Seriously, when I see stories like this I wonder just who the reader is supposed to be. Do we believe he was just a crazy man from California on some kind of killing spree, or are there other levels to explore, due to his conversion to Islam and the fact that this happened in Dearbornistan, Michigan, home of the largest Muslim population in the US?
I wonder what his imam would have to say about this?
From AP/Yahoo news Feb 11 by Jeff Karoub
Roger Stockham was arrested Jan. 24 during a traffic stop near the Islamic Center of America in Dearborn. Witnesses said the 63-year-old Vietnam War veteran spoke hours earlier at a bar about setting off an explosion at the mosque.
Dearborn Officer John Kostiuk said the fireworks were found in a paper bag on the front passenger seat of Stockham's Chrysler PT Cruiser. Officer Stanley Chiles, a bomb technician, testified that Stockham's cache included fireworks that are illegal in Michigan and potentially dangerous.
Chiles said the fireworks could have hurt someone, especially if combined with the alcohol and spray paint that officers found in the car and gasoline in the tank.
(.)Stockham of Imperial Beach, Calif., has a history of mental illness. He has been caught during the past three decades for a string of felonies — from kidnapping his son and attempting to hijack a plane to planting a bomb outside an airport — and spent time in various prisons and mental health hospitals.
(.)...Stockham spoke of his conversion to Islam after serving in the Vietnam War and learned about the religion from Indonesian mujahedeen, or holy warriors. He called himself a mujahedeen....
Ahh, another misunderstander of Islam.
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I wonder what his imam would have to say about this?
From AP/Yahoo news Feb 11 by Jeff Karoub
Judge order trial for man in Mich. mosque plot
DEARBORN, Mich. – A California man accused of plotting to attack a popular Detroit-area mosque was ordered to stand trial Friday after police testified that he had 96 fireworks in his car, including M-80 firecrackers and smoke bombs.Roger Stockham was arrested Jan. 24 during a traffic stop near the Islamic Center of America in Dearborn. Witnesses said the 63-year-old Vietnam War veteran spoke hours earlier at a bar about setting off an explosion at the mosque.
Dearborn Officer John Kostiuk said the fireworks were found in a paper bag on the front passenger seat of Stockham's Chrysler PT Cruiser. Officer Stanley Chiles, a bomb technician, testified that Stockham's cache included fireworks that are illegal in Michigan and potentially dangerous.
Chiles said the fireworks could have hurt someone, especially if combined with the alcohol and spray paint that officers found in the car and gasoline in the tank.
(.)Stockham of Imperial Beach, Calif., has a history of mental illness. He has been caught during the past three decades for a string of felonies — from kidnapping his son and attempting to hijack a plane to planting a bomb outside an airport — and spent time in various prisons and mental health hospitals.
(.)...Stockham spoke of his conversion to Islam after serving in the Vietnam War and learned about the religion from Indonesian mujahedeen, or holy warriors. He called himself a mujahedeen....
Ahh, another misunderstander of Islam.
Read it all
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