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Feds Arrest Man Plotting Attack On New York Fed

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Update: we now have the suspect's name: Quazi Mohammad Rezwanul Ahsan Nafis, who in addition to Plan A had Plan B: "If Nafis felt his attack was about to be thwarted by cops, he would invoke the back-up plan, which involved a suicide bombing operation"

From CNN

Quazi Mohammad Rezwanul Ahsan Nafis, 21, was arrested for allegedly attempting to detonate what he thought was a 1,000-pound bomb at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York in Manhattan, the Department of Justice and a U.S. attorney's office said in a press release.

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We now have some more detail about the plot to blow up the reserve bank from a press release that breaks down the criminal complaint filed against Quazi Mohammad Rezwanul Ahsan Nafis:

 

The Bangladeshi national allegedly came to the United States in January to carry out a terror attack on U.S. soil and said he had overseas connections to al-Qaeda. As he attempted to recruit others to join his cell, he tried to recruit someone who turned out to be an FBI source, the criminal complaint says.

 

Nafis initially had a few targets in mind, according to the complaint, including  "a high-ranking U.S. official and the New York Stock Exchange." In the end, Nafis settled on the New York Federal Reserve Bank, federal officials said.

 

"In a written statement intended to claim responsibility for the terrorist bombing of the Federal Reserve Bank on behalf of al-Qaeda, Nafis wrote that he wanted to 'destroy America' and that he believed the most efficient way to accomplish this goal was to target America’s economy," the Justice Department press release said. "In this statement, Nafis also included quotations from 'our beloved Sheikh Osama bin Laden' to justify the fact that Nafis expected that the attack would involve the killing of women and children."

 

The "explosives that he allegedly sought and attempted to use had been rendered inoperable by law enforcement and posed no threat to the public," according to a statement from U.S. Attorney Loretta E. Lynch.

 

The plot came to light as an FBI undercover agent posed as an al-Qaeda facilitator, federal authorities say.

 

Nafis asked the undercover agent for 50-pound bags of what he thought were explosives, and then worked on putting together an explosive device, according to prosecutors.

 

"Nafis purchased components for the bomb’s detonator and conducted surveillance for his attack on multiple occasions in New York City’s financial district in lower Manhattan," a Justice Department press release describing the criminal complaint said. “Throughout his interactions with the undercover agent, Nafis repeatedly asserted that the plan was his own and was the reason he had come to the United States."

 

He met an undercover agent that supplied him with what he thought were explosives on Wednesday morning. After meeting up, they both traveled in a van to a warehouse, the Justice Department said.

 

That’s apparently when Nafis told the agent he had a "Plan B."

 

If Nafis felt his attack was about to be thwarted by cops, he would invoke the back-up plan, which involved a suicide bombing operation, the criminal complaint alleges.

 

When the pair arrived at the warehouse, Nafis began putting together what he thought was a 1,000-pound bomb inside the van. Then they drove together to the target: The New York Federal Reserve Bank. As they drove, he armed the purported by putting together the detonator and the explosives, the criminal complaint says.

 

The van was then parked next to the bank. The pair went to a nearby hotel, where Nafis apparently recorded a video statement meant to be shown to the American public in connection with the attack.

 

"We will not stop until we attain victory or martyrdom," he said, according to the criminal complaint.

 

He then tried, several times unsuccessfully, to detonate the device, which was actually inert explosives.

 

Nafis was then arrested.

 

A good portion of the sting operation was caught on tape, according to a source familiar with the investigation.

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NBC 4 New York has learned that federal authorities have arrested a man they say was plotting to attack the Federal Reserve in New York City. The man is in custody in New York. Sources tell NBC 4 New York that he lives on Long Island. Law enforcement officials stress that the plot was a sting operation monitored by the FBI and NYPD and the public was never at risk.

  • FBI, NYPD ARREST SUSPECTED TERRORIST IN NYC PLOT
  • SUSPECTED TERRORIST IN PLOT TO ATTACK FEDERAL RESERVE OF NY
  • FBI SAYS TWO FBI AGENTS ACTED AS `ACCOMPLICES' TO SUSPECT
  • MARY GALLIGAN OF FBI NY OFFICE, CONFIRMS FED BOMB PLOT ARREST
  • FBI PROVIDED DEFENDANT WITH FAKE EXPLOSIVES IN STING OPERATION

More:

According to the report, the suspect drove a van he believed to be loaded with explosives from Long Island to Lower Manhattan. He then placed the van near the Federal Reserve and was then arrested by the FBI and NYPD.

 

The suspect, whom sources said is from the Jamaica Queens section of New York City, is currently in custody in New York. Sources say he was acting alone.

Some more:

Middle Eastern man parked van he thought was filled with explosives outside N.Y. Fed this morning, then walked to nearby Millennium hotel and tried to set off bomb with cell-phone detonator, New York Post reports, citing unidentified law enforcement sources.

 

Suspect posted about Jihad online 3 months ago, told FBI agent he met online that he wanted to blow up

And "New York terror suspect is a 21-year-old Bangladeshi citizen who traveled to the U.S. in January to carry out terror attack."

At least all that tungsten gold lying on the Manhattan bedrock is safe and sound and John McClane will not be called out of retirement just yet.

 

It is unclear yet if Quazi hated America for its Federal Reserve or its collection of weapons grade Tungsten.

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Wed, 10/17/2012 - 19:18 | 2899576 hidingfromhelis
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Nafis wrote that he wanted to 'destroy America' and that he believed the most efficient way to accomplish this goal was to target America’s economy...

Wow, guess the Bangladeshi public education system is as lousy as the one in the US.  Bet he doesn't grasp the concept of, "The enemy of my enemy is my friend."  If he did, he would be in front of the Marriner Eccles Building in a cheerleading outfit complete with pom-poms.  Oh wait, then the SEC might be interested in him.

Wed, 10/17/2012 - 19:28 | 2899588 Ima anal sphincter
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CNN reports......... It's getting TO damn easy these days. CNN, NBC, CBS, ABC, Fox.......... nothing but LIES!!!!!!

Wed, 10/17/2012 - 19:46 | 2899615 CoolBeans
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"We will not stop until we attain victory or martyrdom." 

Unsure "we" since it appears he was recruiting like-minded peers and explosives on his own.  Now, I realize it is unlikely we have all the facts of the story (MSM version only) but the bastards like him who wish to attain martydom, I'm happy to oblige.  I could use some target practice before TEOTWAWKI.

Wed, 10/17/2012 - 19:51 | 2899623 Atomizer
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Yep it works..

Wed, 10/17/2012 - 19:55 | 2899631 rsnoble
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Another bullshit story to make it look like the idiots in the gov't are doing their jobs: hand a known US hater a 1000lb bomb of course he'll try and use it. Cant obtain one on his own so let's give him one and make it look like we're doing something. By this time you could probably walk into a redneck cowboy bar and find victims.

All bullshit. I don't know how fucking stupid people have to be to think a bunch of goat herding sheep fuckers living in goddamn caves are a threat. The only time they're threat is when the fucking terrorists in the US gov't let them be.

This fucking bullshit is getting old and people are getting wise to it. And that may not be good because who knows what kind of disaster we'll have to mfg now. Fuck the elite.

Wed, 10/17/2012 - 19:56 | 2899633 FrankIvy
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So the story is that a guy who wanted to destroy the United States was planning to do so by destroying the Fed? 

Um.  Um. 

That's like claiming that a surgeon is trying to kill his patient by removing the patient's malignant tumor.

Wed, 10/17/2012 - 20:08 | 2899652 dolph9
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These false flags are getting more desperate.  At least with 9/11 they made a spectacular go of it.

 

They are losing.  Keep on stacking.

Wed, 10/17/2012 - 20:44 | 2899692 The Fonz...befo...
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Haha what a scam.... I wish these Praetorian agencies were able to swoop in quickly when libor scam was uncovered....much more terrorism was caused from that...

And check it out jackpot the guys name is actually Mohammed......homeland security, FBI and doj must have done a collective mid air chest bump when that happened....lmfao

Can you say plant? False flag? A premise to have homeland security and even more tax payer money to be spent on added security for the federal reserve?

We must protect the fed......the terrorists want to destroy it......

Msm media spin cycle this to ad nauseum until it seeps into the steeples sub conscious.... Attacking federal reserve is a terror act

Better to army up using this as a premise rather than saying..we are fearful what the us citizen might do on the day TSHTF

Wed, 10/17/2012 - 20:59 | 2899697 The Fonz...befo...
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It wasn't a terror attack he just wanted to protest an interview that Bernake did that was posted on YouTube,......

It was because of a YouTube video

Wed, 10/17/2012 - 21:01 | 2899706 Lloyd_Xmas
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Thank God he did not go after the SNAP presses. 47 million people would have starved.

Wed, 10/17/2012 - 21:19 | 2899744 StychoKiller
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Sooner or later, the FBI won't be front-running the bombers of the Fed Reserve...

Wed, 10/17/2012 - 21:32 | 2899775 Amagnonx
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So the moral of the story is .. anyone who hates the US Fed is obviously a terrorist.

 

Wow .. so subtle.

Wed, 10/17/2012 - 22:26 | 2899928 ScatterTheCoins...
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"he tried to recruit someone who turned out to be an FBI source" 

"Law enforcement officials stress that the plot was a sting operation monitored by the FBI and NYPD and the public was never at risk"

These idiots can't keep there lies straight.  If the guy truly recuited this FBI source by chance, and was a terrorist with a mission, isn't it a little risky that he "turned out to be an FBI source"?

But of course it was the FBI source doing the recruiting and scripting the play.  Pure propaganda pre planned for an opportune time.  Another cover for the bengazi debacle.  Look at us we're on top of things....

The whole world, out side the states, new within two days that truck loads of armed men attacked our consulate.  In one day it was being broadcast by short wave radio across Africa that the only crowds involved were not protesters, but were locals who gathered after hearing the gun fire - Gawkers. They never heard of any video until the Obama Admin Paid to promote the idea in Pakistan media.

Meanwhile the people of America where clueless for two weeks!  How the HELL does that happen during the information age in a country with an alleged Free Press?

The Press is so incredibly stupid, and we're their SHEEP!

Wouldn't you love to be a fly on the wall while the lap dog media's approved news is written for them?http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=46-fI18pJyw

Thu, 10/18/2012 - 00:42 | 2900144 the tower
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This sounds exactly like Arlington Road... still a great movie.

Thu, 10/18/2012 - 01:02 | 2900164 holgerdanske
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This makes me laugh. What a bunch of morons. And how stupid.

Bernanke is on his own in full swing, destroying savings, morals, ethics and the US of A.

And the security services are busy playing in the sandpit.

 

 

What a joke.

Thu, 10/18/2012 - 01:45 | 2900199 Money 4 Nothing
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Note to any other "would be" bomber:

If you really want to blow up America, just vote Obama in for a second term. Real simple and the Fed's don't have to be involved.

Look here.. Quasi Moto Rastafani had lot's of help getting to that point, he sucks because he couldn't complete his Op being handed a rubber duckey. WTF kind of turrists they turning out of these camps these day's? Is the Fed looking for beefed up security from Bloomburg or something?

That's one way to End The Fed. Sooo.. they hate us for our Capitalism now?

Thu, 10/18/2012 - 07:58 | 2900467 jayman21
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Once the FBI completed its sting, I see he was wearing standard issue FBI shoes on top of the stardard NYPD issue shoes on top of the Toronto standard issue with standard issue French gloves.  Wow, this guy is making a mint.

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