{"id":34515,"date":"2016-02-24T00:30:38","date_gmt":"2016-02-24T03:30:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/?p=34515"},"modified":"2016-11-24T22:12:59","modified_gmt":"2016-11-25T01:12:59","slug":"attempted-terrorist-attack-in-kansas-goes-little-noticed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/2016\/02\/24\/attempted-terrorist-attack-in-kansas-goes-little-noticed\/","title":{"rendered":"Attempted Terrorist Attack in Kansas Goes Little Noticed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In April 2015, John Booker attempted to detonate what he believed was a 1,000 pound bomb outside the fence of Fort Riley, Kansas. It turns out the fake bomb had been <a href=\"http:\/\/www.justice.gov\/opa\/pr\/kansas-man-pleads-guilty-plot-explode-car-bomb-fort-riley-manhattan-kansas\">coordinated with the FBI<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Booker acknowledged in court that he told one of the FBI informants that he wanted to kill Americans and engage in violent jihad on behalf of the Islamic State group. His plea agreement said he made a video in April 2015 telling Americans &#8220;today we will bring the Islamic State straight to your doorstep.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In court, Redmond once referred to Booker as Muhammad. Booker had an alias, Muhammad Abdullah Hassan.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>It turns out Booker actually <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2016\/02\/03\/us\/fort-riley-kansas-bomb-attempt-plea\/\">enlisted in the US Army in 2014<\/a>, but his enlistment was <!--more-->terminated before basic training even began after the FBI questioned his public statements about wanting to copy cat <a href=\"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/2013\/08\/26\/us-army-major-hasan-guilty-on-all-charges\/\">Nidal Malik Hasan<\/a>&#8216;s &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/2009\/11\/30\/hasans-fort-hood-victims-13-or-14\/\">insider attack<\/a>&#8220;:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Booker told investigators that he enlisted to commit an insider attack against American soldiers like the one Maj. Nidal Hassan carried out at Fort Hood, Texas, according to prosecutors.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Had he been successful, he would have been at least the sixth US military member who was motivated by his Islamic faith to either attack or attempt to attack his fellow troops. The others included:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/2015\/04\/14\/soldier-tried-to-join-isis-but-only-christians-are-threats\/\">Soldier attempted<\/a> to join ISIS (Hasan Edmonds, arrested 2015)<\/li>\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>At least <a href=\"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/2015\/04\/30\/somali-muslim-arrested-for-terror-plot-in-ohio\/\">ten other incidents<\/a> have been recorded in which non-military members have attempted to or successfully killed US troops, most in the US itself:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Chattanooga <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2015\/07\/20\/us\/tennessee-naval-reserve-shooting\/\">recruiting center attack<\/a> (Mohammad Abdulazeez, 2015)<\/li>\n<li>Execution-style <a href=\"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/2015\/04\/30\/somali-muslim-arrested-for-terror-plot-in-ohio\/\">attack thwarted<\/a> (Abdirahman Sheik Mohamud, 2015)<\/li>\n<li>Pipe bomb <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/2011\/11\/20\/police-arrest-suspect-in-alleged-terror-plot\/\"><span style=\"color: #e84747;\">attack thwarted<\/span><\/a> (Jose Pimentel, 2011)<\/li>\n<li>Remote control <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2011\/09\/28\/us\/massachusetts-pentagon-plot-arrest\/\"><span style=\"color: #e84747;\">airplane Pentagon attack<\/span><\/a> thwarted (Rezwan Ferdaus, 2011)<\/li>\n<li>Seattle <a href=\"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/2011\/07\/12\/fort-hood-inspired-plotters-jailed-indicted\/\"><span style=\"color: #e84747;\">recruiting station attack<\/span><\/a> thwarted (2011)<\/li>\n<li>Frankfurt <a href=\"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/2011\/07\/11\/germany-files-charges-in-frankfurt-airport-attack\/\"><span style=\"color: #e84747;\">airport attack<\/span><\/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\/\"><span style=\"color: #e84747;\">recruiting center bomb<\/span><\/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\/\"><span style=\"color: #e84747;\">attack by Raleigh jihadists<\/span><\/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\/\"><span style=\"color: #e84747;\">recruiting station attack<\/span><\/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\"><span style=\"color: #e84747;\">attack thwarted<\/span><\/a> (2007) (6 convictions, 4 life sentences)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The 21-year old Booker readily admitted to being motivated by his extremist Islamic beliefs to\u00a0kill US troops, admitted he enlisted to do so, and even believed he was about to do so in a suicide car bomb attack &#8212; yet his story has received surprisingly little attention.<\/p>\n<p>It turns out Booker isn&#8217;t alone.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.military.com\/daily-news\/2016\/02\/09\/feds-army-deserter-who-supported-is-faces-gun-charges.html\">Daniel Seth Franey<\/a> is an Army deserter\u00a0was recently arrested on weapons charges and similarly had a history of statements supporting the Islamic State and of killing US troops.\u00a0 Yet, like Booker,\u00a0news of his arrest barely registered.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s almost as if Americans are becoming blas\u00e9 about foiled terrorist attacks.<\/p>\n<p>Interestingly, however, Michael &#8220;Mikey&#8221; Weinstein pays himself a quarter-million dollars a year, funded by people he&#8217;s managed to convince that\u00a0<em>Christians<\/em> are the true national security threat in the United States.\u00a0 While the list above of Islamic extremists either within the US military or trying to attack it grows, Weinstein has never provided a single example of a Christian doing the same thing &#8212; and yet he attacks solely Christians.<\/p>\n<p>Weinstein has apparently found a niche market of Americans more scared of <em>fictional<\/em> Christians than <em>factual<\/em> Muslims.<\/p>\n<p>To not be scared by terroristic threats or such attempts is admirable, as it defangs the very tool upon which Islamic extremists rely. To not <em>care<\/em> about threats or attempted attacks could be worrisome, though.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-like\" data-share=\"true\" data-show-faces=\"true\" data-size=\"small\" data-action=\"like\" data-layout=\"standard\"><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\"><strong>ADVERTISEMENT<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><!-- blogpost --><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-ad-slot=\"2728423835\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6450825356098669\"><\/ins><script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});<\/script><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In April 2015, John Booker attempted to detonate what he believed was a 1,000 pound bomb outside the fence of Fort Riley, Kansas. 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