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"Clarion Project’s Ryan Mauro and Christian Action Network President Martin Mawyer reported that a long-time Jihadi associate of a U.S.-based Islamist terrorist organization, Muslims of America (MOA), has been arrested in Johnson City, NY. Authorities discovered that he had a large cache of weapons inside a storage locker.\r\n\r\nThe suspect, 64-year old Ramadan Abdullah, was previously arrested in 1977 when he and another man tried to rob a candy store in Brooklyn and someone was murdered in the process.\r\n\r\nMauro and Mawyer reported:\r\nWhen police searched his home, they found enough material to build 50 bombs. In the end, the charges against Abdullah were strangely reduced (see below).\r\nOn May 31, Abdullah was arrested after trying to steal four boxes of ammunition from a local Gander Mountain store. When police questioned him about the purpose of the ammo, his answers made them suspicious, and they obtained a search warrant for a storage locker he was renting in the town of Union.\r\nDuring that search, police found a large assortment of weaponry including:\r\n\r\n\r\n \t8 assault weapons\r\n \t4 loaded handguns\r\n \t1 loaded shotgun\r\n \t2 rifles\r\n \t64 high-capacity ammunition feeding devices\r\n \tFlak jackets\r\n \t1,000s of rounds of ammunition, including .50-caliber armor-piercing rounds\r\n\r\nSearches of other residences linked to Abdullah turned up another loaded handgun, more high-capacity ammunition feeding devices and ammunition, including .38-caliber rounds.\r\n\r\nNew York State Police Major Jim Barnes would not say whether Abdullah was connected to terrorist groups or any organizations, but confirmed that police believe Abdullah had made trips overseas.\r\n“There’s no indications there was a plan in place to commit an act of violence. However, it begs the question, what was he doing with all this and what were his intentions down the road?” said New York State Police Maj. Jim Barnes.\r\n“It’s just a tremendous blessing to be able to take all these high power weapons and high power ammunition off the streets, and who knows what kind of large scale tragedy that this investigation may have prevented later down the road,” said Johnson City Police Chief Brent Dodge.\r\nAbdullah is currently being held in the Broome County Jail without bail.\r\nAbdullah is also a longtime associate of the U.S.-based Islamist cult Muslims of America\r\n(MOA), which has been described as a terrorist organization in documents from the FBI and other agencies. A 2003 file says MOA is linked to terrorists in Pakistan, including Al-Qaeda affiliates.\r\nThe group’s headquarters is a 70-acre compound in Hancock, NY called “Islamberg.”  It is just a 50-minute drive from where Abdullah was arrested.\r\nMOA is led by a radical cleric in Pakistan named Sheikh Mubarak Ali Gilani, who demands a cultish loyalty from his followers in America. Gilani indoctrinates them to follow a hate-filled extremist ideology that includes violent jihad against perceived enemies of Islam and a belief that they are fulfilling apocalyptic prophecies.\r\nThe group has claimed to have 22 “Islamic villages” across the U.S., mostly in rural areas, which have been used as guerilla training compounds. The group also has a history of committing acts of terrorism and crimes including murder, gun smuggling, narcotics trafficking and money laundering.\r\nA 2007 FBI report warns that MOA “possesses an infrastructure capable of planning and mounting terrorist campaigns overseas and within the U.S.”  It says “members of the MOA are encouraged to travel to Pakistan to receive religious and military/terrorist training from [Sheikh] Gilani.”\r\nConfidential sources inside MOA say that Ramadan Abdullah has been a significant member of the group since it first formed in the United States in 1980 and helped buy the land that became “Islamberg.” Additional research substantiates their information that he is close to MOA members.\r\nThey say that he is an “elder” and often visits Islamberg to spend time with older members but does not live inside the commune. He’s also provided firearms instruction for MOA, they report.\r\nThe sources say that Abdullah’s weapons were destined for the group, specifically Islamberg.\r\nAbdullah has no apparent blood relationship with another convicted MOA member bearing the same name. In 2001, Ramadan Abdur-Rauf Abdullah fatally shot Fresno County Deputy Erik Telen with a shotgun. Court documents identified his father as a law enforcement officer in Brooklyn named Mahdi Abdullah. The murderer lived in New York and on the now-abandoned commune named “Baladullah” in California.\r\n“We were told some bullsh** that the weapons were coming to MOA to help us defend ourselves against an upcoming biker rally. They had armor-piercing bullets coming to them. Why would they want that if they are just protecting themselves against some bikers?” said one source who learned about the explanation following a meeting that was held by MOA after Abdullah’s arrest.\r\nBack in May 2016, a previous biker rally was held against Islamber,g the group’s Hancock, NY location.  MOA’s website claims their interfaith allies “thwart[ed] a planned attack by anti-American bikers.”\r\nThe demonstration turned out, however, to be nothing more than a few bikers and cars driving past the compound in a mostly silent and uneventful protest.\r\nEven though the biker’s protest was small, peaceful and uneventful, MOA officials reportedly said they were upset that there wasn’t greater police protection and therefore needed more weaponry for self-protection, the source said.\r\nRead more at the Clarion Project here.\r\nHelp a USAF Veteran in need by clicking here.\r\nRelated News:\r\n\r\n \tTrump vs CNN smack-down vid: ‘The day our national sense of humor died’\r\n \tKeith Olbermann: Impeach, indict, imprison Trump; ‘Erase his name’ for Independence Day speech\r\n \tGoogle to Manipulate Search Results to Protect Islam’s Image?\r\n \tMichael Moore: Celebrate Fourth of July by rising up and storming Senators’ offices\r\n \tVideo: Democrat Congressman Richmond Threatens GOP Colleague Over Crime Stats\r\n\r\nIf you haven’t checked out and liked our Facebook page, please go here and do so."
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