Brooklyn: Three Muslims charged with plotting to join Islamic State, shoot Obama
“I am in USA now … But is it possible to commit ourselves as dedicated martyrs anyway while here? What I’m saying is, to shoot Obama and then get shot ourselves, will it do? That will strike fear in the hearts of infidels.”
Where did they get the idea to “strike fear in the hearts of infidels”? Everyone knows that this has nothing to do with Islam and all, but could it be from the Qur’an? “Against them make ready your strength to the utmost of your power, including steeds of war, to strike terror into the enemies of Allah and your enemies” (Qur’an 8:60).
“3 Brooklyn residents charged with plotting to help ISIS,” WABC, February 24, 2015:
BROOKLYN (WABC) — The FBI has taken 3 Brooklyn men into custody for allegedly plotting to join ISIS and help the terror group in the U.S. if they could not get overseas.
The suspects will appear in federal court in Downtown Brooklyn this afternoon. The 3 men are charged with providing material support to ISIS.
The men have been identified as Abdurasul Hasanovich Juraboev, 24, a resident of Brooklyn and a citizen of Uzbekistan; Akhror Saidakhmetov, 19, a resident of Brooklyn and a citizen of Kazakhstan; and Abror Habibov, 30, a resident of Brooklyn and a citizen of Uzbekistan.
Officials say Juraboev and Saidakhmetov first came to the attention of law enforcement during the summer of 2014 after they expressed their online support for the establishment by force of an Islamic caliphate in Iraq and Syria.
Saidakhmetov intended to commit acts of terrorism on American soil if they were unable to travel abroad to join ISIS, according to authorities. In an August 2014 posting on an Uzbek-language website that propagates ISIS’s ideology, Juraboev allegedly offered to kill the President of the United States if ordered to do so by ISIS:
“I am in USA now … But is it possible to commit ourselves as dedicated martyrs anyway while here? What I’m saying is, to shoot Obama and then get shot ourselves, will it do? That will strike fear in the hearts of infidels.”
A week later, FBI met with Juraboev twice. He allegedly told them that he believes in ISIS’ terrorist agenda, and that he would like to go to Syria to fight with ISIS “if Allah wills.” He also told them he would harm POTUS if he could, based on president’s role in killing Muslims, his support for Israel, and recent bombings of ISIS. Juraboev allegedly said he didn’t have an imminent plan to harm Obama, but that if anyone within ISIS told him to, he would.
More recently, authorities say Saidakhmetov expressed his intent to buy a machine gun and shoot police officers and FBI agents if thwarted in his plan to join ISIS in Syria.
One of the suspects was arrested at JFK Airport and another was arrested out of state just after midnight. If convicted, each defendant faces a maximum sentence of 15 years in prison.
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EDITORS NOTE: The featured image is of Akhror Saidakhmetov, left, 19, and Abdurasul Hasanovich Juraboev, right, 24, appear with court interpreter Akhror Saidakmetov, center, in Brooklyn federal court in New York.The two men were charged together with a third man, Abror Habibov with conspiring to support Islamic State. PHOTO: JANE ROSENBERG/REUTERS
