Fox News in Washington D.C. is reporting that the man taken into custody near the Pentagon early this morning is former Marine Corps reservist Yonathan Melaku. Mr. Melaku was suspected of carrying a backpack full of ammonium nitrate. Tests on the substance showed it to be an inert substance despite the fact that it was labeled ammonium nitrate.
The article reports:
"A notebook was also found in his bag with words such as Taliban and Al Qaeda.
"Melaku was a Lance Corporal Marine corps reservist who joined in August of 2007.
"According to Marine Corps records, Melaku is a Muslim."
The story recounts the story of two other arrests--one at Arlington National Cemetery and another near the Pentagon.
One of the things Al Qaeda is known for is dry runs before a terrorism event. This definitely sounds like one. We also need to keep in mind that the new leader of Al Qaeda, Ayman al-Zawahri, is known for his hatred of Americans.
CNS News reported yesterday:
"In a 2001 treatise, he set down the long-term strategy for the jihadi movement -- to inflict "as many casualties as possible" on the Americans.
""Pursuing the Americans and Jews is not an impossible task," he wrote. "Killing them is not impossible, whether by a bullet, a knife stab, a bomb or a strike with an iron bar."
"Al-Zawahri's hatred for Americans has also become deeply personal: His wife and at least two of their six children were killed in a U.S. airstrike following the 2001 U.S. invasion of Afghanistan after the 9-11 attacks."
This is a time for Americans to be very alert.
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