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Alaskan plot influenced by Awlaki By Wes BruerAugust 17, 2010 1:11 PM The-Rockwoods.jpg Paul and Nadia Rockwood. Photo from FOX News. An Alaskan couple has pled <http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/08/16/feds-alaska-couple-accused-domestic-te rrorism-names-hit-lit/> guilty to lying to Joint Terrorism Task Force agents about their plot to target and kill individuals who "desecrated Islam." Paul and Nadia Rockwood of King Salmon, a small community with a population of only a few hundred, were accused of compiling a hit list that included members of the media, the military, and religious organizations. Paul, who played a larger role in the planning, has agreed to serve eight years in prison, while his pregnant wife will only serve probation. Paul Rockwood converted to Islam sometime around 2002, while living in Virginia. Soon after his conversion, he became a strict adherent of the teachings of radical al Qaeda cleric Anwar al Awlaki. The cleric's "Constants on the Path to Jihad" and "44 Ways to Jihad" played an integral role in Rockwood's radicalization. He began the very early stages of his terror planning prior to moving to Alaska in 2006. But it was in Alaska that Rockwood's plot began to take form and his intentions became clearer. The hit list compiled by Rockwood was obtained by FBI agents after he gave it to his wife Nadia prior to a trip to Anchorage in April of this year. On May 19, Joint Terrorism Task Force Agents confronted Rockwood with the hit list. He denied his involvement in the plot. It is from this encounter and questioning that prosecutors say Rockwood gave them false information, claiming that an undercover Alaska State Trooper whom he had previously befriended was responsible for compiling the list, according to his attorney. >From the plea <http://ftpcontent.worldnow.com/ktuu/PleaAgreementPaulRockwoodJr.pdf> agreement: Along with the development of selected targets, ROCKWOOD also began researching method and means to exact revenge on his intended targets. Among other topics, ROCKWOOD researched individual explosive components, construction of remote triggering devices such as cellular telephones, and the construction of improvised explosive devices for delivery by common carrier. Sometime in late 2009, ROCKWOOD began sharing his ideas about committing acts of terrorism, including discussing the use of mail bombs and the possibility of killing targets by gunshot to the head. By early 2010, Rockwood's intended target list was formalized to include approximately 15 specific targets. "This was not a case of 'if', but a case of 'when' with the 'when' becoming more likely with Rockwood's departure from King Salmon," the government said. Read more: <http://www.longwarjournal.org/threat-matrix/archives/2010/08/alaskans_plot_ influenced_by_aw.php#ixzz0x0NAEyrG> http://www.longwarjournal.org/threat-matrix/archives/2010/08/alaskans_plot_i nfluenced_by_aw.php#ixzz0x0NAEyrG [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [email protected]. -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [email protected] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [email protected] Unsubscribe: [email protected] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtmlYahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
