New York men in court accused of 'X-ray terror plot'

[cronus]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-22980589

New York men in court accused of 'X-ray terror plot'

Two US men have appeared in court accused of plotting to build an X-ray weapon to kill enemies of Israel and the US with lethal rays of radiation.

Glendon Scott Crawford, 49, and Eric Feight, 54, allegedly sought funding to assemble the truck-mounted machine.

But a synagogue, a Jewish organisation and the Ku Klux Klan alerted police after Mr Crawford approached them.

The men are charged with conspiracy to provide support to terrorists.

They face up to 15 years in prison if convicted.

The authorities say they monitored the defendants, who are from New York state, to ensure they could not obtain a radiation source or harm members of the public.

It is alleged that in April 2012, Mr Crawford walked into a synagogue and "asked to speak with a person who might be willing to help him with a type of technology that could be used by Israel to defeat its enemies, specifically, by killing Israel's enemies while they slept".

An undercover investigator was assigned to record conversations with the two men. Mr Crawford, an industrial mechanic for General Electric, knew Mr Feight through his work as an external contractor for the utility.

FBI agent Geoffrey Kent said in the indictment: "Crawford has specifically identified Muslims and several other individuals/groups as targets."

Mr Crawford is said to have told an undercover investigator that "radiation poisoning is a beautiful thing".

According to the indictment, Mr Crawford said he harboured animosity to those he perceived as hostile to the interests of the United States, individuals he referred to as "medical waste".

(continued, been watching too many late night movies perhaps?)

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Trigger Warning!!!1! :

[Clinton Huxley]

These terrorists appear to be broken. Can I get a refund?

[Gawdzilla Sama]

These terrorists appear to be broken. Can I get a refund?

It only takes one successful plot to have Seeth jumping up and down and screaming "I told you so!"

[Clinton Huxley]

As Chris Morris said, "Terrorism is about ideology, but its also about berks"

[Mysturji]

Thankfully, I live in Hants.