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Old 12-09-2006
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Jihadi wanna-be arrested in Chicago

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CHICAGO, Illinois (AP) -- A man who authorities said wanted to commit acts of "violent jihad" against civilians was charged Friday in a plot to set off hand grenades in garbage cans at a shopping mall, authorities said.

Derrick Shareef, 22, of Rockford, was arrested Wednesday when he met with an undercover agent in a parking lot to trade a set of stereo speakers for four hand grenades and a handgun.

Shareef was acting alone and not in concert with any terrorist group, authorities said.

Officials said Shareef had been under investigation since September, when he told an acquaintance that "he wanted to commit acts of violent jihad against targets in the United States as well as commit other crimes."

The acquaintance immediately informed the FBI, officials said.

Federal officials said Shareef planned to set off four hand grenades in garbage cans at the CherryVale shopping mall in Rockford, about 90 miles northwest of Chicago.

He was charged with one count of attempting to damage or destroy a building by fire or explosion and one count of attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction.

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What an idiot.

Following a scrupulously fair trial, I hope he spends the rest of his days in a federal prison. He's plainly too dangerous to allow him to walk free in society.

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Re: Jihadi wanna-be arrested in Chicago

I think that poetic justice would have been him blowing off his own arm, at home, in a bungled attempt to use the weapon in question.
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Re: Jihadi wanna-be arrested in Chicago

Unlike those guys arrested in Miamia, this guy is an actual threat. He'll never see the light of day again, hopefully.

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one count of attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction.
What the hell is this based off of? A hand grenade?
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Re: Jihadi wanna-be arrested in Chicago

He should have known it was a cop he was meeting. Noone is going to trade grenades for speakers. I haven't tried to buy grenades lately but I would guess that they would be worth more than a set of speakers.
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Re: Jihadi wanna-be arrested in Chicago

Couldn't grenades be purchased at those military outfits?
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