Three NYC Men Accused of Planning to Wage Jihad for ISIS Are Arrested

[Purveyor]

Source: NBC NEWS

Three men from Brooklyn, New York, were arrested and accused of plotting to wage jihad for ISIS, authorities said Wednesday. One of the men had offered to kill President Barack Obama if the militants asked him to, they said.

Federal prosecutors in Brooklyn identified the men as Abdurasul Juraboev, 24, Akhror Saidakhmetov, 19, and Abror Habibov, 30. Juraboev and Habibov are Uzbek citizens, and Saidakhmetov is a citizen of Kazahkstan, the prosecutors said.

Juraboev and Saidakhmetov plotted to travel to Turkey and then to Syria to wage jihad, and Habibov helped pay for the plan, the prosecutors said. Saidakhmetov was arrested at John F. Kennedy International Airport as he tried to board a flight to Istanbul.

All three were arrested overnight. They were charged with attempt and conspiracy to provide material support to ISIS. Each faces up to 15 years in prison.

Read more: http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/isis-terror/three-nyc-men-accused-planning-wage-jihad-isis-are-arrested-n312666

[Fred Sanders]

1. Maybe they were attracted by the offers of kittens and Nutella meals before being sent in as cannonfodder?

CNN exclusive: http://www.vox.com/2014/10/20/6987673/isis-women

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4. It was the kittens. Obviously.

The Nutella served as dessert, nothing more.

[Fred Sanders]

10. Nutella and kittens - there is nothing CNN will not use to gin up FEAR.

[Rhinodawg]

2. No one believes this.

We know these people are innocent and they would never kill any anyone.

Free Abdurasul .

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5. Yes. And Richard Jewell.

[obnoxiousdrunk]

13. Time to start a petetion...

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3. Read this earlier. It reminded me of Richard Jewell's story - as you will recall,

he was the janitor (or something like that) accused by the media of guilt of perpetrating the Atlanta Olympic bombing:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Jewell

Anyway, I hope the media behaves responsibly with regard to this story. Not sure if the sarcasm tag is warranted here.

[geek tragedy]

7. Did Richard Jewell offer to kill the President?

Juraboev attracted the attention of law enforcement in August when he posted on a pro-ISIS website, the prosecutors said. In the posting, he offered to kill Obama if ISIS asked him to, they said. His plans also included planting a bomb on Coney Island, the FBI said.

Saidakhmetov had expressed an intention to shoot police officers and FBI agents if he couldn't join ISIS in Syria, the prosecutors said.

Just garden variety stupid-ass jihadis.

[closeupready]

8. Oh, you again.

You never met a piece of evidence you didn't believe when authorities told you that it was solid, did you?

[geek tragedy]

9. "I don't want to answer that question, so I'll post a sarcastic emoticon instead"

I guess I'm a bad person for not feeling any sympathy for these poor innocent lambs.

[closeupready]

11. Or you might not be as savvy as you like to think you are...?

Or perhaps you ARE that savvy, but you are also mean-spirited, giving safe harbor only to those whom you've arbitrarily decided deserve it?

I've pretty much seen it all here on DU, and if you could concede the above questions were accurate, then I can't say that you would be the only member of DU like that.

[geek tragedy]

12. Apologies, was this thread about my personality?

Don't know of anyone who finds that subject interesting . . .

[closeupready]

14. You made it about yourself when you claimed "I'm a bad person".

With that, I'm done with you here, and your stalking. Have fun talking to yourself!

[One_Life_To_Give]

18. So they are only suspects who recently saved many lives, like Richard Jewell?

Afterall the Olympic Park hero was never charged. Was media speculation that he had planted the device he found and alerted on. Saving countless lives at the Olympic Park venue.

[closeupready]

19. Unless anyone here knows these men personally, we know NOTHING about them

other than what prosecutors are bringing forth, and their theories speculating about how all the facts they've collected come together.

You may be comfortable giving law enforcement authorities the benefit of the doubt. I happen to think they need to give everyone due process - I know, weird, huh.

[One_Life_To_Give]

20. Makes them nothing at all like Richard Jewell

Richard Jewell was never charged by any police or prosecutor.

Richard Jewell was the Hero for the first days after the Olympic Park Bombing. Many lives saved because he did his job.
It was the media than ran with some comment about his being a "potential suspect" that turned his life into a hell.

Not even remotely close to what we have here.

[closeupready]

22. It is EXACTLY the same thing. 100%.

But doesn't seem like you really want to have an honest discussion, so I'll let you have the last word. Cheers.

[geek tragedy]

6. ISIS will be wiped out by the time these lowlives get out of prison and are

deported.

How did they get in the country in the first place?

[El Shaman]

15. I wonder , if they enrolled in

Obamacare II .

[romanic]

16. What pushes these morons into commiting jihads?

I don't get it.

[seveneyes]

17. Islamic Jihad or just garden variety Jihad?

It's so confusing keeping track of all the Jihad going on.

[hrmjustin]

21. Scary stuff.

[question everything]

23. Uzbek?

Where is Herman 'Uzbekibekibekistanstan' Cain when we need him?