamic terrorism, you know!
Nice to see that the Associate Press soft peddled the Islam connection.
Heavy provides 5 facts about Cornell, including his posted support for terror groups, mostly ISIS. They also have a copy of the criminal complaint from the FBI agent. Surprisingly, despite pages of the highlights of Cornell’s Islamic terrorism support and contacts, he is not charged with any terrorism related charges. Yet. Just “attempted killing of a U.S. government officer” and “possession of a firearm in furtherance of attempted crime of violence”. We also learn that he is totally white bread.
#BREAKING: Christopher Cornell senior photo in 2012 #OakHills yearbook. pic.twitter.com/4UtWiAUr29
— Local 12/WKRC-TV (@Local12) January 14, 2015
