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An 18-year-old Islamic convert from Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, has been arrested for allegedly planning a terrorist attack targeting churchgoers in his hometown on behalf of the Islamic State (ISIS), according to federal authorities. Alexander Scott Mercurio stands accused of attempting to provide material support and resources to ISIS, as well as pledging allegiance to the terrorist organization.
In addition to his allegiance to ISIS, Mercurio allegedly conspired to carry out attacks on individuals at over 21 churches in Coeur d’Alene on a Sunday using various weapons, including knives, guns, and fire, as revealed in a statement by the Justice Department.
Mercurio faces charges of attempting to provide material support or resources to a designated foreign terrorist organization. This crime carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison if convicted. Despite the severity of the charges, court filings on Tuesday indicate that Mercurio is without legal counsel for his case.
The FBI’s investigation into Mercurio’s activities began when he reached out to confidential human sources online, expressing his support for ISIS and other terrorist organizations. Court documents filed in the District of Idaho reveal that Mercurio engaged in spreading ISIS propaganda online, solicited the group’s involvement in his efforts, and discussed traveling from the U.S. to join ISIS.
According to court records, Mercurio’s behavior escalated at the beginning of 2024 when he began planning a suicide attack on churches in Coeur d’Alene. His plan involved using flame-covered weapons, explosives, knives, a machete, a pipe, and firearms.
Choosing a specific church and intentionally planning the attack to occur on April 7 because that meant it would happen before the end of Ramadan, Mercurio meticulously planned the assault. Court documents detail his intention to assault his father with a metal pipe, acquire his father’s firearms, and launch the attack on a local church.
Federal authorities managed to intervene before Mercurio could execute his plans. During a search of Mercurio’s family home, plans for the attack, the items purchased for the crimes, and an ISIS flag were discovered. Further investigation revealed files on Mercurio’s school-issued laptop confirming his commitment to ISIS ideology, along with his participation in online group chats with other ISIS supporters.
“This case should be an eye-opener to the dangers of self-radicalization, which is a real threat to our communities,” said Special Agent in Charge Shohini Sinha of the Salt Lake City FBI in a statement released by the Justice Department. “Protecting the American people from terrorism remains the FBI’s number one priority, and we continue to encourage the public to report anything suspicious to the FBI or your local law enforcement.”
It is not surprising that the FBI did not mention the threat of Islam. Just recently, it was revealed that U.S. President Joe Biden’s top intelligence agency warned personnel not to use words like ‘jihadist’ and ‘Islamic-extremist,’ claiming that these ‘problematic phrases’ could hurt Muslim feelings. As far as Islamic terrorists are concerned, their acts are done explicitly in the name of Allah and for the cause of Islam and Islamic law, a fact evidenced by the Islamic terrorists carrying out attacks across the globe.
However, the intelligence agency, with the advice of Islamic supremacists and their organizations who are working with our government to hide the true nature of the threat. This is not an isolated incident; instead, it reflects a troubling trend within American intelligence agencies, where politically correct language and appeasement tactics overshadow efforts to combat Islamic terrorism.
Looks like a another transvestite buttclown with the hippie hair. Probably works for some three-letter agency clownshow.
The fact he was planning to beat his father, and steal his firearms should tell you what type of heathen he is. Did they find his meth lab? Was he groomed by three-letter agents? Does he take pharma-sorcery Rx pills? These idiots pop up at convenient times(usually before elections). How long was he on the STASI radar? Much of this is to peddle the white supremacist/DVE narrative and anti-2nd Ammendment . His mother should have slapped him silly more when he was a teenager. Without he wimpy mustache he could pass for an ugly lesbo.
Mercurio faces charges of attempting to provide material support or resources to a designated foreign terrorist organization.
Based on those actions homobama, hitlery clintoon, bozobiden, and the deep state actors like John McClown(dead already 🙂👍) should have also been charged as treasonous sh*tbags. The KM tribe that put hamassholes on the map should also be charged. This dirtfa66ot is small potatoes.
“A group of Venezuelan migrants with prior arrests has been busted for allegedly raiding a New York City Target store and then attacking police officers – the latest in a wave of migrant crimes sweeping the Big Apple.
Many of them, however, are back out on the streets after being cut loose without bail.”
USA = THE BIGGEST CIRCUS IN THE WORLD WITH THE MOST RIDICULOUS CLOWN BIDEN-THE-TOILET-BIDET!
“Several people shot near end of Ramadan event in Philadelphia
Philadelphia police confirmed the shooting, but could not give specifics
The Philadelphia Police Department told Fox News Digital there was a shooting but could not give specifics. Four guns were recovered, authorities said”
OK, SO ALL THE POLICE IN USA ARE BLIND? THEY CAN’T GIVE ANY SPECIFICS.
LET’S HOPE THE “VICTIMS” WERE ALL MUSLIMSHITS.
Fall of EU,
They probably were jihadi mooolies. Story doesn’t fit the preferred narrative, so it’s the ol nothing-to-see-here, and move along to the next pile of BS.
Protecting the American people from terrorism remains the FBI’s number one priority, and we continue to encourage the public to report anything suspicious to the FBI or your local law enforcement.
That’s a pile of horsesh*t. Need some hip waders to get through that pile. They are committed to covering up crimes, setting up innocent civilians, and have become a corrupt partisan gestapo/STASI agency. So they can take the gaslighting remark and shove it! J. Edgar Hoover was a transvestite and pervert too. 😬
BozoBiden’s top intelligence agency warned personnel not to use words like ‘jihadist’ and ‘Islamic-extremist,’ claiming that these ‘problematic phrases’ could hurt Muslim feelings.
Well, don’t allow jihadi mooolie dirtbags into America, and I won’t hurt their f*ckin feelings.
Can hardly wait until they release his isis pinko burkhini photos.