[ April 18, 2024 ]
*Crickets chirping* in enemedia newsrooms across the nation.
Houston Man Taken into Custody on Charges of Terrorism
HOUSTON – An 18-year-old U.S. citizen from Houston has been charged with unlawfully distributing explosive making instructions and attempting to provide material support to Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), a designated foreign terrorist organization.
Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez, Acting Assistant Attorney General for National Security Dana J. Boente and Special Agent in Charge Perrye K. Turner of the FBI’s Houston Field Office made the announcement.
Story continues below advertisementAuthorities arrested Kaan Sercan Damlarkaya late Friday, Dec. 8, 2017, upon the filing of a sealed criminal complaint. It was unsealed this morning as he made his initial appearance before U.S. Magistrate Judge Dena H. Palermo, at which time he was temporarily ordered into custody pending a detention hearing set for Dec. 14.
According to the charges, beginning in or about early August 2017, Damlarkaya engaged in online communications with undercover FBI agents and other sources. During those conversations, he allegedly shared his intentions to travel overseas to fight for ISIS or, if unable, to commit an attack in the United States. The charges also indicate Damlarkaya asked if he could provide a farewell video to be published should he follow through with an attack resulting in his death in order to inspire others. Damlarkaya further provided instructions on how to build an AK-47 or AR-15 assault rifle from readily available parts in order to avoid detection from authorities, according to the criminal complaint.
Additionally, Damlarkaya provided a formula to alleged ISIS supporters for the explosive, Triacetone Triperoxide (TATP), and instructions on how to use TATP in a pressure cooker device that contained shrapnel, according to the allegations. He also discussed the use of a machete or Samurai sword as an alternative to a gun or explosive. The criminal complaint further indicates he claimed to carry a knife in the event he was stopped by law enforcement and that he slept with a machete under his pillow in case his house was ever raided.
In early November 2017, according to court documents, Damlarkaya explained “if I buy a gun or supplies for a bomb, they [presumably law enforcement] will heat up pressure [j]ust like a few months ago when I was trying an operation but they found out.” The criminal complaint further alleges that Damlarkaya claims to have attempted to get to Syria on two other occasions, but failed.
If convicted of unlawfully distributing explosives information or attempting to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization, Damlarkaya faces a possible 20-year-maximum term of imprisonment. The maximum statutory sentence is prescribed by Congress and is provided here for informational purposes. If convicted of any offense, the sentencing of the defendant will be determined by the court after considering the advisory Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.
The FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force conducted the investigation. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Alamdar Hamdani and Rob Jones of the Southern District of Texas are prosecuting the case along with Trial Attorneys Gregory Gonzalez and Kevin Nunnally of the Counterterrorism Section of the Justice Department’s National Security Division.
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30 Comments
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6 years ago
Pamela’s book has some good remedies 🙂
6 years ago
” An 18-year-old U.S. citizen from Houston …” OK, so if I plot to kill thousands of moslems (the vilest of ALL creatures), and I am apprehended, with evidence of such, would they have “A Northeast Nohio U.S. citizen ….”? Color me curious.
6 years ago
Reply to
Achmed
Yep, we’re supposed to believe he’s just another one of those redneck, Confederate flag flying, pickup truck driving homophobic, Islamophobic, xenophobes for ISIS …
Unfortunately, while most Americans are not stupid enough to believe it … all too many are!
6 years ago
Reply to
Achmed
OOOOOOhhhhh, did they neglect to say he was a mudslime (as usual)? Got to protect the ultra sensitive mudslimes ya know.
6 years ago
ISIS SPLC Spokesperson: ” Kaan Sercan Damlarkaya is just a Trump Resistance Fighter !! ”
6 years ago
Reply to
AR154U☑ᵀʳᵘᵐᵖ DEPLORABLE 2020
Why is that pig in the picture wearing a headscarf?
6 years ago
Reply to
santashandler
On a footnote, she is a muzzrat slut but I won’t mind to have a leg over with her. She is not ugly. I bet she sleeps with the mayor of New York City.
6 years ago
Reply to
santashandler
And lipstick! What do they say about putting lipstick on a pig again?
6 years ago
HOUSTON, we have a problem…!!!
6 years ago
So he wanted to go to syria? Send him there on a one way ticket, then delete any evidence of him ever being an American.
6 years ago
Reply to
Mahou Shoujo
Once they go to a terrorist country or try to, they, they shouldn’t ever be allowed back into the States.
6 years ago
Reply to
mztore
It used to be that way. The FDR administration tried to discourage US citizens from getting involved in the fighting during the Spanish Civil War during the ’30s by means of the Act of March 2, 1907. It said anyone taking up arms for a foreign sovereign would lose their citizenship. The Supreme Court said it violated the Eighth Amendment stricture against cuel and unusual punishment.
6 years ago
Reply to
Drew the Infidel
Wonder what the hell they think killing people is? Too bad the courts are so political then and now.
6 years ago
Reply to
Mahou Shoujo
Drop him off in the middle of the Mediterranean sea in a leaky row boat and let allah decide his fate.
6 years ago
LOL ! Agree. That is why we need to keep out muslim immigration . They hate all non-muslims and have ethnically cleansed all non-muslims from every country / region they infest like aids virus.
They are so vicious they do not even spare christian Aid worker who was helping the “refugees ” settle in http://bit.ly/2rr9tGh
And the case was sealed from public airing under obama and his minions when it occurred to prevent Americans from waking up to the jihadi brutality.
6 years ago
This wild eyed punk better watch his sh*t, Houston is a crazy town with a police force up to the challenge. It was the scene of the first freeway shooting in TX back in the late ’70s.
This jackwad sleeps with a machete under his pillow in case of a police raid? And thinks they will not enter with guns drawn? Never bring a knife to a gunfight.
6 years ago
Dutch TV news reported that the knife attacker was a “Hagenaar” (someone from The Hague…)
I bet “the gentleman’s eyes ain’t blue…’
6 years ago
‘… The Qur’an promises Paradise to those who “kill and are killed” for Allah (9:111).’ https://www.jihadwatch.org/2017/12/oklahoma-muslim-who-beheaded-coworker-gets-death-penalty
iSSlam apologizt & Muslims say “kill and are killed” -> ONLY in defence, but HIDE https://quran.com/48/1-28 ‘… conquest’ (ups!) & ‘… with willing submiSSion ‘ http://cmje.usc.edu/religious-texts/quran/verses/009-qmt.php#009.029 https://quran.com/3/141 -> 8/17, …
6 years ago
20 years … if he’s lucky. More likely 2 years of probation.
Solution: What we need to stop this is a ban on immigration – and when we find Muslims practicing their religion, they should be given a Bible, a day with a priest, and an early morning date with a rope.
That this solution is not PC is exactly why women are being raped, our wars are endless, slavery is back, and we’re losing the West.
If you stand for nothing, sooner or later you will grovel at anything.
6 years ago
Reply to
Dan Knight
Slap on the wrist is what will happen. Gotta be careful not to hurt the mudslimes feelings.
6 years ago
Just immediately South of Buffalo, NY in the City of Lackawana they don’t arrest muslims they elect muslim felons to the City Council.
Mohamed Albanna is a felon who spent 5 years in prison for money laundering and sending money to Yemen.
The Lackawana city charter forbids anyone with a criminal record from serving in any capacity in any office but the muslims are protesting and want him seated on the council to “protect OUR democracy”. Right, just like the lying left will only bring up Jesus if it is to attack Christians muslim vermin only allow the word democracy to singe their tongue when it can be used to further their Caliphate.
6 years ago
So how much money did we WASTE with FBI agents monitoring and babysitting this TURD?
It takes 6 MONTHS to have a basic green card application reviewed. Do all these refugees get vetted for 6 months each? Or do they just push them on through to meet U.N. quotas?
6 years ago
I know. Muslims just can’t walk the streets safely in their no-go-zones anymore.
6 years ago
Sure = put him in prison for 20 yrs where he can teach the prisoners all the information they need when they get out and bomb everything ….Why not open up the ”Terrorist Prison? again = the one that Obama so sweetly emptied ….Our prisons are now filled with muslims teaching their “religion” to everyone ….while we support them ………..they are laughing at us !!!!!!!!!!
