Friday, December 13, 2013

Witchita Islamist Airport Bombing Plot

Witchita Islamist Airport Bombing Plot ---
tags: Terroristic IncidentsAir Travel Incidents, conspiracy theory disinformation, Islamist, Mideast Muslim, Anwar al-Awlaki, Revolution Muslim

December 13, 2013 Witchita Airport Bombing Plot Terry Loewen, 58, who was an avionics technician at the airport, was arrested when he was about to enter a secure gate to drive a vehicle he believed to be packed with explosives onto the airport tarmac, hoping to commit an "act of violent jihad against the United States". He had spent months studying the airport's layout, photographing airport access points, researching flight schedules. Authorities are calling him a lone wolf who was inspired by the work of Osama bin Laden and Anwar al-Awlaki.  He said that he wanted to “commit an act of violent jihad on behalf of al Qaeda” against the United States. Loewen also freely acknowledgedthat he would be classified as an Islamic “extremist”: “Let me preface the bottom line by saying I have become ‘radicalized’ in the strongest sense of the word, and I don’t feel Allah wants me any other way.”

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Wikipedia 2013 Wichita bomb plot
2013 Wichita bomb plot
LocationWichitaKansasU.S.
DateDecember 13, 2013 (UTC−5)
TargetWichita Mid-Continent Airport
Attack typeSuicide bombing,
Islamic terrorism
Weapon(s)Car bomb
Deaths0
Injured (non-fatal)0
AssailantTerry Lee Loewen
MotiveExtremist Islamic beliefs
A 58-year-old avionics technician, identified as Terry Lee Loewen, was arrested on December 13, 2013, for allegedly planning a suicide bombing at Wichita Mid-Continent Airport. Loewen became radicalized after reading extremist Islamic material on theInternet.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7] Loewen also goes by Terry L. Lane.[8]
Loewen's primary influences were apparently the now-defunct Revolution Muslim website and the late Muslim cleric Anwar al-Awlaki.[8] Revolution Muslim has been associated with a number of U.S.-born extremists.[9] Loewen also claimed he was attempting to support al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula.[8] Three other American citizens have attempted to joinAQAP in 2013.[8]

References[edit]

  1. Jump up^ "Man Arrested in Wichita Airport Bomb Plot"The Wall Street Journal (Wichita,Kansas). Associated Press. December 13, 2013. Retrieved December 13, 2013.
  2. Jump up^ Williams, Pete (December 13, 2013). "Feds say they disrupted suicide bomb plot by worker at Wichita airport"NBC News. Retrieved December 13, 2013.
  3. Jump up^ "Kansas Airport Terror Plot Busted, Authorities Say"Huffington News (Wichita,Kansas). December 13, 2013. Retrieved December 13, 2013.
  4. Jump up^ Gilliam, Carey (December 13, 2013). "Man arrested for plotting to blow up Kansas airport". In Allen, Vicki; Baum, Bernadette. Reuters. Retrieved December 13, 2013.
  5. Jump up^ Potter, Tim (December 13, 2013). "Wichita man arrested planned suicide bombing at Wichita airport"The Wichita Eagle. Retrieved December 13, 2013.
  6. Jump up^ "National security charges tied to bomb plot at Wichita airport"The Topeka Capital-Journal. December 13, 2013. Retrieved December 13, 2013.
  7. Jump up^ McLaughlin, Eliott (December 13, 2013). "Local man planned suicide attack at Wichita, Kansas, airport, feds say"CNN. Retrieved December 13, 2013.
  8. Jump up to:a b c d "Terry Lee Loewen Planned Airport Bombing For Al Qaeda"Access ADL. ADL.
  9. Jump up^ "Revolution Muslim Leader Who Threatened Jews Pleads Guilty"Access ADL. ADL.

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*Disinformation

nodisinfo: Witchita Airport Bombing is an Islamophobic Plot 14 December 2013 Witchita Airport Bombing is an Islamophobic Plot The Witchita-area DA, its various DHS (Mossad) elements, and the FBI well know that Islam has nothing to do with attacking public facilities, whether in this country or elsewhere


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Dec 19, 2013 07:01 pm | Robert Spencer

Muslim indicted for attempting to explode car bomb at Wichita Mid-Continent Airport

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Loewen said that he hoped to cause (as he put it in a letter to his wife) “maximum carnage + death.” He wanted this to be yet another jihad mass murder attack on American soil, in which he would be, as he wrote in the same letter, “martyred in the path of Allah.” He said that he wanted to “commit an act of violent jihad on behalf of al Qaeda” against the United States. Loewen also freely acknowledgedthat he would be classified as an Islamic “extremist”: “Let me preface the bottom line by saying I have become ‘radicalized’ in the strongest sense of the word, and I don’t feel Allah wants me any other way.”
In the same vein, he expressed frustration with Muslims who didn’t see the jihad imperative as he did: “I don’t understand how you can read the Qur’an and the sunnah of the Prophet (saw) and not understand that jihad and the implementation of Sharia is absolutely demanded of all the Muslim Ummah. I feel so guilt-ridden sometimes for knowing what’s required of me but yet doing little or nothing to make it happen. I love my Muslim brothers and sisters, whether they agree with me or not, it’s just hard to deal with the denial that some of them appear to be going through.”

Loewen is not associated with any religious group in Wichita, Grissom said.  Semantics. Other news outlets are reporting he'd recently converted to Islam; while he may not be associated with a group in Wichita (doubtful) he could be associated with a radical, fanatic Islamic group. 

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Wichita man arrested on plot to bomb Wichita Airport
USA TODAY - ‎3 minutes ago‎
A 58-year-old Wichita man allegedly plotting a suicide car bombing at Wichita Mid-Continent Airport was arrested Friday as he tried to drive on to the facility's tarmac. Terry Lee Loewen, an avionics technician at the airport, was arrested at 5:40 a.m. U.S. ...

New York Daily News - ‎14 minutes ago‎
Talk Radio News Service - ‎23 minutes ago‎
CNN - ‎24 minutes ago‎
Chicago Tribune - ‎33 minutes ago‎
Wall Street Journal - ‎43 minutes ago‎

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Politico - ‎59 minutes ago‎
WICHITA, Kan. — An avionics technician from Kansas was arrested Friday as he planned to drive a vehicle full of explosives into a terminal at Wichita's Mid-Continent Regional Airport, authorities said. Terry Lee Loewen, 58, was charged with one count each ...
Huffington Post - ‎52 minutes ago‎
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Authorities say a Kansas man accused of planning to detonate a car bomb at the Wichita airport has been arrested. U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said the man was arrested Friday morning at Mid-Continent regional airport. He said the ...
NBCNews.com (blog) - ‎59 minutes ago‎
By Pete Williams, Chief Justice Correspondent, NBC News. A 58-year-old airport worker was charged Friday with allegedly planning a suicide bombing at a passenger terminal at the Wichita Mid-Continent Airport in Kasnsas.







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