Kansas suicide bomb plot foiled

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Daily Caller:

Chuck Ross

12/13/13

 

A Wichita, Kan. man was arrested Friday for attempting to use of a weapon of mass destruction at the local airport.

 

Terry Lee Loewen, a 58-year-old convert to Islam, had discussed plans with an FBI agent online to wage jihad, according to an FBI report, published by the Wichita Eagle. The plan included a suicide bomb plot at Wichita Mid-Continent Airport.

 

FBI agents based out of Kansas City began conducting surveillance on Loewen in May. They obtained passport and address records for Loewen, who was employed as an aviation mechanic for a company that contracts with the airport.

 

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Kansas bomb plot suspect says bin Laden and Awlaki are inspirations

David Barnett

December 13, 2013

 

 

US authorities today announced the arrest of Terry Lee Loewen, 58, of Wichita, Kan. Loewen had attempted to detonate a car bomb at Wichita Mid-Continent Airport, authorities said. He was arrested at approximately 5:40 am today.

 

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In another communication with an undercover FBI employee, Loewen stated that "Brothers like Osama bin Laden and Anwar al Awlaki are a great inspiration to me." According to Loewen, he read many of Awlaki's writings and found them to be "very informative." In addition to Awlaki's writings and AQAP's Inspire, Loewen possessed The Al Qaeda Manual (Manchester Manual) and expressed praise for the Revolution Muslim website.

 

In fact, in one communication Loewen said he thought about providing money to the family of Younus Abdullah Muhammad, one of the site's founders who was sentenced to more than 11 years in prisons in June 2012. According to Loewen, Revolution Muslim was "the first website that really helped me understand what obedience to Allah(swt) was."

 

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