Man Charged in Model Airplane Plot To Bomb Pentagon

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday September 28, 2011 @12:17PM from the mad-bomber dept.

garymortimer writes "A 26-year-old Massachusetts man with a physics degree was arrested and charged Wednesday with plotting an attack on the Pentagon and the U.S. Capitol with remote-controlled model aircraft, authorities said. Rezwan Ferdaus, a U.S. citizen from Ashland, Massachusetts, planned to use model aircraft filled with C-4 plastic explosives. As a result of an undercover FBI investigation, Ferdaus, who has a physics degree from Northeastern University in Boston, was charged with attempting to provide material support and resources to al Qaeda for attacks on U.S. soldiers overseas. His federal public defender couldn't be reached immediately for comment."

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Re:Christ, how stupid are we? by debiankicksass · 2011-09-28 12:45 · Score: 1, Offtopic

Let me say after near death in Iraq in 2005, my son in a horrible helicopter crash in Afghanistan last year we have both dealt with radical Islam, and there is nothing that motivates these people we are fighting more than Allah. We all know who the bad guy is here and what is being fought for. For those of you that care my son and I are both Army Rangers.