New Domestic Terrorist

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[url]By MIKE ROBINSON

(AP) Shoppers walk into the CherryVale Mall Friday, Dec. 8, 2006 in Rockford, Ill. where federal...
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CHICAGO (AP) - A Muslim convert who talked about his desire to wage jihad against civilians was charged Friday in a plot to set off hand grenades at a shopping mall at the height of the Christmas rush, authorities said.

Investigators said Derrick Shareef, 22, an American citizen from Rockford, was acting alone and never actually obtained any grenades. He 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 gun, authorities said.

"He fixed on a day of December 22nd on Friday ... because it was the Friday before Christmas and thought that would be the highest concentration of shoppers that he could kill and injure," said Robert Grant, the agent in charge of the Chicago FBI office.

Authorities 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.

Other potential targets that Shareef allegedly discussed included government facilities such as courthouses and city hall, authorities said.

An affidavit quoted him as saying: "I just want to smoke a judge."

Shareef was born in the United States and converted to Islam, officials said. They believe he might have learned about jihad through videos and Web sites.

"While these are very serious charges, at no time was the public in any imminent peril," U.S. Attorney Patrick J. Fitzgerald said in a statement.

A spiritual leader of Rockford-area Muslims commended authorities for intercepting the alleged plot and reiterated "the Muslim community's condemnation of terrorism in the name of Islam," said Shpendim Nadzaku, imam of the Muslim Association of Greater Rockford.

Asked if he had ever met Shareef, Nadzaku said: "No one in the community has any clue as to who this person is - he's completely anonymous."

Shareef appeared briefly before a judge Friday and was ordered held without bond. 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.

Defense attorney Michael B. Mann declined to comment on the charges.

Shareef and his acquaintance cased the mall on Nov. 30, discussing the layout and spots where they might set off several grenades simultaneously to create more pandemonium, according to an FBI affidavit.

A spokeswoman for the mall said officials were cooperating with the investigation but referred all other questions to the U.S. attorney's office.
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He's been captured as a US citizen, on American soil, and he has been charged. Wonder if he will be considered an enemy combatant like Padilla, and turned over to the military. I hope so.

Do your part for global warming: ban beans and hold all popcorn farts.

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And Mr Derrick Shareef wins the free trip to Guantanamo Bay...

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Sun tan lotion?

Do your part for global warming: ban beans and hold all popcorn farts.

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I doubt if they need it.. no Cabana Boys either.

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And Mr Derrick Shareef wins the free trip to Guantanamo Bay...

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To bad he won't get to take his pr of stereo spkrs with him.

IMO the guy sounds like he's missing a couple of camels and doesn't know it. Thinks he can trade a Pr of stereo spkrs for four grenades and a gun. And the first guy he confides in rats him out to the feds.

Good plan dude, you've been a big help in providing Homeland security another success story for the yr. I know i feel a lot safer that HS has a CI that can dig up these nut cases and catch them before they can execute their master plan.

IMO The J lynch fan club is playing with smoke and mirrors again and we'll suck it up just like we did with her story. kudo's to ms lynch for standing up and setting the record straight.

A rubber room at gitmo with a waterfront view. I hope someone will count his camels before they throw away the key.

R.I.P.

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This guy sounds like a Muslim K-Fed. What a Tard.

Why Rockford? The place is a sewer.

He should enjoy the accommodations at Gitmo.

They should feed him warm Gin and greasy pork sandwiches, and make him listen to an endless loop of the Osmonds. Now that's torture.

Illinois needs a CCW Law. NOW.

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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.

Uhhh, what? Was that the hand grenades or the gun?

Do you want to have an ideagasm?

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They should feed him warm Gin and greasy pork sandwiches, and make him listen to an endless loop of the Osmonds. Now that's torture.

NAH.. I put togetther a much better one once upon a time..... ever hear the one with BOOTS on it....with a few other choice bits thrown in......undertone.......what are you afraid of..

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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.

Uhhh, what? Was that the hand grenades or the gun?

I don't know. Maybe WMD bad breath?

Do your part for global warming: ban beans and hold all popcorn farts.