Suspected Islamic Extremist Arrested in Alleged Florida Bomb Plot

[Zarvan]

URGENT: A 25-year-old man described as an Islamic extremist was arrested in an alleged plot to attack crowded areas in the Tampa, Fla., area with a car bomb, assault rifle and other explosives, authorities said Monday.

The U.S. Department of Justice said Sami Osmakac, a naturalized U.S. citizen who was born in the former Yugoslavia, was arrested Saturday night.


This photo, provided by the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office, shows 25-year-old Sami Osmakac.

Osmakac, from Pinellas County, allegedly told an undercover agent that "We all have to die, so why not die the Islamic way?'" according to a federal complaint.

FBI agents arrested Osmakac on Saturday after he allegedly bought explosive devices and firearms from an undercover agent. The firearms and explosives were rendered inoperable by law enforcement. The federal complaint says that shortly before his arrest, Osmakac made a video of himself explaining his motives for carrying out the planned violent attack.

He has been charged with one count of attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction. His first appearance in federal court is scheduled for Monday at 2 p.m. ET.

Sources close to the investigation told Fox News that Osmakac was being "closely monitored by law enforcement" for months in what authorities have described as a "sting operation."

Federal officials said a confidential source told them in Sept. 2011 that Osmakac wanted Al Qaeda flags. Two months later, the federal complaint said, Osmakac and the confidential source "discussed and identified potential targets in Tampa" that Osmakac wanted to attack.

Osmakac allegedly asked the source for help getting the firearms and explosives for the attacks, and the source put him in touch with an undercover FBI employee.

On Dec. 21, Osmakac met with the undercover agent and allegedly told the agent that he wanted to buy an AK-47-style machine gun, Uzi submachine guns, high capacity magazines, grenades and explosive belt. During a later meeting, Osmakac gave the agent a $500 down payment for the items.

"According to the complaint, Osmakac also asked the undercover employee whether he/she could build bombs that could be placed in three different vehicles and detonated remotely, near where Osmakac would conduct a follow-up attack using the other weapons he requested," a press release from the Department of Justice said. "The undercover employee said he/she could possibly provide explosives for one vehicle. Osmakac also allegedly said that he wanted an explosive belt constructed to kill people."

On Jan. 1, Osmakac told the agent that he wanted to bomb night clubs, the Operations Center of the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office and a business in Tampa, Florida.

Osmakac told the undercover FBI agent that he wanted to detonate a car bomb and use the explosive belt to "get in somewhere where there's a lot of people" and take hostages.

He also allegedly told the agent that "Once I have this…they can take me in five million pieces," in an apparent reference to a suicide blast. During that meeting, the agent told Osmakac he could always change his mind about his plot.

Osmakac had created a "martyrdom video" and tried on a bomb belt before being arrested Saturday, law enforcement officials told Fox News.

 

[Safriz]

suspected.......alleged........without any.evidence....but will be convicted purely on the basis of paranoia..

we are living a simar era when the romans demonized cartaginians for urposes of their own.

 

[SHAMK9]

Salem witch trials=now American muslim trials, blame ur enemies of being islamic terrorists

 

[Roybot]

FBI is doing a good job bringing out all these closet jihadis.


Why are these people so eager to buy explosives and weapons though If someone came up to me and said, hey do you want to buy some TNT. I would stay the fck away from that person, and report him to the authorities.

 

[Safriz]

witch hunt isnt it?
the witch burners have changed their victims.....its muslim hunt now...

 

[Marxist]

suspected.......alleged........without any.evidence....but will be convicted purely on the basis of paranoia..

we are living a simar era when the romans demonized cartaginians for urposes of their own.

without evidence ? read this part

FBI agents arrested Osmakac on Saturday after he allegedly bought explosive devices and firearms from an undercover agent. The firearms and explosives were rendered inoperable by law enforcement. The federal complaint says that shortly before his arrest, Osmakac made a video of himself explaining his motives for carrying out the planned violent attack.

Good work by FBI ...

 

[Safriz]

firearms and explosives are LEGALLY sold and bought in USA.
Just buying them does not mean one is terrorist.

 

[Marxist]

Police say terror suspect Sami Osmakac appears in online video

TAMPA - Tampa Police have confirmed that bay area terror suspect Sami Osmakac has been involved in violence seen in at least one online video. He appears to be in several others as well.The video, entitled Muslim Attacks; Police Charge Victim With Crime, shows Sami Osmakac in a confrontation with a Christian preacher outside a Lady Gaga concert at the Tampa Bay Times Forum.

The confrontation can be seen around the 5:40 mark of the video below and on YouTube at

http:// MUSLIM ATTACKS; POLICE CHARGE VICTIM WITH CRIME - YouTube

for more videos

Police say terror suspect Sami Osmakac appears in online video

 

[Roybot]

Haha what a pest

Typical, comes and insults Chritians and Jesus Christ and when they retaliate, starts to get violent.

 

[joekrish]

firearms and explosives are LEGALLY sold and bought in USA.
Just buying them does not mean one is terrorist.

Has he brought them legally? Why are you trying to support a man who is trying to blow up people who has done no harm, stop that and half of this kind of crazy things would stop.

 

[Marxist]

The aftermath of America’s involvement in the Kosovo conflict is felt a decade later, but it isn’t only in war-torn Serbia where the fruits of NATO’s labors are displayed.

Radical Islamists from Kosovo who blame America for the deaths of thousands of Muslims worldwide now are plotting terrorist attacks on US soil.

A 25-year-old naturalized US citizen from Kosovo is in police custody after federal agents thwarted a terrorism plot in Florida that the would-be culprit wanted to be “terrifying.” Sami Osmakac from Pinellas Park, FL was arrested Saturday night after authorities intercepted his attempt at a massive attack on US soil. According to a taped statement from Osmakac, the planned events would serve as “payback” for wrongdoings to Muslims carried out at the hands of America.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation’s sting on Osmakac comes less than a year after 21-year-old Arid Uka from Kosovo opened fire at the Frankfurt Airport in Germany, killing two US soldiers and wounding two others. Investigators in that case allege that Uka came clean on the charges and insisted that the attack was retaliation for crimes committed against Muslims by American forces.

Radical Kosovo Islamists have become an increasing threat to America less than 15 years after a US-led intervention and bombing campaign of Serbia eventually yielded control over disputed land to the Albanians. As a result of it, the Albanian-majority declared Kosovo an independent state and 88 countries recognized Kosovo’s independence, US included.

At the time of involvement in the Kosovo conflict though, opponents of America’s intervention then warned that the creation of a separate state of Kosovo would lead to the development of a radical Islam nation in the heart of Europe. Even some of the most influential American intellectuals cautioned the campaign and warned of consequential circumstances that would come from the creation of the Kosovo state.

“Even if Kosovo declared itself an independent state, it would be a dysfunctional one and a ward of the international community for the indefinite future,” former Secretary of State Lawrence Eaglburger wrote in the Washington Times in 2008. “Law enforcement, integrity of the courts, protection of persons and property, and other prerequisites for statehood are practically nonexistent,” added Eaglburger, who continued that “While these failures are often blamed on Kosovo’s uncertain status, a unilateral declaration of independence recognized by some countries and rejected by many others would hardly remedy that fact.”

Former US ambassador to UN John Bolton added to RT at the time, “I think that we've got to get to the point where attempting the carve out about new countries really threatens to exacerbate the risk of instability.”

Now down the road, predictions like those from Bolton, Eaglburger and others have largely come true, and this latest attempt by way of Sami Osmakac shows that the backlash, while not immediate, could be intensely violent.

In the case of Osmakac, the Florida resident has continuously been in contact with an FBI informant working under the guise as an intermediary capable of supplying weapons to the terrorist. In December, the undercover agent agreed to equip the man with an AK-47 assault rifle, Uzi submachine guns and enough explosives to arm three car bombs.

"I want to do something terrifying, like one day, one night, something's going to happen, then six hours later something else," Osmakac allegedly told the informant.

During a January 7 meeting between the two, Osmakac asked the agent to record a martyrdom video, which he did. According to court documents obtained by ABC News, "In the video, Osmakac stated his belief that Muslims' 'blood' was more valuable than that of people who do not believe in Islam. He also stated that he wanted 'pay back' for wrongs he felt were done to Muslims.”

The “payback,” said Osmakac, would be something that America would be unable to recover from.

Kosovo terrorism comes to America — RT

 

[yyetttt]

AAAGH DON'T GET YOUR SOURCE FROM FOX NEWS!

 

[scholseys]

Florida? really? that state is useless and full of retirees. What a retard!

 

[Safriz]

Has he brought them legally? Why are you trying to support a man who is trying to blow up people who has done no harm, stop that and half of this kind of crazy things would stop.

Because i have watched the 16 minute video posted by Marxist,and the man is preaching Islam to Christians at a Lady Gaga Concert entrance,and says to somebody who is confronting him that if you don't accept Islam you will go to hell...Thats by no means an instigation to terrorism or to kill people.The irony is that this video has been used by LAW ENFORCEMENT agencies to arrest him on suspicion of planning terrorism...what a shame.

 

[kawaraj]

nothing surprising. they have been smearing the Islamic spirit for a long time, from acient till today.

keep going, uncle SaM.