Islam - Current Day > Fargo Terrorist Armed to the Hilt; Terror Attack on Queen's Funeral averted; Choudary arrested by counter-terrorism officers

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Gunman had 1,800 rounds of ammo as he launched

‘murderous barrage of fire’ on Fargo police officers

by Steve Karnowski and Trisha Ahmed, Associated Press, July 19, 2023:

A man armed with 1,800 rounds of ammunition, a grenade and other explosives in his car unleashed a “murderous barrage of fire” as he ambushed officers who were investigating a routine crash, killing one and wounding two before a fourth stopped him and thwarted what authorities described as plans for further mayhem, officials said Wednesday.

'Mayhem' is a woefully inadequate word here.

Mohamad Barakat, 37, shot Officers Jake Wallin, Andrew Dotas and Tyler Hawes from inside his car on Friday, from about 15 to 20 feet away, before they could even reach for their guns, North Dakota Attorney General Drew Wrigley said at a news conference. Wallin was killed while Dotas and Hawes remain hospitalized in critical condition. Wrigley said Barakat also shot and injured a bystander, who was trying to run away when she was hit twice.

But Officer Zach Robinson, who just happened to be nearby, “disabled” Barakat’s .223 -caliber rifle with a difficult shot from his own 9 mm handgun from about 75 feet (22.86 meters) away. Wrigley said Barakat — who was on the ground — then picked up a handgun and waved it around. As Robinson moved closer, he ordered Barakat to drop the gun 16 times, then killed him in a confrontation that lasted about two minutes, Wrigley said.

“In the wake of Mohamad Barakat’s murderous, unprovoked attack, Officer Zach Robinson’s use of deadly force was reasonable, it was necessary, it was justified, and in all ways, it was lawful,” Wrigley told reporters. “Mohamad Barakat engaged in a savage attack. … He unleashed what can only be described fairly as a murderous barrage of fire. But that isn’t to say it wasn’t precise. In fact, it was.”

Investigators found 1,800 rounds of ammunition, three long guns, four handguns, numerous ammo magazines, explosives, canisters with gasoline and a homemade hand grenade in Barakat’s car, he said. Officials released a photograph showing that eight of the magazines bore American flag stickers or decals.

Wrigley said Barakat also had a “shooting vest” that wasn’t bulletproof, but had magazines in every pocket, and he had a suitcase of weapons, which he had rolled out of his apartment right before getting into his car. There was no mention of whether Barakat had any protective gear.

“When you look at the amount of ammunition this shooter had in his car, he was planning on more mayhem in our community,” Fargo Mayor Tim Mahoney said. Police Chief David Zibolski said Barakat’s target was unknown….

Wrigley said video evidence shows Barakat drove around and was nonchalant before opening fire.

“He’s casing the place up and stalking his way in and sizing up his opportunity and then parks there and spends minutes watching the officers and waits until they are literally walking,” Wrigley said. “That’s when he lifts his firearm out the window and begins firing. It was an absolute ambush. There’s no other way to describe that.”…

Shortly after the shooting, authorities, including the FBI, converged on a residential area about 2 miles (3.2 kilometers) away and evacuated residents of an apartment building to gather what they said was related evidence. Wrigley said Wednesday that authorities found more firearms at the apartment.

The state Bureau of Criminal Investigation and the FBI are still investigating…

AP managed to get through this entire report without using the words Islam, Muslim, jihadist, migrant, or terrorist. Why?

UK: Man converted to Islam in jail, plotted assault rifle jihad attack on Queen’s funeral 

JUL 20, 2023 12:00 PM BY CHRISTINE DOUGLASS-WILLIAMS

Edward Little ”discussed plans to get hold of a Mac-10 submachine gun and an AK-47 rifle after discussing the plot with other extremists in encrypted chats on a messaging platform.”

In the UK, unlike in America, self-defense is not even considered a valid reason to own a fireman. Meanwhile, in 2015, the Guardian reported that “across Europe more terrorist attacks have been carried out with Kalashnikov-type assault rifles…than with any other device.”

According to the same report, there are 200 million such rifles in the world, and they are readily available on the black market across countries. This is contrary what Leftist politicians tell the public about the effectiveness of gun control, causing a false sense of security. That same false sense of security is entrenched in Britain and other Western countries regarding the jihad threat.

Edward Little converted to Islam in jail. British prisons were dubbed jihadi training camps in 2016. By 2022, the UK had discovered that prisons became “a second opportunity for committed terrorists.” And only three months ago in Britain, it was reported that jihadi prison gangs were establishing Sharia courts and violently forcing inmates to convert to Islam.

Prison radicalization, as well as the jihadi infiltration of the influx of illegal, mainly Muslim migrants from Africa and the Middle East, pose a much bigger threat than Britain’s leaders are letting on to the public. The plot to open fire at the queen’s funeral didn’t happen because Little says he “ran out of time.”

The court also heard that “his intended victim in Hyde Park, preacher Hatun Tash, is a former Muslim and convert to Christianity, who has faced threats to her life on multiple occasions.Prosecutor Duncan Penny, KC, said: ‘The defendant planned to murder those who were with Hatun Tash, and any police officers or soldiers who were in the area.” See more about Hatun Tash and the plots against her HERE.

Homegrown terrorist who converted to Islam in prison ‘plotted attack

on the Queen’s funeral using an AK-47 and Mac-10 submachine gun

to send a strong message’ but ran out of time to act, court hears

by Rebecca Camber, Daily Mail, July 17, 2023:

A homegrown terrorist considered launching a mass gun attack on the Queen’s funeral after converting to Islam in prison, a court heard yesterday.

Edward Little, 22, who converted while serving time in jail as a teenager, identified the funeral as a possible target the day before it was due to be held at Westminster Abbey in September last year.

As a free man, he discussed plans to get hold of a Mac-10 submachine gun and an AK-47 rifle after discussing the plot with other extremists in encrypted chats on a messaging platform.

The British-born Muslim convert told them: ‘I don’t think has been an attack in the UK with guns so a semi-automatic rifle would send an even stronger message.’

But Little decided he was ‘too late’ to act and instead opted to target a controversial Christian preacher – who often debates Islam and the Koran – at Speaker’s Corner in London’s Hyde Park.

Days later, Little was arrested on his way to buy a £5,000 gun for the attack, having taken a taxi from Brighton to London last September.

In custody, he attacked a detective and poured boiling water mixed with sugar over an inmate at Belmarsh Prison.

Yesterday the Old Bailey heard Little had converted to Islam as a teenager while serving sentences for robbery and drugs offences at Cookham Wood Young Offender Institution in Kent and, after he turned 18, at HMP Deerbolt in County Durham.

It heard his intended victim in Hyde Park, preacher Hatun Tash, is a former Muslim and convert to Christianity, who has faced threats to her life on multiple occasions.

Prosecutor Duncan Penny, KC, said: ‘The defendant planned to murder those who were with Hatun Tash, and any police officers or soldiers who were in the area……

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UK: Jihad preacher Anjem Choudary arrested on 

‘suspicion of terror offense’

JUL 20, 2023 3:00 PM 

BY ROBERT SPENCER

The British media unanimously (as if they’ve all been given orders) refers to Choudary as a “hate preacher.” None of them show anything that he is preaching that is any different from what other Muslim clerics in Britain preach. No one even asks. The total lack of curiosity about questions of this nature, which have important implications for Britain’s national security and future, is breathtaking.

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Hate preacher Anjem Choudary arrested on suspicion of terror offence

by Anthony France, Evening Standard, July 18, 2023:

Hate preacher Anjem Choudary is still being questioned by police after being arrested on suspicion of a terrorism offence.

Detectives raided the 56-year-old Choudary’s home in Ilford about 5.40am on Monday.

Scotland Yard counter-terrorism officers arrested a second man – a Canadian national, 28 – who landed at Heathrow on a flight from Canada seven hours later.

Both men were held on suspicion of being members of a banned organisation in contravention of the Terrorism Act 2000….