FBI Busts a Cap in Motor City Radical Muslim Leader

[choctaw]

FBI kills leader of radical Muslims; 6 held in raids | Detroit Free Press | Freep.com

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FBI kills leader of radical Muslims; 10 held in raids

BY BEN SCHMITT, NIRAJ WARIKOO AND ROBIN ERB
FREE PRESS STAFF WRITERS




The leader of what federal authorities describe as a fundamentalist group was shot and killed today during a series of raids in Dearborn and Detroit that resulted in 10 arrests.



Luqman Ameen Abdullah, 53, also known as Christopher Thomas, was gunned down after refusing to surrender and opening fire when the FBI raided a Dearborn warehouse, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.

“The eleven defendants are members of a group that is alleged to have engaged in violent activity over a period of many years and known to be armed,” according to a joint statement from the FBI and U.S. Attorney’s Office.

An FBI dog was also killed during one of the raids.

Abdullah and 10 others were charged in a complaint with conspiracy to commit several federal felony crimes, including illegal possession and sale of firearms and theft from interstate shipments.

Abdullah was the leader of a group which calls itself "Ummah, a group of mostly African-American converts to Islam, which seeks to establish a separate Sharia-law governed state within the United States,” the press release states.

“The Ummah is ruled by Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin, formerly known as H. Rapp Brown, who is serving a state sentence… for the murder of two police officers in Georgia.”

The case was worked by the FBI, Detroit Police, U.S. Attorney’s Office and Joint Terrorism Task Force.

The raids took place at at least two locations today – a trucking business in Dearborn and a home in Detroit.

Three of the suspects are expected to appear in U.S. District Court in Detroit today.

Detroit Police spokesman John Roach and Dearborn Police Chief Ronald Haddad declined to comment. Both said the matter was being handled by FBI.

Group aimed to create an Islamic state

The men arrested in the raid were part of a Detroit mosque where a leader called for “an offensive jihad,” according to the criminal complaint.

Eleven Muslim men were charged in the complaint. One of them is in custody, two are at loose, and seven appeared today in U.S. District Court, said the U.S. Attorney’s office. Six of those men appeared on complaints they received or sold good stolen across interstate lines.

Luqman Abdullah “regularly preaches anti-government and anti-law enforcement rhetoric,” the complaint said.

The complaint says that Abdullah is “a highly placed leader of a nationwide radical fundamentalist Sunni group consisting primarily of African-Americans, some of whom converted to Islam while they were serving sentences in various prisons across the United States. Their primary mission is to establish a separate, sovereign Islamic state (“The Ummah”) within the borders of the United States, governed by Shariah law.”

'It was like a movie scene for a minute'

Shadi Saad, the owner of Wellcare Pharmacy on Oakman in Dearborn, said he stepped outside before lunchtime to see several people in FBI jackets with guns going toward the warehouse across the street. He heard noises like shots and a short time later a helicopter descended.

“It was like a movie scene for a minute,” he said. He opened his business, he said, just 10 days ago. “This isn’t the way I wanted it to start.”

[dieseldan2005]

One more scumbag gone! Good ridence.

[RJM06590]

Cant imagine why they wouldn wanna be lead by Obama? hahaa jk

[JK23112]

One down; several million to go.

[twildman]

The fact that there was a death is very saddening indeed. I feel for the family.

























I will give my dog a treat tonight in honor of this brave animal!!!!

[choctaw]

Originally Posted by twildman

The fact that there was a death is very saddening indeed. I feel for the family.

























I will give my dog a treat tonight in honor of this brave animal!!!!

This was exactly the response I was looking for, thanks for catching this, Tony.

[Austin G]

PUSH THE RED BUTTON AND JUST BE OVER WITH IT! (Might bring all the oil to the the crater also so that would be easier to get too)

[kingchip]

Originally Posted by JK23112

One down; several million to go.

Where's that 40 million rounds of 40 cal that ICE purchased???

Originally Posted by AgentAustin

PUSH THE RED BUTTON AND JUST BE OVER WITH IT! (Might bring all the oil to the the crater also so that would be easier to get too)

Hurry!!! You're missing Barnie on TV

[RJM06590]

Glad to see your back on tony, nice post haha

[2006PSDSD]

Well, those stories are always heart warming for me, but I'm also sadened by the loss of a hard working canine