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FBI agents were alerted to 19 year-old Mohamed Osman Mohamud by a family member, who suspected he might be a threat. Agents then set out to catch him in a sting operation; they created a fake jihadists terrorism ring, recruited Mohamed and persuaded him to carry out an attack.
The plan was to detonate a large car bomb, but when Mohamed attempted to detonate the vehicle he was arrested. The vehicle never contained any explosives. It was a plant by the FBI.
Did officials trick and entrap Mohamudto win national security points?
The alleged plotter is a teenager. The bomb he planted, a fake, and the FBI allegedly manipulated him into committing that crime.
Manipulating people in to blowing things up, how do we know if they didn't create fake jihadist terrorism rings and make them do things for US?
There is a reason why there are so many un-answered questions regarding the 9/11.
What are your thoughts on this?
Originally posted by GogoVicMorrow
reply to post by oozyism
This already has many threads. Look up threads on the Oregon bomber.
He was already intent on killing people. The FBI did their jobs on this in my opinion. I think they played it up for the fear factor in the media, but did the right thing on busting the kid.
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Why are they focusing only on Muslims?
Originally posted by Whyhi
Extremist muslims seem to be the most motivated towards their goal of attacking random targets.
Originally posted by GogoVicMorrow
There is no justifying this to you people who are just anti FBI, etc. They did the right thing. The kid was trying to get in touch with radical muslims. He very well could have gotten something together. What would you people say if they had let him go and he found that real bomb building jihadist and actually killed people?
he tried to go to the middle east, this is not a regular innocent teen.