Two ‘lone wolf’ American jihadists arrested in separate bombing attempts

by @ 12:29 am on September 25, 2009. Filed under War on Terror

Fox News reports:

Michael C. Finton, 29, who also went under the name Talib Islam, was arrested Wednesday in Springfield, Ill., after federal officials said he attempted to set off explosives in a van outside a federal courthouse in the Illinois capital.

Hosam Maher Husein Smadi, 19, was arrested Thursday in Dallas after federal officials said he placed what he believed to be a car bomb in a parking garage beneath the 60-story Fountain Place office tower.

In both cases, decoy devices were provided to the men by FBI agents posing as Al Qaeda operatives. Both men are charged with trying to detonate a weapon of mass destruction and face up to life in prison if convicted. Finton also is charged with one count of attempting to murder federal officers or employees.

2 Responses to “Two ‘lone wolf’ American jihadists arrested in separate bombing attempts”

  1. PunditFight says:
    September 25, 2009 at 1:52 am

    Kudos and thanks to the FBI for securing America.

  2. Anna Langella says:
    September 25, 2009 at 9:23 am

    Shouldn’t the alert level be raised? Seems to me the level was always changed out of suspicion or caution as it should be when Bush was in the W.house.

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