[ April 19, 2024 ]
Another US jihadi the enemedia is determined to ignore.
“FBI: Detroit suspect fantasized about deadly attacks,” by Robert Snell, The Detroit News, August 29, 2016:
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Detroit — An American Muslim who allegedly bought illegal grenades from an undercover FBI agent is an Islamic State supporter who fantasized about killing local Muslim religious leaders and a park ranger, according to federal court records unsealed Monday.
Interviews and court records, for the first time, portray Detroiter Sebastian Gregerson, aka Abdurrahman Bin Mikaayl, as a homegrown extremist who allegedly amassed an arsenal to carry out an attack while cheering mass killings in Paris and Orlando.
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The allegations are contained in an FBI search warrant affidavit listing probable cause to search Gregerson’s home and car on July 31. Agents were looking for evidence Gregerson, 29, was providing material support to a foreign terrorist group.
FBI agents raided Gregerson’s home on the 8300 block of Schaefer Highway south of Joy Road after Gregerson allegedly bought five illegal grenades that same day from the undercover FBI agent.
The search yielded an arsenal of weapons, including seven rifles, two AK-47 assault rifles, a shotgun, handguns, thousands of rounds of ammunition, computer equipment and cellphones, according to a sealed search warrant inventory obtained by The Detroit News.
Part of Gregerson’s arsenal included tactical knives similar to those used in videos of Islamic State extremists beheading western hostages, according to the FBI.
Gregerson also owned an underground ammunition storage container, the FBI claimed.
Agents had permission from a federal judge to dig up Gregerson’s yard and use a metal detector in hopes of finding the buried container, according to the affidavit. It’s unclear whether a container was found.
It appears agents have not found evidence indicating that Gregerson was providing material support to a foreign terrorist organization. He has not been charged with a terrorism-related crime, but the investigation is ongoing. And there was no specific planned attack outlined in the court records.
Instead, Gregerson, who is being held without bond, faces up to 10 years in federal prison if convicted of unregistered possession of a destructive device and unlicensed receipt of explosive materials.
16-month FBI investigation
The affidavit further portrays Gregerson as a vocal Islamic State supporter who spoke of violence while being secretly recorded by an undercover FBI agent during a 16-month investigation.
In May, Gregerson and the undercover agent met at an area restaurant. A group of local Muslim religious leaders entered the restaurant.
“Gregerson recognized the men. He then proceeded to talk with (the agent) about committing violent acts against them. He described the scenario ‘like shooting fish in a barrel,’ ” according to the affidavit.
It is not uncommon for Islamic State extremists to talk about harming local Muslim religious leaders, said Seamus Hughes, deputy director of George Washington University’s Program on Extremism, who has followed the case and reviewed the court filings for The News.
“Individuals drawn to (the Islamic State) don’t see prominent American Muslim religious leaders as legitimate,” he said. “They see them as sellouts.”
In June, Gregerson met with the agent at a Dearborn park, according to court records.
Gregerson spotted what he believed was a park ranger and described a way to launch an ambush and attack.
“People like this, this isn’t even a challenge,” Gregerson allegedly said. “You know they talk about all these lone wolves and all this kind of stuff, you know, threats. Listen, if someone really wanted to do something that knew what they were doing, they could do something, and they could do a lot.”
The bulk of the search warrant affidavit is based on secretly recorded conversations made by the undercover FBI agent who Gregerson believed was an Islamic State supporter.
The conversations were dominated by Gregerson talking about the Islamic State and weapons, particularly grenades and grenade launchers, according to the affidavit.
“In addition, on several occasions, Gregerson expressed his interest in committing violent acts,” according to the FBI.
During one conversation in April, Gregerson referenced the June 2014 declaration by militant leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi proclaiming the establishment of the Islamic State.
“Gregerson told the (undercover agent) that he watched al-Baghdadi’s speech some five times that day and celebrated the event with associates,” according to the affidavit. “Gregerson stated: ‘We could not stop smiling.’ ”
“There is no more ambiguity about this case,” Hughes said. “He’s been a true believer for a few years.”
Praise for Orlando attack
During the investigation, the FBI said Gregerson also praised Islamic State-inspired extremists, including Omar Mateen, the American-born man who killed 49 people at a gay nightclub in Orlando in June.
Gregerson, a Target employee who converted to Islam after high school, called Mateen his “brother” and offered constructive criticism about how the Orlando shooter could have boosted the body count, according to court records.
“If he would have just kind of stayed in there and held them off for a few more hours … we would’ve been talking about 75 (fatalities) …” Gregerson told the undercover FBI agent during a recorded conversation on June 21. “Then maybe he could have waited for the cops to come inside and try to pick off a couple of them on the inside …”
During the prolonged investigation, Gregerson repeatedly expressed his support for Islamic State extremists, court records allege. Gregerson frequently visited Islamic State websites and praised extremists’ violent methods, according to the FBI.
Gregerson said he wanted to move with his wife and four-year-old twin sons to Islamic State territory and “remain there permanently,” according to the search warrant affidavit….
During the raid of Gregerson’s home on July 31, agents also found several CDs marked “Anwar al-Awlaki,” the al-Qaida recruiter who met with Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab before the failed Christmas Day 2009 terror attack on a Detroit-bound plane, according to the sealed search warrant records. Al-Awlaki was killed in a drone strike in Yemen in 2011.
Gregerson claimed to have all of al-Awlaki’s lectures, which have been used to radicalize homegrown violent extremists, according to the FBI.
According to further court records, in November, after extremists killed 130 people in a series of suicide bombings and shootings in Paris, Gregerson supported the attacks on Facebook.
“Only a fool would believe they are untouchable and that just because you kill people a thousand miles away every day it will not affect you,” Gregerson allegedly wrote. “The world is at war, when one engages your enemy in their homeland your homeland is not exempt. Accept responsibility for your actions if you dont (sic) want war in your land dont (sic) bring it to someone else’s home.”
Emails sent from Gregerson’s account also praised Islamic State extremists in emails sent between February 2015 and March 18, 2016, according to the FBI.
He disseminated the Islamic State’s official English language magazine, Dabiq, court records allege.
“One of its aims is to recruit individuals from western countries to commit ‘lone wolf’ attacks,” the FBI alleged….
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28 Comments
7 years ago
They know he wanted to commit a terror attack but he is not charged with a terror related crime? No wonder Hillary walks around free after all of her crimes. FBI is run by the Obama side where no muslim will be charged for terror, They are just so misunderstood, why don’t we give them therapy, I know a good Jewish Dr. who would love to help.
7 years ago
Reply to
DES
He is White, so as usual he gets off on the terrorism charge just as Dylann Roof did.
7 years ago
Reply to
Jacob Peters
I don’t think it is related to him being white at all. Remember that the Obama admin. and Muslim Brotherhood controlled DHS have a particular disdain for white people; especially white people with guns. If he weren’t Muslim they would be holding up pics of his outrageous armory of weapons as the proof that they must kill the 2nd Amendment. If you look at things too much through the lens of Skin color you will miss the forest for the trees.
7 years ago
Leftists and Liberals are root of this Pro islam idiocy and that results in this http://tinyurl.com/h8zqrml
…….and worse when these jokers get assaulted they still support or cover up for their Muslim abusers http://tinyurl.com/jru3k5l
Its beyond Ridiculous !
7 years ago
The most dangerous enemy islam has is itself. All it needs is encouragement for self destruction.
7 years ago
Reply to
Mahou Shoujo
To paraphrase Yellowbeard ” we are fighting the foul, and most foreign, muslims. Until the rest of the world comes to this same understanding, it is up to us to spur things on a bit”.
7 years ago
Reply to
Mahou Shoujo
Yes, its the ideology that lifts all these recruits to islam – from lowlifes on the couch to criminals in jail – to find outlets for sociopath lives of crime. They don’t mind killing anyone – even westerners who fight their own kind.
7 years ago
Reply to
Mahou Shoujo
Really? It seems to me the muslums who slaughtered some 200 people in Paris and Nice might have been more dangerous than the ideology they follow.
Furthermore, you can’t do much to defend yourself against an ideology, you can’t shoot it, you can’t bomb it, but you can kill the people who practice it.
7 years ago
Reply to
IzlamIsTyranny
What is needed is a few well placed accusations of apostasy, that should clear out a few.
7 years ago
Reply to
Mahou Shoujo
Apparently this idiot converted to islam….That shows his stupidity. And the answer to…… WHY…..
7 years ago
Reply to
Guest
Some people just have to be different, as they cannot be different smart, they are different stupid.
7 years ago
Reply to
Guest
Conversion to islam is perfect for criminals who can find justification and outlets for the sociopath nature and crimes.
7 years ago
Part Eight; Islamic Apocalypse!
(from The Undoing:Islam by its own words, the amazing free e-book that’s turning heads in some very high places. Get your copy or read it online here;- http://abelandsolomon.simplesite.com/424568444 , for the bigger picture read our full length book Islamic Apocalypse;- https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01AS09LYW )
A World Caliphate
Surveys have consistently shown that a clear majority of Muslims around the world want to live under a Caliphate governed by Sharia Law. In Europe, 65% of Muslims immigrants thought Islamic rules were more important than the laws of the country they were living in. Every day the news media carry stories of the Islamic State beheading enemy fighters, brutal executiing gays, enslaving and raping non-Muslim women and more. Thousands of Muslim volunteers from around the globe have rushed to be part of this new Caliphate. The Islamic State openly tries to emulate Mohammed’s original Islam. This is not surprising given the millions of dollars of oil revenue that Muslim countries have invested around the world in building mosques and funding preachers who are actually just spreading true Mohammedan Islam. The ultimate aim of Islam is to bring the whole world under Islamic government and Sharia law, to be governed by the Koran.
666 – The Mark of the Beast
The Book of Revelation (13:15) says that the False Prophet causes those who will not worship the image of the Beast to be killed. Isn’t that what the Koran does; (9:5); “Kill the unbelievers…”? Are you aware of any other religion which orders its followers to kill everyone else? Revelation (20:4) even says the Christian martyrs will be “beheaded”, which is what the Koran commands in verse (8:12) “I will cast terror into the hearts of those who disbelieve. Therefore strike off their heads… ” Another clue to the identity of the Beast comes from Revelation verses (13:16-18); “Here is wisdom. Let him who has understanding calculate the number of the Beast, for it is the multitude of a man and its number is 666”. The Greek symbols for 666 were handwritten on St John’s original manuscript of the book as well as in early copies such as the Codex Vaticanus and they are uncannily similar to the Arabic word “Bismillah” meaning “in the name of Allah”. In fact, the handwritten Greek symbols are its mirror image accompanied by two crossed swords, a symbol for both Islam and jihad. Google “666 Allah” and see!
World War III and Satan’s Throne
It seems like the Apocalypse is very near, an end time prophecy that is materialising now talks about Iraq, Isaiah (13:16) says; “Their children will be smashed to death before their eyes; their houses will be looted, and their wives raped.” This is exactly what the Islamic State have been doing. We also now know from recently discovered documents that both Al Qaeda and the Islamic State have deliberately sought to provoke a worldwide military conflict between Islam and the rest of the world. There are a number of Islamic nations too which are being driven by Apocalyptic theology. These Muslims deeply believe that it is their duty to Allah to push the world towards a final great Armageddon; “Proclaim this among the nations: Prepare for holy war; rouse the warriors; let all the men of war advance and attack! …Let the nations be roused…. Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! For the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision.” (Joel 3:9,12,14)
Armageddon; the Valley of Decision
Indeed, we are already in that war, it is wrongly called the “war on terror” but it really is a sort of war between Islam and the “West”. As the true Islam of Mohammed and his Koran are the very root of this “terror”, (and don’t forget that over 95% of all terrorism in the world is Islamist), we are currently in a World War III of ideas and ideals under another name. A spiritual and intellectual war of ideas and ideals. But a physical one too.
7 years ago
Reply to
Abeland Solomon
65% are honest muslums, the other 35% were smart enough to lie.
7 years ago
Man, where did this guy get the money to buy this arsenal? Someone’s been handling and funding this guy.
7 years ago
They can celebrate all they want….. eventually, we’ll get the last laugh.
7 years ago
Why these muzzrats do not understand there could be lone white wolves popping over to Istanbul, Quatar, Dubai and for god sake Teheran to cause a bit of havoc.
7 years ago
Now we have the ALT-Islamist
7 years ago
Another White muslim convert turned terrorist. The most dangerous threat to America are White terrorists as they can blend in with the majority of Americans while plotting our destruction.
Meanwhile Sikhs and Hindus, who are Islam’s greatest enemies get profiled by us, harassed and arrested because they “look muslim”. White muslims from Bosnia, Albania. Lebanon or converts get a free pass. Americans need to recognise and fix this.
7 years ago
Reply to
Jacob Peters
I agree. There are plenty of white muslum scumbags. The muslum scumbags who slaughtered three hundred teachers and elementary school children in Beslan, Russia were all white muslum scum.
7 years ago
What an evil looking piece of pig poo.
7 years ago
How does an American who is a muslime convert find the legitimacy to question the credentials of American muslime religious leaders? Pot, meet kettle. The thing that gives away these “lone wolves” are known as “externals”. They have to make weapons purchases and then invariably shoot their mouths off concerning their intentions.
7 years ago
I guarantee that stash of weapons is just a small amount compared to what’s inside each and every ‘Holy’ Mosque !!!
7 years ago
Another case of rampant mental disorder.
7 years ago
Where’s the Alex Jones / Ron Paul crowd telling us that it was actually Israeli, not Muslim, celebrating?
