{"id":20255,"date":"2012-11-26T02:11:39","date_gmt":"2012-11-26T05:11:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/?p=20255"},"modified":"2012-11-26T02:11:39","modified_gmt":"2012-11-26T05:11:39","slug":"former-air-force-airman-charged-with-terrorism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/2012\/11\/26\/former-air-force-airman-charged-with-terrorism\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Air Force Airman Charged with Terrorism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sohiel Omar Kabir is a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.airforcetimes.com\/news\/2012\/11\/ap-four-california-men-arrested-alleged-terror-plot-112012\/\">former US Air Force Airman<\/a> who has been arrested in Afghanistan for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/2012\/11\/19\/4-men-in-southern-california-charged-with-attempting-to-support-terrorism\/\">recruiting\u00a0and plotting terrorist attacks<\/a> against US interests, including US military facilities in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Kabir, a naturalized U.S. citizen from Afghanistan, served in the Air Force from 2000 to 2001. He spent some time at Davis Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, Ariz., pulling aircraft or vehicle parts from a supply store. He was administratively separated for unknown reasons <!--more-->and was given an honorable discharge, the military said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was a standard enlistment that ended early but not for reasons of misconduct,\u201d said Air Force spokeswoman Ann Stefanek.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The timing of the unusual end of his service &#8212; 2001 &#8212; combined with his current goals is interesting.<\/p>\n<p>Kabir&#8217;s\u00a0recruiting effort\u00a0joins\u00a012 other attempted or successful attacks on the US military by those apparently motivated by their Islamic faith, four of whom were actually members of <img decoding=\"async\" title=\"More...\" src=\"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-includes\/js\/tinymce\/plugins\/wordpress\/img\/trans.gif\" alt=\"\" \/>the US military:<\/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, two life sentences (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, 17 years)<\/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, life sentence)<\/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, 25-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>Sohiel Omar Kabir is a former US Air Force Airman who has been arrested in Afghanistan for recruiting\u00a0and plotting terrorist attacks against US interests, including US military facilities in Afghanistan. Kabir, a naturalized U.S. citizen from Afghanistan, served in the Air Force from 2000 to 2001. 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