Border Patrol Office That Protects North Dakota, Minnesota Gets New Leader
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Investigators: American Accused of Trying to Join ISIS Threatened to Kill FBI Agents
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Minnesota man arrested for allegedly trying to travel to Syria to join ISIS told an informant that he’d kill FBI agents if he felt threatened, CBS reports. Mohamed Abdihamid Farah, 21, was among six Minnesota men arrested last month on charges of conspiring to provide material support to foreign terrorists….
Suspected Terrorist Accused of Threatening to Kill FBI Agents
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com One of the 7 Minnesota men charged with trying to join ISIS in Syria is accused of threatening to kill FBI agents,WCCO in Minneapolis reports. The station reports that the suspect, Mohamed Farah, said to a government informant who was recording the conversation: “If our backs are against the wall, I’m…
6 Minnesota Men Charged with Terrorism in Alleged Plot to Join ISIS
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Six Minnesota men have been charged with terrorism after the FBI alleges the suspects tried to travel to Syria to join Islamic State extremists. The friends were U.S. citizens of Somali descent. They are are Mohamed Abdihamid Farah, 21; Adnan Abdihamid Farah, 19; Abdurahman Yasin Daud, 21; Zacharia Yusuf Abdurahman, 19;…
ATF Director B. Todd Jones Calling it Quits; Tom Brandon Will Step Up
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com B. Todd Jones, the head of ATF, who first stepped in as acting director in 2011, and later became the first ATF directory in history to be confirmed by the U.S. Senate, is stepping down, effective March 31. The announcement from ATF came in a press release, which said he’s departing…
FBI Downplays Terror Group’s Calls for Attacks on Malls in U.S
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI and Homeland Security are downplaying a threat by a Somali-based terror group to attack shopping malls in the U.S., Canada and United Kingdom, CNN reports. U.S. officials said there are no credible threats of an attack, but still cautioned shoppers to be careful. “If anyone is planning to go…
Two Young Minnesota Residents Charged in Alleged Attempt to Join, Help Islamic State
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Two young Minnesota residents are accused of conspiring to join the radical group Islamic State and provide it with “material support,” Minnesota Public Radio reports. Abdullah Yusuf, 18, and Abdi Nur, 20, are facing federal conspiracy charges. Both were charged with “conspiracy to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist…
Authorities: Minnesota Teen Planned to Kill Family, Bomb His High School and Shoot the Survivors
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Minnesota teen, who kept a notebook critiquing school shootings, planned a massacre of his own at his high school and was found with several pressure-cooker bombs, an assault rifle and other guns, the New York Daily News reports. John David LaDue, 17, planned to kill his family, bomb his school and…