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<http://barenakedislam.wordpress.com/2011/05/13/surprising-details-about-the -nyc-muslim-homegrown-terrorists/> Surprising details about the NYC 'MUSLIM' homegrown TERRORISTS <http://barenakedislam.wordpress.com/author/barenakedislam/> barenakedislam | May 13, 2011 at 12:28 PM | Categories: <http://barenakedislam.wordpress.com/?cat=16730980> EnemyWithin-American | URL: <http://wp.me/peHnV-tU8> http://wp.me/peHnV-tU8 One of the MUSLIM terror suspects arrested for allegedly planning to attack New York synagogues dressed as a Hasidic Jew was a wanna-be model who used to work as a make-up salesman for Saks Fifth Avenue, it has emerged. <http://barenakedislam.wordpress.com/2011/05/13/surprising-details-about-the -nyc-muslim-homegrown-terrorists/x00067486-687474703a2f2f692e6461696c796d616 96c2e636f2e756b2f692f7069782f323031312f30352f31332f61727469636c652d313338363 232312d304330383239314530303030303537382d3531305f363334783333322e6a7067/> http://barenakedislam.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/x00067486-687474703a2f2f69 2e6461696c796d61696c2e636f2e756b2f692f7069782f323031312f30352f31332f61727469 636c652d313338363232312d304330383239314530303030303537382d3531305f3633347833 33322e6.jpeg?w=590&h=308 MUSLIM Terror suspects: Ahmed Ferhani, left, and Mohammad Mamdouh UK DAILY MAIL <http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1386221/Terror-suspect-Ahmed-Ferhan i-worked-Saks-Fifth-Ave-salesman.html> - 27-year-old Ahmed Ferhani, who quit his job to try to become a male model, was caught with taxi dispatcher Mohammad Mamdouh, 20, on Tuesday night in a dramatic police sting operation as they tried to acquire a fearsome arsenal of weapons from an undercover NYPD officer. Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance Jr. said Ferhani and Moroccan pal Mamdouh were to sneak into 'a major synagogue in Manhattan' disguised as Hasidic Jews, complete with 'peyot', or side curls, and beards. He said: 'He [Ferhani] was committed to violent jihad, and his plan became bigger and more violent with each passing week.' <http://barenakedislam.wordpress.com/2011/05/13/surprising-details-about-the -nyc-muslim-homegrown-terrorists/x00067486-687474703a2f2f692e6461696c796d616 96c2e636f2e756b2f692f7069782f323031312f30352f31332f61727469636c652d313338363 232312d304330374545304230303030303537382d3730395f363334783335322e6a7067/> http://barenakedislam.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/x00067486-687474703a2f2f69 2e6461696c796d61696c2e636f2e756b2f692f7069782f323031312f30352f31332f61727469 636c652d313338363232312d304330374545304230303030303537382d3730395f3633347833 35322e6.jpeg?w=590&h=327 Pictures taken on Tuesday night show the moment the alleged terrorists were seized by police Mamdouh, of Moroccan descent and Ferhani, of Algerian descent, were arrested late on Tuesday night allegedly trying to buy weapons in exchange for drugs. It was during the sting that one of the suspects confessed to the plot the kill Jews, the court heard. One of the suspects is a U.S. citizen and the other is a legal resident. Both already had weapons in their possession, police said. It emerged today that both had been arrested for robbery last year. Ferhani has a criminal record for narcotics, and was allegedly trying to sell drugs to fund the gun deal. Described as the alleged ringleader of the attack, he moved to America in 1995 when his family sought asylum from war-torn Algeria. He went on to work as a cosmetics salesman at Saks Fifth Avenue, but had been known to police for some time. <http://barenakedislam.wordpress.com/2011/05/13/surprising-details-about-the -nyc-muslim-homegrown-terrorists/x00067486-687474703a2f2f692e6461696c796d616 96c2e636f2e756b2f692f7069782f323031312f30352f31322f61727469636c652d313338363 232312d304330374337393930303030303537382d3633335f363334783431302e6a7067/> http://barenakedislam.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/x00067486-687474703a2f2f69 2e6461696c796d61696c2e636f2e756b2f692f7069782f323031312f30352f31322f61727469 636c652d313338363232312d304330374337393930303030303537382d3633335f3633347834 31302e6.jpeg?w=590&h=381 Some of the confiscated weapons Yesterday, Ferhani's father, J. Ferhani, insisted his son was not an extremist, instead describing him as a wannabe model who drank alcohol and had a Christian girlfriend. He told the New York Times his son was 'a good kid' who 'got involved with a bad kid'. He doesn't pray, he drinks,' he added. <http://barenakedislam.wordpress.com/2011/05/13/surprising-details-about-the -nyc-muslim-homegrown-terrorists/x00067486-687474703a2f2f692e6461696c796d616 96c2e636f2e756b2f692f7069782f323031312f30352f31332f61727469636c652d313338363 232312d304330383543444530303030303537382d3332335f363334783432352e6a7067/> http://barenakedislam.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/x00067486-687474703a2f2f69 2e6461696c796d61696c2e636f2e756b2f692f7069782f323031312f30352f31332f61727469 636c652d313338363232312d304330383543444530303030303537382d3332335f3633347834 32352e6.jpeg?w=590&h=395 Cosmetic salesman and wannabe model Ferhani poses for the camera Mamdouh, who worked as a taxi dispatcher, moved to the U.S. from Morocco in 1999, and is an American citizen. He was set to serve 90 days in jail under a plea deal for a robbery last October. He allegedly broke into the home of 23-year-old Joann Ocampo in Queens, stealing property worth $5,000, her laptop, jewellery, a bottle of vodka - and kicking her four-year-old poodle, Lulu, so viciously she ended up with broken ribs. <http://barenakedislam.wordpress.com/2011/05/13/surprising-details-about-the -nyc-muslim-homegrown-terrorists/x00067486-687474703a2f2f692e6461696c796d616 96c2e636f2e756b2f692f7069782f323031312f30352f31332f61727469636c652d313338363 232312d304330383630313330303030303537382d3234345f363334783338392e6a7067/> http://barenakedislam.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/x00067486-687474703a2f2f69 2e6461696c796d61696c2e636f2e756b2f692f7069782f323031312f30352f31332f61727469 636c652d313338363232312d304330383630313330303030303537382d3234345f3633347833 38392e6.jpeg?w=590&h=362 The apartment complex where suspected terrorist Ferhani lives in the Whitestone neighborhood of Queens, New York Police had earlier displayed the pair's alleged weapon haul, which included two Browning semi-automatic pistols, a Smith and Wesson handgun, ammunition and a hand grenade, at a press conference yesterday after the suspects were arrested. Speaking alongside Bloomberg, Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said the pair were arrested immediately after the <http://barenakedislam.wordpress.com/2011/05/13/surprising-details-about-the -nyc-muslim-homegrown-terrorists/x00067486-687474703a2f2f692e6461696c796d616 96c2e636f2e756b2f692f7069782f323031312f30352f31332f61727469636c652d313338363 232312d304330383234384430303030303537382d3431355f333036783432332e6a7067-2/> http://barenakedislam.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/x00067486-687474703a2f2f69 2e6461696c796d61696c2e636f2e756b2f692f7069782f323031312f30352f31332f61727469 636c652d313338363232312d304330383234384430303030303537382d3431355f3330367834 32332e61.jpeg?w=306&h=423purchase. Bloomberg said there had been 13 MUSLIM plots against New York since the September 11, 2001 mass murder of nearly 3,000 people at the World Trade Center. Officials described Mamdouh and Ferhani as Islamist extremists bent on killing Jews, but said they were 'lone wolves' not connected to any formal group such as Al Qaeda. 'They did it for Jihad,' District Attorney Cyrus Vance, the head prosecutor in the case, said. 'He was fed up with the way Moslems were being treated around the world. "They're treating us like dogs,"' Kelly quoted one defendant as saying. 'We will blow up the synagogue in Manhattan and take out the entire building,' Kelly also quoted a suspect as saying. Ferhani 'also expressed interest in bombing the Empire State Building,' according to Kelly. Ferhani showed a pattern of growing anger, Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance said. 'His plans became bigger and more violent with every passing week.' <http://barenakedislam.wordpress.com/2011/05/13/surprising-details-about-the -nyc-muslim-homegrown-terrorists/x00067486-687474703a2f2f692e6461696c796d616 96c2e636f2e756b2f692f7069782f323031312f30352f31332f61727469636c652d313338363 232312d304330383235464330303030303537382d3633375f333036783432332e6a7067-2/> http://barenakedislam.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/x00067486-687474703a2f2f69 2e6461696c796d61696c2e636f2e756b2f692f7069782f323031312f30352f31332f61727469 636c652d313338363232312d304330383235464330303030303537382d3633375f3330367834 32332e61.jpeg?w=306&h=423According to a police source, both men are 'homegrown' radicalised Muslims of North African origin, a scenario law enforcement officials warned against in the wake of Bin Laden's death. According to a criminal complaint drafted under state terror laws, the undercover officer had several meetings with the men where Ferhani discussed the idea of attacking a synagogue. Mamdouh emphasized the need for proper training, the complaint said, so they would not get caught like 'the one that put the car in Times Square' - a reference to the failed bombing last year by Faisal Shahzad. Ferhani suggested disguising himself as a worshipping Jew to infiltrate a synagogue and leaving a bomb inside, the complaint said. He also discussed using grenades, 'and described pulling the pins and throwing them into the synagogue,' it added. On May 5, the undercover officer introduced the men to another officer pretending to be an illegal gun dealer at a meeting where Ferhani stated he needed the weapons "for the cause," the complaint said. 'We gonna be victorious,' it quoted Ferhani as saying. At a meeting on Wednesday in Manhattan, one of the undercover officers handed Ferhani a bag carrying three handguns, three boxes of ammunition and the inert grenade. As soon as he put the bag into the trunk of a car, he was arrested, the complaint said. 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