Jihadist pleads guilty in Ohio

They call him a Somali immigrant. Can anyone repeat after me that the term should be Isalmist Terrorist? The plot failed thankfully as things were afoot to blow up a high population mall somewhere in Ohio. The man has pleaded guilty and should go away for a long time. Can anyone say death penalty for enemy saboteur in the war on terror? It took 4 years just to pay for his cable bill for the next 20 years. Nice. He may be around 55 when he gets out.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - A Somali immigrant the government says plotted to blow up an Ohio shopping mall pleaded guilty Tuesday to conspiring to provide material support to terrorists.

Nuradin Abdi, 35, entered his plea before U.S. District Judge Algenon Marbley a week before his trial had been expected to start Aug. 6.

The Justice Department accused Abdi of suggesting the plan to attack a Columbus shopping mall during an August 2002 meeting at a coffee shop with now-convicted terrorist Iyman Faris and a third suspect, Christopher Paul.

Faris is serving 20 years in a maximum-security federal prison in Florence, Colo., for his role in an al-Qaida plot to destroy the Brooklyn Bridge. Faris scouted the bridge and told al-Qaida its plans wouldn’t work, court papers have said.

Federal agents arrested Abdi the morning of Nov. 28, 2003, the day after Thanksgiving, out of fear the attack would be carried out on the heavy shopping day. He was arrested at 6 a.m. while leaving his Columbus home for morning prayers.

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