Jihadi Du Jour: Copy Cat Al-Qaida?

Bomb equipment, al-Qaida literature found in apartment

INDIANAPOLIS -- The Marion County Sheriff's Department arrested a 26-year-old Indianapolis man Friday after they found bomb-making equipment and literature on al-Qaida in his far northside apartment.

Joseph Bagley was arrested on an initial charge of criminal recklessness. He was held Friday morning in the Marion County Jail on $15,000 bond.

Deputies found gas masks, batteries and other bomb components in Bagley's apartment in the 700 block of Lake Nora South Court, according to a police report.

They also found books on Muslim names, understanding United States government documents, and literature on al-Qaida and former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein's bomb maker, according to records.

Sheriff's department spokesman Capt. Phil Burton said Bagley admitted to mixing the chemicals "for experimental reasons."

"It disturbs us, based on the things we found in his apartment," Burton said.

Police have not yet found evidence that directly links Bagley to a terrorist group, but Burton said detectives seized computer equipment and compact discs from Bagley's home.

"We'll know more after our cyber-crime unit is able to examine the computer," Burton said.

Federal counter-terrorism experts assisted with the investigation, FBI Special Agent Wendy Osborne said. The case is being left to local authorities to investigate, she said.

"We have no reason to believe that he is a terrorism threat," Osborne said.

No real threat here? The only artifact missing is a Quran. Nonetheless, this shows how very easy it would be to get psychos to be "operatives with Christian names" for the American Hiroshima plan.

Labels: al-Qaida, American Hiroshima, Islam in America, Quran, radicalization