A young Saudi Arabian student studied to pass examinations to gain a visa from his native country in order to obtain entry into America. His goal from day one: Jihad.
If you consider the time, effort and discipline involved in the endeavor, you begin to develop an appreciation of the depth of depravity associated with the mission.
Fortunately, according to the interviews of the personnel, at least one clerk at one chemical company and a staff member at another had the good sense to alert the authorities to the possibility of a terrorist activity. I would have preferred the FBI to have flagged ANY chemical sales on an ongoing basis that involve the ingredients for the explosives in question, and I'm not pleased to know it took a clerk to raise an alarm instead of those who should know better.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ac/20110226/tr_ac/7943178_texas_college_student_arrested_charged_in_terror_plot
If you consider the time, effort and discipline involved in the endeavor, you begin to develop an appreciation of the depth of depravity associated with the mission.
Fortunately, according to the interviews of the personnel, at least one clerk at one chemical company and a staff member at another had the good sense to alert the authorities to the possibility of a terrorist activity. I would have preferred the FBI to have flagged ANY chemical sales on an ongoing basis that involve the ingredients for the explosives in question, and I'm not pleased to know it took a clerk to raise an alarm instead of those who should know better.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ac/20110226/tr_ac/7943178_texas_college_student_arrested_charged_in_terror_plot