[newdadkel]

Sorry for the long post! I know whats coming (I didnt even read the whole damn thing). Just want to let everyone know that brown threaders need to be investigated. Dont worry we'll be hanging this one!


LUBBOCK (AP) -- A young college student from Saudi Arabia who studied chemical engineering in Texas purchased explosive chemicals over the Internet as part of a plan to hide bomb materials inside dolls and baby carriages to blow up dams, nuclear plants or the Dallas home of former President George W. Bush, the Justice Department said Thursday.
"After mastering the English language, learning how to build explosives and continuous planning to target the infidel Americans, it is time for jihad," the student wrote in his private journal, according to court documents. He said he was influenced by speeches from Osama bin Laden and despaired the plight of Muslims.

One of the chemical companies, Carolina Biological Supply of Burlington, N.C., reported suspicious purchases by Khalid Ali-M Aldawsari, 20, of Lubbock, Texas, to the FBI on Feb. 1. Within weeks, federal agents had traced his other online purchases, discovered extremist posts he made on the Internet and secretly searched his off-campus apartment, computer and e-mail accounts and read his diary, according to court records.
TNP, the chemical explosive that Aldawsari was allegedly trying to obtain, has approximately the same destructive power as TNT. FBI bomb experts said the amounts in the Aldawsari case would have yielded almost 15 pounds of explosive. That's about the same amount used per bomb in the July 2005 London subway attacks, which killed scores of people.
Aldawsari, who was legally in the U.S. on a student visa, was expected to appear in federal court on Friday. He was charged Thursday with attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction. Aldawsari entered the U.S. in October 2008 from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, to study chemical engineering at Texas Tech University, then transferred earlier this year to nearby South Plains College, where he was studying business. A Saudi industrial company, which was not identified in court documents, was paying his tuition and living expenses in the U.S.
"He was a weird guy," said Ahmid Obaidan, a senior at Tennessee State University who also is from Saudi Arabia and met Aldawsar in Nashville, Tenn., when Aldawsari was studying at an English language center at Vanderbilt University. "He was quiet. I thought he was a good guy, but what I've heard now, I'm shocked."
It was not immediately clear whether Aldawsari had hired an attorney. Phone numbers that Aldawsari had provided to others were not working Thursday. No one answered the buzzer or a knock on the door at the address listed as Aldawsari's apartment, just one block from the Texas Tech campus in a recently gentrified area of mixed-use retail and apartment complexes where many students live.
The terrorism case outlined in court documents was significant because it suggests that radicalized foreigners can live quietly in the U.S. heartland without raising suspicions from neighbors, classmates, teachers or others. But it also showed how quickly U.S. law enforcement can move when tipped that a terrorist plot may be unfolding.
The White House said President Barack Obama was notified about the plot prior to Aldawsari's arrest on Wednesday. "This arrest once again underscores the necessity of remaining vigilant against terrorism here and abroad," White House spokesman Nick Shapiro said in a statement.
Bush spokesman David Sherzer said: "We've seen the reports. I would just refer you for comment to law enforcement."
In e-mails Aldawsari apparently sent himself, he listed 12 reservoir dams in Colorado and California. He also wrote an e-mail that mentioned "Tyrant's House" with the address of President Bush's home. The FBI's affidavit said he considered using infant dolls to hide explosives and was possibly targeting a nightclub with a backpack filled with explosives.
Aldawsari was using several e-mail accounts. One e-mail message traced to him described instructions to convert a cell phone into a remote detonator. Another listed the names and home addresses of three American citizens who had previously served in the U.S. military and had been stationed at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq.
The FBI said the North Carolina company reported the attempts to purchase just over one-tenth of one gallon of phenol, a chemical that can be used to make the explosive trinitrophenol, also known as TNP, or picric acid. Aldawsari falsely told the supplier he was associated with a university and wanted the phenol for "off-campus, personal research," according to court records. But frustrated by questions, Aldawsari canceled his order and later e-mailed himself instructions for producing phenol.
Prosecutors said that earlier, in December 2010, he successfully purchased 30 liters of concentrated nitric acid for about $450 from QualiChem Technologies in Georgia, and three gallons of concentrated sulfuric acid that are combined to make TNP. The FBI later found the chemicals in Aldawsari's apartment as well as beakers, flasks, wiring, a Hazmat suit and clocks.
Prosecutors said Aldawsari created a blog to publish extremist messages expressing his dismay over conditions for Muslims.
"You who created mankind . grant me martyrdom for your sake and make jihad easy for me only in your path," he wrote, according to court records.
Neighbors in Lubbock said they had never seen Aldawsari, but noticed people in the hallway the day of the arrest.
"That's so scary," said Sally Dierschke, a 21-year-old senior at Texas Tech. "That's my neighbor ... Of course, I'm scared."
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Goldman reported from Washington. Associated Press Writer Linda Stewart Ball contributed to this story from Dallas.

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[BTM]

According to JayKay's logic, Lubbock TX is now a major American hub of activity...as opposed to the "WTF" it was before

[CollinsE90]

[JayKay335i]

Originally Posted by BTM

According to JayKay's logic, Lubbock TX is now a major American hub of activity...as opposed to the "WTF" it was before

No. He was in TX. He wasn't going to blow shit up there.

[Blake]

Originally Posted by JayKay335i

No. He was in TX. He wasn't going to blow shit up there.

[newdadkel]

If so Jay, why is JIHAD coming to Lubbock? Maybe your missing out on something. I know some optometrists you could come work with.

Obviously we are on Al-Kaeda's radar!

[ghosthi32]

he was trying to kill george w...

[JayKay335i]

Originally Posted by ghosthi32

he was trying to kill george w...

But then most people would just LOL

I mean cummon... Think he wanted to visit the Hoover dam though.

[JayKay335i]

Or maybe he was in TX because he figured nobody would look for a brownie there.

[newdadkel]

He does look hispanic, but the turban gave him away.

Im sure even Bin Laden is laughing at this dumbass for setting up headquarters in LUBBOCK, TX.

But then again, they do call Lubbock the HUB CITY (not joking)

[nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn]

If a bomb blew up in Texas, would anyone care? My point exactly...

[Blake]

lubbock is a dusty shit hole

[newdadkel]

Why yes it is! But we dont need anyone sturring up more dust with their little firecracker i.e.d.

[MisterSkiMask]

More racial profiling because it works. Got it!

[Mahmood07]

Originally Posted by MisterSkiMask

More racial profiling because it works. Got it!

Racial profiling already exists, and he wasn't bringing in these bomb chemicals with him in the airport. So where would he be racially profiled? It is not easy keeping an eye on every Muslim student in the US. It's good the chemical company raised a red flag, I don't know why they would even sell these chemicals to people.

[asdflkijd]

Originally Posted by Mahmood07

Racial profiling already exists, and he wasn't bringing in these bomb chemicals with him in the airport. So where would he be racially profiled? It is not easy keeping an eye on every Muslim student in the US. It's good the chemical company raised a red flag, I don't know why they would even sell these chemicals to people.

My opinion is that they should do some sort of a bg check before they sell this crap to just anybody.. but hey, if that was the case the chemical guys wouldn't make money right? right.

[Tondtar]

Originally Posted by asdflkijd

My opinion is that they should do some sort of a bg check before they sell this crap to just anybody.. but hey, if that was the case the chemical guys wouldn't make money right? right.

Whoa, when did you get resurrected, Mr. P? .....Where you been?

[asdflkijd]

Originally Posted by Tondtar

Whoa, when did you get resurrected, Mr. P? .....Where you been?

haha! I've been lurking around for a while but recently started posting again.

[Tondtar]

Originally Posted by asdflkijd

haha! I've been lurking around for a while but recently started posting again.

Welcome back from the grave

[asdflkijd]

Originally Posted by Tondtar

Welcome back from the grave

why thank you kind sir

[Augenbrauezug]

I hate when I've got to highlight each line of text so that when I move from line to line, I don't lose my place. Made it about 1/3rd and stopped reading. Besides it's Lubbock, worst case it would just be Dustbowl Round 2