Burke And Hair-Brained Ideas

 

Burke and Hare used to murder people to peddle their corpses to medical schools in Edinburgh.

The BBC’s favourite Burke, Jason Burke, their go-to expert on Islamic terrorism, merely disinters dodgy old conspiracy theories, as we looked at in the last post, and flogs them to a credulous BBC.

One comment he made in his latest imaginings is this:

Media in the US reported a network of Isis “sleeper cells” in the “homeland”, and “sleeper agents” in Europe, exactly as they had with al-Qaida in 2002. These claims were, at best, a gross misrepresentation of how either organisation operates and how individuals are radicalised.

So Islamic State sleeper cells or agents in the US are mythical?

The Washington Post disagrees…as does the FBI:

The Islamic State’s suspected inroads into America

U.S. authorities have charged more than 60 men and women around the country with alleged Islamic State activities. Men outnumber women in those cases by about 5 to 1. The average age of the individuals — some have been charged, others have been convicted — is 25. One is a minor. The FBI says that, in a handful of cases, it has disrupted plots targeting U.S. military or law enforcement personnel.

Here’s a breakdown of the cases.

Arrests by state

A quarter of the individuals arrested hail from Minnesota, whose large ethnic Somali community has struggled to blunt extremist ideologies.

12New York

Mufid A. Elfgeehr

Arrested: May 31, 2014
Age at arrest: 30
Rochester, N.Y.
Source

Charges: Three counts of attempting to provide material support and resources to the Islamic State and one count of attempted murder of current and former members of the United States military

Disposition: Pending

Nihad Rosic

Arrested: Feb. 5, 2015
Age at arrest: 26
Utica, N.Y.
Source

Charges: Conspiracy and providing material support to terrorists

Disposition: Pending

Abdurasul Hasanovich Juraboev

Arrested: Feb. 25, 2015
Age at arrest: 24
Brooklyn, N.Y.
Source

Charges: Attempt and conspiracy to provide material support to the Islamic State

Disposition: Pleaded guilty to conspiring to provide material suppport to the Islamic State.

Akhror Saidakhmetov

Arrested: Feb. 25, 2015
Age at arrest: 19
Brooklyn, N.Y.
Source

Charges: Attempt and conspiracy to provide material support to the Islamic State

Disposition: Pending

Abror Habibov

Arrested: Feb. 25, 2015
Age at arrest: 30
Brooklyn, N.Y.
Source

Charges: Attempt and conspiracy to provide material support to the Islamic State

Disposition: Pending

Dilkhayot Kasimov

Arrested: Feb. 25, 2015
Age at arrest: 26
Brooklyn, N.Y.
Source

Charge: Attempt and conspiracy to provide material support

Disposition: Pending

Noelle Velentzas

Arrested: April 2, 2015
Age at arrest: 28
Brooklyn, N.Y.
Source

Charge: Conspiracy to use weapons of mass destruction against persons or property in the United States

Disposition: Pending

Asia Siddiqui

Arrested: April 2, 2015
Age at arrest: 31
Brooklyn, N.Y.
Source

Charge: Conspiracy to use weapons of mass destruction against persons or property in the United States

Disposition: Pending

Akmal Zakirov

Arrested: June 11, 2015
Age at arrest: 29
Brooklyn, N.Y.
Source

Charge: Attempt and conspiracy to provide material support to the Islamic State

Disposition: Pending

Munther Omar Saleh

Arrested: June 13, 2015
Age at arrest: 20
Queens, N.Y.

Charge: Conspiracy to provide material support to the Islamic State

Disposition: Pending

Fareed Mumuni

Arrested: June 17, 2015
Age at arrest: 21
Staten Island, N.Y.
Source

Charges: Felon in possesion of firearms; conspiracy and attemping to provide material support to the Islamic State

Disposition: Pending

Arafat M. Nagi

Arrested: July 29, 2015
Age at arrest: 42
Lackawanna, N.Y.
Source

Charges: Attempting to provide material support

Disposition: Pending

10Minnesota

Abdiwali Nur

Charged: Nov. 24, 2014
Age when charged: 20
Minneapolis
Source

Charges: Conspiracy to provide material support to the Islamic State and providing material support to a foreign terrorist organization

Disposition: Charged in absentia; thought to be in Syria

Abdullahi Yusuf

Charged: Nov. 24, 2014
Age when charged: 18
Minneapolis
Source

Charge: Conspiracy to provide material support to the Islamic State

Disposition: Pleaded guilty and faces a maximum of 15 years in prison. He awaits sentencing

Yusra Ismail

Arrested: Dec. 2, 2014
Age at arrest: 20
St. Paul, Minn.
Source

Charge: Stealing a passport in order to travel to Syria

Disposition: Charged in absentia; thought to be in Syria

Hamza Naj Ahmed

Arrested: Feb. 19, 2015
Age at arrest: 19
Minneapolis
Source

Charges: Conspiracy to provide material support to the Islamic State; attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State; making a false statement in a terrorism investigation

Disposition: Pending

Zacharia Yusuf Abdurahman

Arrested: April 19, 2015
Age at arrest: 19
Minneapolis
Source

Charges: Conspiracy and attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State

Disposition: Pending

Adnan Farah

Arrested: April 19, 2015
Age at arrest: 19
Minneapolis
Source

Charges: Conspiracy and attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State

Disposition: Pending

Hanad Mustafe Musse

Arrested: April 19, 2015
Age at arrest: 19
Minneapolis
Source

Charges: Conspiracy and attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State

Disposition: Pending

Guled Ali Omar

Arrested: April 19, 2015
Age at arrest: 20
Minneapolis
Source

Charges: Conspiracy and attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State

Disposition: Pending

Abdirahman Yasin Daud

Arrested: April 19, 2015
Age at arrest: 21
Minneapolis
Source

Charges: Conspiracy and attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State

Disposition: Pending

Mohamed Abdihamid Farah

Arrested: April 19, 2015
Age at arrest: 21
Minneapolis
Source

Charges: Conspiracy and attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State

Disposition: Pending

6California

Nicholas Teausant

Arrested: March 16, 2014
Age at arrest: 20
Acampo, Calif.
Source

Charge: Attempting to provide material support or resources to a terrorist organization

Disposition: Pending

Adam Dandach

Arrested: July 3, 2014
Age at arrest: 20
Orange, Calif.
Source

Charges: Attempting to provide material support and resources to a terrorist organization; two counts of making a false statement on a passport application that was obtained in order to facilitate international terrorism; one count of obstruction

Disposition: Pleaded guilty to providing material support to the Islamic State and making false statements; he faces up to 25 years in prison

Mohamad Saeed Kodaimati

Arrested: April 22, 2015
Age at arrest: 24
San Diego
Source

Charges: Two counts of making false statements involving international terrorism

Disposition: Pending

Muhanad Badawi

Arrested: May 21, 2015
Age at arrest: 24
Anaheim, Calif.
Source

Charge: Conspiracy to provide material support to the Islamic State

Disposition: Pending

Nader Elhuzayel

Arrested: May 22, 2015
Age at arrest: 24
Anaheim, Calif.
Source

Charge: Conspiracy to provide material support to the Islamic State

Disposition: Pending

Muhanad Badawi

Arrested: May 22, 2015
Age at arrest: 24
Anaheim, Calif.
Source

Charge: Conspiracy to provide material support to the Islamic State

Disposition: Pending

5Illinois

Mohammed Hamzah Khan

Arrested: Oct. 3, 2014
Age at arrest: 19
Bolingbrook, Ill.
Source

Charge: Attempting to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization

Disposition: Pending

Mediha Salkicevic

Arrested: Feb. 5, 2015
Age at arrest: 34
Schiller Park, Ill.
Source

Charges: Conspiracy and providing material support to terrorists

Disposition: Pending

Jasminka Ramic

Arrested: Feb. 5, 2015
Age at arrest: 42
Rockford, Ill.
Source

Charges: Conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists

Disposition: Pending

Hasan Rasheed Edmonds

Arrested: March 25, 2015
Age at arrest: 22
Aurora, Ill.
Source

Charge: Conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists

Disposition: Pending

Jonas Marcel Edmonds

Arrested: March 25, 2015
Age at arrest: 29
Aurora, Ill.
Source

Charge: Conspiracy to provide material support

Disposition: Pending

4North Carolina

Donald Ray Morgan

Arrested: Aug. 2, 2014
Age at arrest: 44
Rowan County, N.C.
Source

Charges: Attempting to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization and possession of firearm by a felon

Disposition: Pleaded guilty to both charges and was sentenced in May 2015 to more than 20 years in prison.

Akba Jihad Jordan

Arrested: March 19, 2015
Age at arrest: 21
Raleigh, N.C.
Source

Charge: Conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists

Disposition: Pleaded guilty to conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists

Avin Marsalis Brown

Arrested: March 19, 2015
Age at arrest: 21
Raleigh, N.C.
Source

Charge: Conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists

Disposition: Pleaded guilty to conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists

Justin Nolan Sullivan

Arrested: June 19, 2015
Age at arrest: 19
Burke County, N.C.

Charge: Attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State

Disposition: Pending

4New Jersey

Tairod Nathan Webster Pugh

Arrested: Jan. 16, 2015
Age at arrest: 47
Neptune, N.J.
Source

Charge: Attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State

Disposition: Pending

Samuel Rahamin Topaz

Arrested: June 17, 2015
Age at arrest: 21
Fort Lee, N.J.
Source

Charge: Conspiracy to provide material support to the Islamic State

Disposition: Pending

Alaa Saadeh

Arrested: June 29, 2015
Age at arrest: 23
Hudson County, N.J.
Source

Charge: Conspiracy to provide material support to the Islamic State

Disposition: Pending

Nader Saadeh

Arrested: Aug. 10, 2015
Age at arrest: 29
Bergen County, N.J.
Source

Charges: Conspiracy and attempting to provide material support

Disposition: Pending

3Texas

Michael Todd Wolfe

Arrested: June 17, 2014
Age at arrest: 23
Austin
Source

Charge: Attempting to provide material support to terrorists

Disposition: Pleaded guilty to attempting to travel to Syria to join the Islamic State. He was sentenced to 82 months in prison.

Bilal Abood

Arrested: May 14, 2015
Age at arrest: 37
Mesquite, Tex.
Source

Charge: Making a false statement to the FBI after pledging allegiance to self-proclaimed leader of the Islamic State

Disposition: Pending

Asher Abid Khan

Arrested: May 26, 2015
Age at arrest: 20
Spring, Tex.
Source

Charge: Conspiracy to provide material support to the Islamic State and attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State

Disposition: Pending

3Virginia

Heather Elizabeth Coffman

Arrested: Nov. 14, 2014
Age at arrest: 29
Richmond
Source

Charge: Making a false statement to FBI about supporting the Islamic State

Disposition: Pleaded guilty to making false statements in an international terrorism investigation and was sentenced in May 2015 to 54 months in prison

Ali Shukri Amin

Arrested: Feb. 27, 2015
Age at arrest: 17
Woodbridge, Va.
Source

Charge: Conspiracy to provide material support to a terrorist organization

Disposition: Pleaded guilty to conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists. Sentenced to 136 months in prison to be followed by a lifetime of supervised release and monitoring of his Internet activities.

Reza Niknejad

Charged: June 10, 2015
Age when charged: 18
Woodbridge, Va.
Source

Charges: Conspiracy to provide material support to the Islamic State, conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists and conspiracy to kill or injure persons in a foreign country

Disposition: Charged in absentia; thought to be in Syria

3Missouri

Ramiz Zijad Hodzic

Arrested: Feb. 5, 2015
Age at arrest: 40
St. Louis
Source

Charges: Conspiracy and providing material support to terrorists

Disposition: Pending

Sedina Hodzic

Arrested: Feb. 5, 2015
Age at arrest: 35
St. Louis
Source

Charges: Conspiracy and providing material support to terrorists

Disposition: Pending

Armin Harcevic

Arrested: Feb. 5, 2015
Age at arrest: 37
St. Louis
Source

Charges: Conspiracy and providing material support to terrorists

Disposition: Pending

2Ohio

Christopher Cornell

Arrested: Jan. 14, 2015
Age at arrest: 20
Green Township, Ohio
Source

Charges: Material support and attempted murder of U.S. officials and employees

Disposition: Pending

Robert C. McCollum

Arrested: June 19, 2015
Age at arrest: 38
Sheffield, Ohio
Source

Charge: Attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State, possession of a firearm as a convicted felon and distribution of marijuana

Disposition: Pending

2Florida

Miguel Moran Diaz

Arrested: April 2, 2015
Age at arrest: 45
Miami
Source

Charges: Illegal possession of a firearm as a felon; he admitted being an Islamic State sympathizer, describing himself as a lone wolf for the Islamic State

Disposition: Sentenced to 120 months

Harlem Suarez

Arrested: July 27, 2015
Age at arrest: 23
Key West, Fla.
Source

Charges: Attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction; he has admitted being an Islamic State sympathizer

Disposition: Pending

2Massachusetts

David Wright

Arrested: June 2, 2015
Age at arrest: 25
Everett, Mass.
Source

Charge: Conspiracy to provide material support to the Islamic State and conspiracy to obstruct justice

Disposition: Pending

Alexander Ciccolo

Arrested: July 4, 2015
Age at arrest: 23
Adams, Mass.
Source

Charges: Felon in possession of firearms

Disposition: Pending

2Mississippi

Jaelyn Delshaun Young

Arrested: Aug. 8, 2015
Age at arrest: 20
Starkville, Miss.
Source

Charges: Conspiracy and attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State

Disposition: Pending

Muhammad Oda Dakhlalla

Arrested: Aug. 8, 2015
Age at arrest: 22
Starkville, Miss.
Source

Charges: Conspiracy and attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State

Disposition: Pending

1Colorado

Shannon Maureen Conley

Arrested: April 8, 2014
Age at arrest: 19
Denver
Source

Charge: Conspiracy to provide material support to a designated terrorist organization

Disposition: Pleaded guilty to conspiracy to support the Islamic State. In 2015, she was sentenced to four years in prison.

1Georgia

Leon Nathan Davis

Arrested: Oct. 1, 2014
Age at arrest: 37
Augusta, Ga.
Source

Charge: Arrested on parole violation after he purchased an airline ticket to Turkey

Disposition: Pleaded guilty to providing material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization. Sentenced to 15 years in July 2015

1Pennsylvania

Keonna Thomas

Arrested: April 3, 2015
Age at arrest: 30
Philadelphia
Source

Charge: Attempting to provide material support

Disposition: Pending

1Wisconsin

Joshua Ray Van Haften

Arrested: April 8, 2015
Age at arrest: 34
Madison, Wis.
Source

Charge: Attempting to provide material support and resources to a terrorist organization

Disposition: Pending

1Kansas

John T. Booker Jr.

Arrested: April 10, 2015
Age at arrest: 20
Topeka, Kan.
Source

Charges: One count of attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction, one count of attempting to damage property by means of an explosive and one count of attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State

Disposition: Pending

1Rhode Island

Nicholas Rovinski

Arrested: June 11, 2015
Age at arrest: 24
Warwick, R.I.
Source

Charge: Conspiracy to provide material support to the Islamic State

Disposition: Pending

1Arizona

Ahmed Mohammed El Gammal

Arrested: Aug. 24, 2015
Age at arrest: 42
Avondale, Ariz.

Disposition: Pending

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2 Responses to Burke And Hair-Brained Ideas

  1. Guest Who says:

    Only recently I saw the BBC quoted as claiming ‘ It is not our role to seek out any “true agenda” but to report events fairly and accurately.”

    Ah, well. No one’s perfect. Even with 20,000 staff and £4Bpa to give it a stab.

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  2. Stuart Beaker says:

    Like everyone else, I have noticed the BBC’s consistent highlighting of females, minors and the old in their coverage of the various concentrations of illegals at Europe’s external and internal borders and transport networks.

    In spite of this, the setting, panning and background shots all show a large majority of apparently unattached, physically capable, military-age males in virtually every situation, except possibly some of the boat shots. I would say 90% off the top of my head.

    This would correspond quite well with the demographic you have recounted here.

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