Somali Native Charged with Plotting to Blow Up Ohio Mall

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A Somali native living in Ohio has been charged with plotting with other al Qaeda operatives to blow up a Columbus-area shopping mall, according to an indictment unsealed Monday.

The four-count indictment, returned by a grand jury in Columbus, Ohio, charges that Nuradin Abdi, 32, conspired with admitted al Qaeda member Iyman Faris and others to detonate a bomb at the unidentified shopping mall after he obtained military-style training in Ethiopia.

Attorney General John Ashcroft announced the indictment at a Justice Department news conference and used the occasion to warn anew of al Qaeda's threat. "Current credible intelligence indicates that al Qaeda wants to hit the United States, to hit the United States hard," he said.


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1. One less Gap in the world

Would be such a problem?

Too bad DOJ hasn't been looking as closely into terrorism against cargo ships, nuclear plants, chemical facilities, etc. Oh, wait, that would cost corporations money, and Christ knows we can't have that.

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2. Duplicate topic

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=621681