Muslim Terrorists in Court: The Dominoes Start to Fall
On Wednesday, November 28, at the Dirksen Federal Courthouse in downtown Chicago, Derrick Shareef pled guilty in U.S. District Court on federal charges of attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction. Shareef had previously pled not guilty, and his trial had been scheduled to begin on December 10. He will be sentenced on March 14 and faces 30 years to life in prison. While the guilty plea brings his case to an end, the saga that his arrest kicked off has only just begun.
Shareef was arrested last December 8 in the parking lot of the Wal-Mart on East State Street in Rockford, when he attempted to trade a set of speakers for four hand grenades and a handgun from an FBI agent. For several months, he had been plotting an attack on CherryVale Mall, the largest mall in the Rockford area, during the height of the Christmas shopping season. The plot was foiled by a "confidential source" who alerted the FBI.
Immediately after Shareef's arrest, but before the arrest was publicly announced, that same confidential source contacted Hassan Abujihaad, once a roommate of Shareef in Phoenix, Arizona. Federal authorities had long suspected that Abujihaad, a former Navy signalman, had transferred classified information concerning the movement of a naval battlegroup in the Persian Gulf to a jihadist website in the months leading up to September 11.
Shareef's arrest, and the recorded conversations of the confidential source and Abujihaad, provided the evidence necessary to obtain an arrest warrant, and Abujihaad was arrested on March 7 on charges of passing classified information. He has since been accused of plotting with Shareef to attack military-recruitment centers in Arizona and a military base in San Diego, California. He is scheduled to go on trial in federal court in New Haven, Connecticut, on February 25.
While federal authorities have told the Chicago Tribune that no agreement was reached with Shareef, the timing of Shareef's plea indicates that something larger is afoot. While Shareef was pleading guilty, an evidentiary hearing was taking place in New Haven concerning the use of secret documents and recordings in Abujihaad's trial. As the Connecticut Post reports, prosecutors intend to make their case for the use of the documents by tying Abujihaad to Shareef through "FBI recordings and a cooperating witness." Even if Shareef has not agreed to testify against Abujihaad, his guilty plea makes the case against Abujihaad even more convincing.
If Abujihaad is from Arizona, why is he being tried in Connecticut? The charges were entered there because that is where the jihadist website was hosted. And with Shareef's guilty plea, the pressure increases on Abujihaad to make an agreement that will help federal prosecutors to convince Great Britain to allow the extradition of Babar Ahmad, the operator of the website. Even Abujihaad, it appears, is a small fish in the jihadist sea. The case against Ahmad has the potential to unearth records of a broader jihadist network and to validate the federal government's claim that Muslim extremists have been using the internet to plan terrorist attacks.
With Shareef's arrest, the first domino fell; with his guilty plea, the pace picks up. So far, the national media hasn't put the pieces together. When they do, this case will make greater waves than that of José Padilla.
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I was on the radio tonight. A caller said we all have human rights. He seeemed oblivous to the fact that his human rights did not extend outside of the borders of the United States. His was a globalist position in which there is no diversity. We are all the same.
Not all people are in favor of America. Who is isn't in favor of America? M-U-S-L-I-M-S. Unfortunately, I do not think this international jihad conspiracy will convince the multiculturalists that there is diversity. They will continue telling us that all people believe in human rights and no one wants sharia.
This human rights, as opposed to American rights, concept will make it illegal to discriminate due to religion when choosing immigrants (here, everywhere else does). And Muslims will still be U.S. navy signal men because of the multiculturalists belief that there are no sides and it is silly to discrimintate on the basis of something as inconsequential as culture. Worse, denying muslims positions in our navy violates international human rights!
Culturism holds that diversity is real. Western culturists recognize that we have a specific cultural tradition to uphold. Culturists realize there are sides. Saudi Arabia takes sides, China takes sides and we . . . we are neutral. Majority cultures all over the world have the right to protect themselves against harm and dillution. Culturism is the only thing international.
I hope we learn that it was not a random coincidence that all these fine gentlemen happened to share the same faith that has shown hostility to us world over. I hope we see that diversity exists and we have a right to protect ourselves. I hope culturist consciousness returns to America and Western nations. I am skeptical.
http://www.culturism.us
"Culturist", #1:
"I hope we see that diversity exists" Of course it does. For example, in contrast to the rest of the world, U.S. possesses no culture. But then, this is not a nation by any stretch, merely a state, artificial and temporary one (and "the home of the gay", as Borat observed).
Mr. Richert,
I don't quite understand the significance of the case you are presenting - what dominoes are we talking about? Is it significant because it involves Rockford? Other than that isn't this just a case of a couple of Jihadists?
"Other than that isn’t this just a case of a couple of Jihadists?"
No, Mr. Hewlett--that's precisely the point. All along, observers have underestimated the significance of the Derrick Shareef case. What has emerged over the last year is that Shareef was the key that allowed federal investigators to get their foot in the door. Without Shareef, they didn't get Abujihaad; without Abujihaad, they didn't complete the extradition of Babar Ahmad. And it's network that Ahmad is tied into that is spread across three continents.
I go into much greater depth in the January issue of Chronicles, which goes to press today. You can regard this article as a teaser.
Mr Richert,
OK, I guess I'm one of those who underestimated the significance since I have never heard of Derrick Shareef or Abujihaad or Ahmad. But then they all sound alike to me anyway. I look forward to reading your article in Chronicles.
In regard to Muslims, what do you sirs think of this list of serious "Muslim" inventions? Though it appears that they developed in spite or despite of Islam, as Dr. Trifkovic would say:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inventions_in_the_Muslim_world
These charges are all lies, I've been assured by many conservatives, both high and low, that the wonderful opportunity Muslims have here will prevent them from engaging in terrorism. The President himself has told us that we should welcome this new addition to the rich diversity of this gorgeous mosaic we live in. And they're good for the economy!