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Mon Apr 29 23:10:55
Prosecutors: Army veteran’s plan to bomb Nazi rally stopped

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LOS ANGELES — An Army veteran who converted to Islam and discussed launching various terror attacks throughout Southern California was arrested as he plotted to bomb a white supremacist rally as retribution for the New Zealand mosque attacks, federal prosecutors said Monday.

Mark Domingo, an infantryman who served a combat stint in Afghanistan, was arrested Friday after visiting a park in Long Beach where investigators say he planned to plant home-made explosive devices made with nail-filled pressure cookers in advance of a Nazi rally scheduled Sunday.


Domingo, 26, was arrested on a charge of providing material support to terrorists. A criminal complaint said he had been planning since March to “manufacture and use a weapon of mass destruction in order to commit mass murder.”

Investigators said Domingo posted an online message March 3 that said “America needs another Vegas event,” an apparent reference to the 2017 mass shooting that killed 59. He allegedly said it would spark civil unrest to weaken “America by giving them a taste of the terror they gladly spread all over the world.”

After Domingo began to discuss seeking revenge for the March 15 attacks that killed 50 people at New Zealand mosques, a confidential source who has worked with the FBI since 2013 began chatting with him about his plans.

Domingo said he had an assault rifle and semi-automatic rifle and discussed possible jihad attacks targeting Jews walking to synagogue, churches, police officers or a military base, according to investigators. He also allegedly discussed bombing the Santa Monica Pier.

Eventually, he settled on the idea of planting an improvised explosive device that would be remotely triggered at a white supremacist event, investigators said. The confidential source connected him with a purported bomb maker who was actually an undercover police officer.

Domingo bought 8 pounds (3.6 kilograms) of nails long enough to puncture internal organs and provided them to the bomb maker, though the resulting contraption contained only inert materials, authorities said.

If he survived the planned bombing at Bluff Park, Domingo allegedly discussed launching further attacks on the Long Beach Port or on a train.

The plot was thwarted just two days ahead of the event, investigators said, when an FBI SWAT team arrested Domingo after he was given the pressure cookers and surveyed Bluff Park in Long Beach, where the rally was supposed to happen.

White nationalists, however, never showed up at the park Sunday. Instead, a large group of counter protesters demonstrated for peace.

A message left on a phone for a lawyer representing Domingo was not immediately returned.
smart dude
Member
Tue Apr 30 00:54:33
"An Army veteran who converted to Islam"

Execute him. Didnt even read beyond this.
smart dude
Member
Tue Apr 30 00:54:35
"An Army veteran who converted to Islam"

Execute him. Didnt even read beyond this.
obaminated
Member
Tue Apr 30 01:01:26
"An Army veteran who converted to Islam"

Execute him. Didnt even read beyond this.
tumbleweed
the wanderer
Tue Apr 30 01:28:31
too bad they stopped him... would lead to interesting coverage... w/ probable gaffes by a certain idiot
Forwyn
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Tue Apr 30 01:44:22
"An Army veteran who converted to Islam"

Execute him. No need to read beyond this.
McKobb
Member
Tue Apr 30 05:02:29
Idiot trap traps idiots.
Pillz
Member
Tue Apr 30 09:12:08
"An Army veteran who converted to Islam"

Execute him. No need to read beyond this.
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