Authorities arrested and charged Friday a Virginia man allegedly on his way to the U.S. Capitol for what he thought would be a suicide attack on one of the nation’s most symbolic landmarks.
The man, a Moroccan citizen who has lived in the United States for more than a dozen years, was identified as Amine El Khalifi, 29. He was nabbed following a lengthy investigation by the FBI, initiated after he expressed interest in conducting an attack. He came onto the radar screen in early December after he told an undercover agent about an earlier plan to bomb a northern Virginia building…
The suspect allegedly weighed hitting various targets ranging from a military installation to synagogues to a Washington restaurant before settling on the Capitol.
The man thought undercover FBI agents assisting him in his plot were associates of Al Qaeda. He purchased bomb materials including jackets, nails and glue in preparation for an attack. He even conducted a test explosives demonstration in a quarry.
When he was arrested Friday in Washington, he was carrying with him a vest that he had been led to believe was packed with explosives, but the material inside was not actually dangerous, Fox News was told.
Whatever could have inspired Amine El Khalifi — which is either Dutch or German, not sure which — to do such a thing? I blame George Bush. No, wait, teabaggers! Oh, let’s face it, there’s no reason it couldn’t be both.
Isn’t it weird that this guy tried to launch a suicide attack even though he’s a Muslim? Right before he thought he was going to die and take as many other people with him as he could, he went to a mosque. Can you think of anything less characteristic? Guess Allah was too busy to tell him, “No, you shouldn’t blow up the Capitol Building, silly. This is the religion of peace!”
Now it’s time to wait for the backlash against Muslims that we’re always warned about but that has never actually happened. That doesn’t mean it can’t, you racist teabagger!