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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 | |
|---|---|
| Location | Wichita, Kansas, U.S. |
| Date | December 13, 2013 (UTC−5) |
| Target | Wichita Mid-Continent Airport |
| Attack type | Suicide bombing, Islamic terrorism |
| Weapon(s) | Car bomb |
| Deaths | 0 |
| Injured (non-fatal) | 0 |
| Assailant | Terry Lee Loewen |
| Motive | Extremist 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]
- ^ "Man Arrested in Wichita Airport Bomb Plot". The Wall Street Journal (Wichita,Kansas). Associated Press. December 13, 2013. Retrieved December 13, 2013.
- ^ Williams, Pete (December 13, 2013). "Feds say they disrupted suicide bomb plot by worker at Wichita airport". NBC News. Retrieved December 13, 2013.
- ^ "Kansas Airport Terror Plot Busted, Authorities Say". Huffington News (Wichita,Kansas). December 13, 2013. Retrieved December 13, 2013.
- ^ Gilliam, Carey (December 13, 2013). "Man arrested for plotting to blow up Kansas airport". In Allen, Vicki; Baum, Bernadette. Reuters. Retrieved December 13, 2013.
- ^ Potter, Tim (December 13, 2013). "Wichita man arrested planned suicide bombing at Wichita airport". The Wichita Eagle. Retrieved December 13, 2013.
- ^ "National security charges tied to bomb plot at Wichita airport". The Topeka Capital-Journal. December 13, 2013. Retrieved December 13, 2013.
- ^ McLaughlin, Eliott (December 13, 2013). "Local man planned suicide attack at Wichita, Kansas, airport, feds say". CNN. Retrieved December 13, 2013.
- ^ a b c d "Terry Lee Loewen Planned Airport Bombing For Al Qaeda". Access ADL. ADL.
- ^ "Revolution Muslim Leader Who Threatened Jews Pleads Guilty". Access ADL. ADL.
See also[edit]
- 2002 Brooklyn Bridge plot (Iyman Faris)
- 2005 Los Angeles bomb plot
- 2006 Toledo terror plot
- 2006 Hudson River bomb plot (Assem Hammoud)
- 2007 Fort Dix attack plot
- 2007 John F. Kennedy International Airport attack plot
- 2008 Long Island Rail Road bomb plot (Bryant Neal Vinas, a.k.a. Ibrahim)
- 2009 Bronx terrorism plot
- 2009 New York City Subway and United Kingdom plot(Najibullah Zazi)
- 2009 Springfield bomb plot (Michael Finton, a.k.a. Talib Islam)
- 2009 Dallas bomb plot (Hosam Maher Husein Smadi)
- 2010 Times Square car bombing attempt (Faisal Shahzad)
- 2010 Washington Metro bomb plot (Farooque Ahmed)
- 2010 Portland car bomb plot
- Khalid Ali-M Aldawsari
- 2011 Manhattan terrorism plot
- Naser Jason Abdo
- Rezwan Ferdaus
- 2011 New York City bomb plot (Jose Pimentel, a.k.a. Muhammad Yufus)
- Sami Osmakac
- 2012 United States Capitol bomb plot (Amine El Khalifi)
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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
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
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Wichita man arrested on plot to bomb Wichita Airport
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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. ...
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Man Arrested in Wichita Airport Bomb Plot
Mr. Loewen told the FBI employee that he had been inspired by the work of Osama bin Laden and Anwar al-Awlaki, the AQAP leader who was killed in a drone attack in September 2011, the complaint said. Mr. Awlaki has been cited as an inspiration by others who attempted or committed attacks in the U.S., including the 2009 Fort Hood shooter and the alleged Boston Marathon bombers.
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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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