New: Minnesota Terror Attack Thwarted

Mohamed Adan Mohamed's mug shot. (Credit: Blue Earth County Jail)

Turns out that when you import the third world, you get all that comes with it - including people planning anti-American terror attacks. The authorities in Mankato, Minnesota, of all places, have apprehended one Mohamed Adan Mohamed after he attempted to steal merchandise from a gun store and posted his plans on social media.

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The Blue Earth County Attorney’s Office has filed felony charges against Mohamed Adan Mohamed after he allegedly stole $2,150 worth of firearm magazines and made a threatening, anti-American post on social media.

According to the criminal complaint, Mohamed entered a Mankato store last week wearing a COVID mask, gloves, a green stocking cap, and a heavy winter coat. The 24-year-old reportedly began selecting high-priced items such as body armor, bear spray, and 9mm firearm magazines without checking prices. As such, the business became suspicious.

Court documents state that Mohamed’s visit to the store included him speaking to staff about an AR-style rifle he claimed to possess, leaving the store with approximately $2,150 worth of products, security attempting to stop him, and Mohamed fleeing in a car and “nearly [running] over a person.”

This guy was clearly planning something major. Fortunately, he wasn't very smart about it. One would think that if a person were planning a major crime or terror attack, one of the primary steps would be keeping a low profile, not stealing, and not blasting their plans out on social media.

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Mohamed reportedly left behind a list that he referred to as he selected products.

“At the top of the list it says ‘Survival Gear List with Alternative’ which included sleeping bag, lighters, 8 magazines, knives, pepper spray, a ‘6-mag chest right,’ bows and arrows,” says the criminal complaint. “Mohammed [sic] had stolen eight magazines.”

Further, court documents say that a police officer was recently on a call for service which involved social media posts Mohamed made featuring ammunition and guns. The officer noted that one of the posts showed Mohamed pointing an assault rifle at the camera and included the hashtag “#deathtoamerikkan&israelliImperialism.”

That's his mug shot above. Looks awfully cheerful for a terrorist, doesn't he?

What's interesting about this is that Mohamed Adan Mohamed fits the profile of the useful idiot; the kind of rank-and-file fighter that Hamas and groups like that send out to do the dirty work while the "leaders" hang around in luxury apartments in Qatar. These kinds of terror operators typically aren't very smart; in this case, Mohamed Adan Mohamed got caught because of his own ineptness.

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But it does raise the question: Was there anyone pulling his strings, or did he decide to do this on his own? 

Minnesota's Bureau of Criminal Apprehension has indicated that Mohamed was planning some kind of attack within the next 24 hours - so, whatever he was up to, it was only narrowly diverted. He's now held with a million-dollar bond in the Blue Earth County jail, facing charges of felony theft and felony threats of violence, which, combined, could land him ten years in prison. The records do not list his citizenship or immigration status.

And, finally:

The public defender representing Mohamed declined to comment.

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