Article

2006-10-04 Home Front: WoT

Pa. man charged with trying to help al-Qaida attack refineries

Archived material is restricted to Rantburg regulars and members. If you need access email fred.pruitt=at=gmail.com with your nick to be added to the members list. There is no charge to join Rantburg as a member.

Posted by Fred 2006-10-04 09:21|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [11130 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Hah, Hah. His mistake was stepping foot over the state lines into Idaho or Montana. He should just be glad the local boys didn't get to keep him.

Posted by Clkethel OHlkdj 2006-10-04 11:03|| 2006-10-04 11:03|| Front Page Top

#2 a purported al-Qaida contact in a sting operation about 25 miles from a motel in Pocatello, Idaho. Is that FBI speak for we aren't going to tell you where it happened?

Posted by Clkethel OHlkdj 2006-10-04 11:05|| 2006-10-04 11:05|| Front Page Top

#3 Reynolds has been held without bail in the Lackawanna County jail since his arrest

What is this obsession Al Qaeda minions have with places that have Lackawanna in the name?

Posted by trailing wife 2006-10-04 11:06|| 2006-10-04 11:06|| Front Page Top

#4 from the article:

Reynolds was convicted of arson in 1978 in connection with an attempt to blow up his parents' house in New York state.

boy has an anger management issue.

Posted by lotp 2006-10-04 11:41|| 2006-10-04 11:41|| Front Page Top

#5 It's nothing a firing squad can't fix.

Posted by Darrell 2006-10-04 11:54|| 2006-10-04 11:54|| Front Page Top

#6 Does Utah still have that firing squad option? I tend to think they do.

Posted by 3dc 2006-10-04 12:30|| 2006-10-04 12:30|| Front Page Top

#7 TW,
You noticed that too? My first thought is that there's some Arabic word or term that sounds like Lackawanna that in turn has some significance to these weasels...

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2006-10-04 13:24|| 2006-10-04 13:24|| Front Page Top

#8 This is treason writ large. Too bad execution is probably off of the table. Life in a prison's general population without any possibility of parole is the least that this maggot deserves.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2006-10-04 15:38|| 2006-10-04 15:38|| Front Page Top

#9 I'd be interested in knowing how they found a judge in Montana who could pass as an Al-Q operative.

Posted by Jack is Back!">Jack is Back! 2006-10-04 15:53|| 2006-10-04 15:53|| Front Page Top

#10 My Israeli father says the Jewish appearance stereotype is actually Italian or Arab. Presumably this works in reverse, as well.

Posted by trailing wife 2006-10-04 18:33|| 2006-10-04 18:33|| Front Page Top

#11 I seriously doubt our legal system is up to the task of getting this guy a maxium sentence.

Posted by Raider Ray">Raider Ray 2006-10-04 20:12|| 2006-10-04 20:12|| Front Page Top

#12 What is this obsession Al Qaeda minions have with places that have Lackawanna in the name?

Hard to figure. But the area is fairly rural, economically depressed. In other words, lots of older, inexpensive large homes to buy or rent. Not that much in the way of jobs there during the blue collar crash of the 80s and 90s, but Scranton is bouncing back and there are a lot more service sector / retail jobs and business there than a decade ago. Lackawana's not too far from Scranton. FWIW

Posted by lotp 2006-10-04 20:21|| 2006-10-04 20:21|| Front Page Top

#13 Another interesting factoid that has nothing to do with this story other than being in eastern PA:

The US city with the fastest growth in Hispanic population over the last few years (as a %) is Allentown PA. Go figure!! My brother is married to a lovely Latina, 2nd for both of them and they make a great couple with extended family of older kids.

Anyway, there's a long tradition of PA being a gateway for immigrants. My mother's family settled there before the Revolution, from Switzerland and Wales. My father's family settled there at the turn of the 20th century from the Ukraine. After the original European settlers in the 17th century, the state attracted many Scots-Irish in the 18th and early 19th, Italians a little later in the 19th, Poles and other eastern Europeans at the turn of the 20th and now a lot of Hispanics. Other groups too, in smaller numbers.

Little town I grew up in had 5000 people when I was there, and 15 churches in 9 different denominations, plus a small synagogue not too far away. Diversity ... we had a Roman Catholic church, an Eastern Orthodox church AND a Byzantine Rite catholic church -- all within 2 blocks of each other on the same street. ;-) And a few miles away the Amish and slight less strict Mennonite Brethren lived. Had a small Assemblies of God congregation, which was REALLY different from the traditions of most people there.

Wm. Penn would be proud.

Posted by lotp 2006-10-04 20:27|| 2006-10-04 20:27|| Front Page Top

19:54 Fred
09:09 tu3031
23:57 Zenster
23:56 anon
23:55 .com
23:55 Anguper Hupomosing9418
23:54 Zenster
23:53 .com
23:52 hutchrun
23:51 Anguper Hupomosing9418
23:51 anon
23:50 .com
23:50 JosephMendiola
23:48 RD
23:46 RD
23:42 .com
23:39 modi Death from hell
23:37 anon
23:33 .com
23:31 RD
23:31 .com
23:30 .com
23:30 Anguper Hupomosing9418
23:27 .com
Merry-Go-Blog