Thursday, September 1, 2016

Detroit Muslim Weapons Seized

FBI raids American Muslim's home, finds 'arsenal', Search nets AK-47s, grenades, tactical knives, 1,000s of rounds of ammo, by Leo Hohmann, 8/30/16

An American Muslim convert allegedly bought illegal grenades from an undercover FBI agent and was stockpiling ammunition in an underground container, according to federal court records unsealed Monday in Detroit.  

Interviews found in court records portray Sebastian Gregerson, aka Abdurrahman Bin Mikaayl, as a “homegrown violent extremist” who amassed an “arsenal” to carry out an attack while cheering mass killings in Paris and Orlando, the Detroit News reported.

Both the FBI and the Detroit newspaper used the language of the Obama administration, referring repeatedly to Gregerson as a “home-grown violent extremist” who seemingly just randomly fell into a state of allegiance to the Islamic State, also called ISIS.

Near the end of the Detroit News article the newspaper finally gets around to telling its readers that Gregerson, 29, converted to Islam after high school and worked as an employee of the Minneapolis-based Target store chain.

The FBI obtained a search warrant July 31 listing probable cause to search Gregerson’s home and vehicle following 16 months of taped discussions Gregerson had with an undercover FBI agent who he thought was a fellow ISIS supporter. Agents were reportedly looking for evidence Gregerson was providing material support to ISIS, a designated foreign terrorist organization.

They raided Gregerson’s Detroit home after he allegedly bought five illegal grenades that same day from the undercover FBI agent.

The search netted seven rifles, two AK-47s, a shotgun, handguns, thousands of rounds of ammunition, computer equipment and cellphones, according to a search warrant inventory obtained by the Detroit News. There were also grenades and grenade launchers.




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