{"id":15974,"date":"2012-02-08T00:31:47","date_gmt":"2012-02-08T03:31:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/?p=15974"},"modified":"2012-02-08T00:40:23","modified_gmt":"2012-02-08T03:40:23","slug":"guilty-plea-in-planned-recruiting-center-bombing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/2012\/02\/08\/guilty-plea-in-planned-recruiting-center-bombing\/","title":{"rendered":"Guilty Plea in Planned Recruiting Center Bombing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Antonio Martinez <a href=\"http:\/\/www.marinecorpstimes.com\/news\/2012\/01\/ap-man-pleads-guilty-in-recruit-center-bomb-plot-012612\/\">has pled guilty<\/a> to attempting to blow up a Baltimore military recruiting center in 2010.\u00a0 The FBI went as far as to provide Martinez a fake bomb which he tried to detonate.\u00a0 He had originally pled not guilty, but reversed his plea and faces a 25-year sentence.<\/p>\n<p>Though only vaguely referenced in the Associated Press article on the plea, Martinez was reportedly motivated by his &#8220;extremist&#8221; Islamic views.\u00a0 He was one <!--more-->of 12 attempted or planned attacks on the US military in recent years by those apparently motivated by their Islamic faith:<\/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 bomb<\/a> thwarted (Antonio Martinez, 2010,\u00a025-year sentence)<\/li>\n<li>Quantico <a href=\"http:\/\/www.marinecorpstimes.com\/news\/2012\/01\/ap-marine-quantico-court-sentences-3-plotters-011312\/\">attack by Raleigh jihadists<\/a> thwarted (6 multi-decade prison sentences, 2009)<\/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>Antonio Martinez has pled guilty to attempting to blow up a Baltimore military recruiting center in 2010.\u00a0 The FBI went as far as to provide Martinez a fake bomb which he tried to detonate.\u00a0 He had originally pled not guilty, but reversed his plea and faces a 25-year sentence. 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