"Chicago man" charged with planting bomb near Wrigley Field
 

I found this on Robert Spencer's blog and saw it was not posted here yet.

"Chicago man" charged with planting bomb near Wrigley Field
"Got to watch out for those "Chicago men," especially during yet another long summer of frustration at Wrigley, as Sweet Lou Piniella has ridden off into the sunset with no end in sight for the Cub Fan's frustration. It would drive anyone to plant a bomb, now, wouldn't it? Wouldn't it? "Chicago Man Charged by U.S. in Plot to Bomb City's North-Side Neighborhood," by Andrew M. Harris for Bloomberg, September 20 (thanks to all who sent this in):

A 22-year-old Chicago man was charged by federal prosecutors with plotting to detonate a bomb near Wrigley Field, home to the Chicago Cubs Major League Baseball team.
Sami Samir Hassoun, who is identified in a statement by the Federal Bureau of Investigation as a Lebanese-born Chicago resident, was arrested yesterday by members of the local Joint Terrorism Task Force.

Hassoun is charged with attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction and with trying to destroy real property using an explosive, according to court papers. He is due to make his initial court appearance before U.S. Magistrate Judge Susan Cox in Chicago today, according to Randall Samborn, a spokesman for Chicago U.S. Attorney Patrick J. Fitzgerald.

Hassoun early yesterday morning planted an inert device given to him by an FBI informant, which he was told was a bomb, in a trashcan south of Wrigley Field, according to the government. Prosecutors alleged that he intended to injure people frequenting neighborhood bars and clubs, according to a complaint filed at the federal courthouse....


You know how those "Chicago men" hate bars and clubs."

Link is here: http://www.jihadwatch.org/2010/09/ch...ley-field.html

Must have been Amish
 

One man ????

One Man ????

ONE MAN !!!!!?????

Only One Man is being charged with planting a bomb at Wrigley Field ????

If that's the case, they should charge the ENTIRE Chicago Cubs organization with planting a bomb at Wrigley Field for the last 102 YEARS !!!!!!


*Sigh*...... Wait til next year.....Go CUBBIES...*sigh*

How true,sadly,but still so very true!................:(

Big Teddy :munchin

And so it goes...

Richard :munchin

FBI Says It Supplied Fake Bomb In Chicago Plot
AP, 21 Sep 2010

A man arrested for allegedly placing a backpack he thought contained a bomb near Chicago's Wrigley Field got the fake explosive from an FBI undercover agent, authorities say — a tactic that has been used in other U.S. terrorism cases in recent years.

Sami Samir Hassoun, 22, a Lebanese citizen living in Chicago for about three years, was charged Monday with one count each of attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction and attempted use of an explosive device.

Hassoun was arrested early Sunday after planting the fake explosive device in a trash receptacle near Sluggers World Class Sports Bar, a popular bar steps from Wrigley Field, FBI Special Agent in Charge Robert Grant said. The Cubs were not playing at their home field; the stadium hosted Dave Matthews Band concerts Friday and Saturday nights.

It wouldn't be the first time FBI agents have posed as terror operatives and supplied suspects with bogus explosives. Last year, authorities arrested a Jordanian national after he allegedly attempted to detonate what he thought was a bomb outside a Dallas skyscraper. In an unrelated case, authorities in Springfield, Ill., arrested another man after he allegedly tried to set off what he thought was explosives in a van outside a federal courthouse.

In a similar case in May 2009, four men were arrested after they allegedly tried to detonate fake explosives — also provided by the FBI — outside two synagogues in New York City.

In the Chicago case, the FBI said an informant tipped investigators about Hassoun nearly a year ago. Grant said Hassoun acted alone and that the undercover agents told him they were from California and unaffiliated with any group. He declined to offer specific details about Hassoun's motivations, but said he believed the agents were ready to give him money if he carried out the attack.

"He wanted to transform the city of Chicago, he wanted to make a statement and he wanted to replace the mayor of Chicago," Grant said. "He was unhappy with the way the city was running. He was also unhappy with things that were happening in other parts of world."

At a brief hearing Monday, Hassoun quietly told U.S. Judge Susan Cox that he understood the charges. Hassoun's federally appointed public defender, Dan McLaughlin, declined to comment on the case, as did several family members who attended the hearing. A message left on an answering machine at Hassoun's home telephone number wasn't returned.

Authorities say the informant befriended Hassoun over the course of a year, conducting conversations in Arabic, which were taped and shared with the FBI. Hassoun waffled greatly on his plans, authorities said.

Initially, he didn't want to cause violence, suggesting setting off smoking devices in downtown locations near City Hall, authorities said.

"No killing. There is no killing," he told the informant, according to the complaint.

But his plans became more grand, as he believed bigger acts would command public attention and embarrass the mayor, according to the complaint.

"Little by little, I'm building it up," he said, according to the complaint. "I will shake Chicago."

Prosecutors say Hassoun talked about various plots during the investigation, including plans to unleash a biological virus on Chicago and to bomb the Willis Tower, formerly known as the Sears Tower.

According to the complaint, Hassoun on one occasion told the informant he wanted to paralyze commerce in the city. Asked how he intended to carry out various suggested attacks, Hassoun responded, "You park the car, and let it go 'boom.'"

Grant said Hassoun wanted to start his own organization and planned to flee to California after the device went off in Wrigleyville.

"He was not highly skilled, but I think he was definitely desirous of obtaining the material needed to carry out his attack," Grant said.

Shortly before the alleged plot near Wrigley Field, the informant introduced Hassoun to the undercover agents who Hassoun believed were friends and would pay for the attack to be carried out.

Chicago authorities said Daley never was in any danger. Police said Daley — who has been in China for a business trip — was informed of the plot over the weekend.

"We were always in control of this investigation," said Chicago Police Superintendent Jody Weis.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100921/...NheXNpdHN1cA--

or possibly a Baptist, they also teach against consuming alcoholic beverages.

Richard
 

Thanks for the updated story.

I read the whole thing and there was one key part of the story that was missing.

One thing that was never mentioned.

Now if he was ............................

No he just had to be a Morman. But we need to keep that sectet because......Nevermind we don't need a reason. We don't want you to think any, some or a few Mormans may want to due us harm.

If you want a clear statement don't ask the FBI. :munchin

Maybe Druid. They've been pissing me off lately.

Quaker is my guess.

The difference between a bomb and the Cubbies?
A bomb can actually accomplish something.

While the cooperating witness told Hassoun repeatedly, and the suspect at times agreed, not to kill anyone, he allegedly said he wanted to plan a "diversionary incident, followed by a more substantial strike that would likely result in casualties," according to the complaint. Hassoun told the undercover agent he was not motivated by religious ideology, but did suggest in a meeting on June 14 that terrorists motivated by extremist views of Islam could be framed for his proposed actions, a press release from the FBI said.

When an undercover agent told Hassoun his motivation was to change the way the United States treated "our people back home," Hassoun, according to the complaint, said, "Mine is a kind of a different concept than this.”

Hassoun "expressed his opinion that the mayor's policies had weakened Chicago's security apparatus and that he wanted to do something to show it," the release said.

http://www.myfoxphoenix.com/dpps/new...100920_9711273

Who knows...:confused:

Richard :munchin

Oh, I'll go out on a limb.....and totally disregard what the perp has to say about no ties to any religious ideology.