Missouri man charged with trying to plan terrorist attack

[DonViejo]

Source: Associated Press



TUESDAY, FEB 21, 2017 03:31 PM EST

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Federal officials say a Missouri man is charged with helping to plan what he believed would be a terrorist attack in Kansas City.

Robert Lorenzo Hester Jr. was charged in federal court in Kansas City with attempting to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization. The 25-year-old Hester of Jefferson City was arrested Friday and the criminal complaint was released Tuesday after he made his first court appearance.

The U.S. attorney’s office in Kansas City says Hester, who served less than a year in the U.S. Army, met several times with people he believed to be Islamic State group sympathizers. They were actually undercover FBI agents.

Prosecutors say Hester agreed to participate in an attack scheduled for Monday that would injure or kill many people.

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Read more: http://www.salon.com/2017/02/21/missouri-man-charged-with-trying-to-plan-terrorist-attack/

[Bengus81]

1. Ah shucks Trump...US citizen from one of your RED States

http://fox2now.com/2017/02/21/missouri-man-charged-with-plotting-terror-attack-supporting-isis/

[Cryptoad]

2. so much for that Tuff of Terroism crap,,,,,

"was released Tuesday after he made his first court appearance." ,,, he must have been pure White.

[jayschool2013]

3. What part of Syria?

What part of Syria is Jefferson City in? Couldn't find it on Google.

[randr]

4. The numbers of radical right wing christianic terrorist plots of late is alarming

Agents of HS are doing a great job, so far.

[Yo_Mama]

10. This was ISIS, or he thought it was. A dumb guy, to be sure.

But apparently murderously inclined.

[orleans]

5. off to gitmo n/t

[notdarkyet]

6. He must be Muslim. Only Muslims are terrorists.

[Yo_Mama]

11. This was an Islamic terror thing. So yes, one would assume he is Muslim.

But it is not true that only Muslims are terrorists.

I have wondered if some with violent tendencies haven't converted to Islam (well, the violent cult of it) just to have that cover.

[leftyladyfrommo]

7. Why is it always Missouri?

I am in KC and it is so embarrassing. We really have a bunch of knuckleheads living in South Missouri.

[groundloop]

8. That must be the Muslim area of Missouri

[leftyladyfrommo]

9. Well, they wear white hoods. Does that count as a scarf?

St. Louis and KC are pretty liberal. The rural areas are all red, I think.

I run into a lot of right wing religious types but I just stay away from them.