{"id":14234,"date":"2011-11-21T00:20:56","date_gmt":"2011-11-21T05:20:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/?p=14234"},"modified":"2011-11-21T00:45:57","modified_gmt":"2011-11-21T05:45:57","slug":"nyc-arrest-makes-11-islamic-terrorists-targeting-us-military","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/2011\/11\/21\/nyc-arrest-makes-11-islamic-terrorists-targeting-us-military\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC Arrest Makes 11 Islamic Terrorists Targeting US Military"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/2011\/11\/20\/police-arrest-suspect-in-alleged-terror-plot\/\">variety of news sites<\/a> reported the breaking news that New York City police had <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2011\/11\/20\/us\/new-york-bloomberg-announcement\/index.html\">arrested Jose Pimentel<\/a>, a native of the Dominican Republic who had moved from upstate New York to the city.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The intended targets of Jose Pimentel&#8230;were U.S. military personnel who had served in Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as U.S. postal facilities and police stations, according to Bloomberg and Police Commissioner Ray Kelly.<\/p>\n<p>The suspect was described by Bloomberg as an &#8220;al Qaeda sympathizer,&#8221; though he is not believed to have ever made direct contact with anyone in the organization.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>District Attorney Cyrus Vance, Jr., <a href=\"http:\/\/content.usatoday.com\/communities\/ondeadline\/post\/2011\/11\/nyc-officials-to-announce-arrest-of-terror-suspect\/1\">reportedly said<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>On his website, Pimentel discussed the duty of every Muslim to wage war against the west.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Pimentel would make <!--more-->the 11th <a href=\"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/2011\/09\/29\/tenth-planned-attack-against-us-military-revealed\/\">recent and ongoing planned or attempted attack<\/a> on the US military by individuals apparently claiming motivation by their Islamic faith, five of which have occurred this year.<\/p>\n<p>In a related trend, another list may need to be started for homegrown Islamic militants who <a href=\"http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Blotter\/alleged-lone-wolf-jose-pimentel-arrested-york-terror\/story?id=14994845\">still live at home<\/a> with their mothers, as Pimentel did (and as did <a href=\"http:\/\/transcripts.cnn.com\/TRANSCRIPTS\/1109\/29\/sitroom.02.html\">Rezwan Ferdaus<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>The list of attacks\/attempted attacks on the US military by assailants apparently claiming some form of Islamic motivation includes four by US servicemembers:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/2011\/07\/29\/us-army-private-naser-abdo-arrested-in-terror-plot\/\">Fort Hood attack<\/a> thwarted (PFC Abdo, 2011)<\/li>\n<li>Shots <a href=\"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/2011\/07\/04\/muslim-marine-charged-with-firing-on-pentagon-military-bldgs\/\">fired at Pentagon<\/a>, other military bldgs (Marine Reservist Yonathan Melaku, 2010)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/2011\/07\/26\/fort-hood-shooting-suspect-arraigned-changes-lawyers\/\">Fort Hood<\/a> massacre <a href=\"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/2009\/11\/30\/hasans-fort-hood-victims-13-or-14\/\">kills 14<\/a> (Army Maj Hasan, 2009)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/articles\/A7210-2005Apr21.html\">Fragging in Kuwait<\/a> by Army Sgt Hasan Akbar (2003) (death sentence on appeal)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Pipe bomb <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/2011\/11\/20\/police-arrest-suspect-in-alleged-terror-plot\/\">attack thwarted<\/a> (Jose Pimentel, 2011)<\/li>\n<li>Remote control <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2011\/09\/28\/us\/massachusetts-pentagon-plot-arrest\/\">airplane Pentagon attack<\/a> thwarted (Rezwan Ferdaus, 2011)<\/li>\n<li>Seattle <a href=\"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/2011\/07\/12\/fort-hood-inspired-plotters-jailed-indicted\/\">recruiting station attack<\/a> thwarted (2011)<\/li>\n<li>Frankfurt <a href=\"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/2011\/07\/11\/germany-files-charges-in-frankfurt-airport-attack\/\">airport attack<\/a> kills 2 US Airmen (Arid Uka, 2011)<\/li>\n<li>Baltimore <a href=\"http:\/\/www.airforcetimes.com\/news\/2011\/08\/ap-defense-drop-charges-recruit-center-bomb-suspect-080211\/\">recruiting center car bomb<\/a> thwarted (Antonio Martinez, 2010)<\/li>\n<li>Arkansas <a href=\"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/2011\/07\/26\/defense-begins-case-for-arkansas-jihadist\/\">recruiting station attack<\/a> by Abdulhakim Muhammad (2009, life without parole)<\/li>\n<li>Fort Dix <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/story\/0,2933,518337,00.html\">attack thwarted<\/a> (2007) (6 convictions, 4 life sentences)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A variety of news sites reported the breaking news that New York City police had arrested Jose Pimentel, a native of the Dominican Republic who had moved from upstate New York to the city. 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