NY: Al Qaeda Terror Threat Source Revealed

The source for last year's Thanksgiving weekend alert regarding a "Madrid-like" al Qaeda attack on the Long Island Railroad has been identified as Long Island-bred terrorist 26 year-old Bryant Neal Vinas. Vinas gave details while entering a plea in Federal Court, detailing how he converted from Catholicism to Islam, traveled to Afghanistan, joined al Qaeda and took part in at least two planned attacks on American bases there, though one was aborted and it's unclear if the other succeeded in injuring troops with missiles.

While there, he was also trained in military and terrorism tactics, including suicide bombing, and also provided al Qaeda operatives with intelligence on the Long Island Railroad, which he rode regularly while in the United States. He was eventually captured in Pakistan. Reading this, it would appear that al Qaeda operatives still retain the information.

The information resulted in a urgent Nov. 25 alert about a possible threat of a suicide bomb attack on LIRR trains in Penn Station. The purpose of providing this information was to help plan a bombing attack of the Long Island Rail Road system."

Current story at this link. An ABC report from November announcing the alert at this link.

In a chilling confession, Long Island-bred terrorist Bryant Neal Vinas told how he joined Al Qaeda to kill U.S. troops in Afghanistan and help plot a commuter train attack.

"In the fall of 2007, I left my home in Long Island to travel to Pakistan with the intention of meeting and joining a jihadist group to fight American soldiers in Afghanistan," Vinas said on Jan. 28 in Brooklyn Federal Court.

A transcript unsealed last night by Federal Judge Nicholas Garaufis shows the homegrown terror suspect was reading from a prepared statement.

"When I arrived in Pakistan, I made contact with and was accepted into Al Qaeda, a jihadist group that I knew to be responsible for attacks against the United States, including suicide bombings targeting civilians," Vinas said.

Law enforcement officials believe Vinas, who was raised a Catholic, converted to Islam and grew to hate the U.S. based on what he perceived was mistreatment of Muslims.

Comments

[mark l.]

uh-oh.
the guy was going to attack "jaime's country"?

a little healthcare, some food stamps, free gas/mortage, and more democratic policies and he would have laid down his arms.

i wonder how is taking the death of baby bin laden. probably better than jaime.

[syn]

"mistreatment of Muslims"

Honor killings, sentencing females to death for being raped, stoning females who receive looks from men, cutting off little girl's clits, treating females like they're dogs for breeding purposes, cover females head-to-toe, deny females an education, deny females medical care, deny females a drivers license......