By Steve Neavling
ticklethewire.com
An Uber driver from Brooklyn was arrested Monday after authorities said he expressed support for attacking Times Square with a garbage truck.
Mohamed Rafik Naji, 37, is also accused of traveling to Turkey and Yemen last year to join ISIS, the New York Daily News reports.Â
Naji showed his support of ISIS on Facebook, posting a photo of an ISIS flag, videos of jihadists and a link to an ISIS spokesman encouraging attacks on Western targets.
Naji is accused of telling an informant that he supported a deadly attack in Times Square with a garbage trucking running over pedestrians.
“They (ISIS) want an operation in Times Square,” Naji told the informant on July 19.
“They want an operation in Times Square, reconnaissance groups already put out a scene, the Islamic State already put up scenes of Times Square … I said that was an indication for whoever is smart to know.”
