Man accused of trying to help al-Qaida ~ Inspired by John Murtha

Michael C. Reynolds
Looks like Michael Reynolds could well be an alias. He sure looks a lot more like Ahmed Al something to me.

Man accused of trying to help al-Qaida sought US public rebellion
Philly.com
SCRANTON, Pa. – A man charged with trying to help al-Qaida blow up U.S. energy facilities described in chilling detail a plan to target a natural gas refinery and wrote that it would lead to “instant rebellion” by an American public disgusted over the Iraq war and the government’s response to Hurricane Katrina.
Michael C. Reynolds, 49, of Wilkes-Barre, is on trial here on federal charges of providing material support to terrorists. He was arrested in December 2005 after he tried to meet a purported al-Qaida contact near a hotel where he was staying in Pocatello, Idaho.
Prosecutors on Tuesday displayed a series of computer messages between Reynolds and the contact, whom he knew from an Internet message board used by adherents of Osama bin Laden. The contact turned out to be a Montana judge who was working for the FBI.
Reynolds, who has pleaded not guilty, maintains that he was working as a private citizen to uncover terrorist plots and that his Internet communications were meant to ensnare a person he thought was a terrorist.
He wrote in one message that he had selected the Williams natural gas refinery in Opal, Wyo., “the largest refinery in the west,” as the first target. He said the refinery should be struck on Dec. 24, 2005, when presumably there would be less security.

“The site has no fences or security to speak of, 3 men would merely walk as they wished there and leave undetected. … Minimum forces, maximum damage,” he wrote, according to transcripts displayed to the jury.

Prosecutors said Reynolds also sought to target the Transcontinental Pipeline, a natural-gas pipeline that runs from the Gulf Coast to New York and New Jersey; and a Standard Oil refinery in Perth Amboy, N.J., that no longer exists.
Reynolds wrote it was an opportune time to strike, citing public disapproval of the Iraq war and President Bush’s response to Hurricane Katrina.

“The fuel is here … He’ll be roasted on a spit,” wrote Reynolds, tacking on a news article that quoted U.S. Rep. John Murtha, D-Pa., as calling for an immediate end to the war.

“U.S. Rep. John Murtha (D-Pa) calls for the withdrawal of U.S. military personnel from Iraq while at a news conference on Capitol Hill November 17, 2005. Murtha called the war “a flawed policy wrapped in illusion” and noted a shift in public sentiment against the war. REUTERS/”
In another message, Reynolds seemed to refer to the Dec. 1, 2005, death of a top al-Qaida leader, Hamza Rabia, in Pakistan. Rabia was allegedly killed by a Hellfire missile fired by an unmanned American warplane, although Pakistan’s army maintained that Rabia had died in a bomb-making accident.

“I notice the news of a beloved leader being killed, and conflicting reports that the US takes credit,” Reynolds wrote. “Your people need a strike victory here, and soon to bolster support, not to mention cutting down this president.”

Reynolds and his contact agreed that he would receive $40,000 to finance the alleged plot. Reynolds provided a shopping list of materials to build a landmine, including stainless steel flasks, shotgun shells, flares, batteries, an alarm clock and stereo wire. He also said he was working on a “15-20 minute timer that is failsafe.”
The message traffic shows that Reynolds was worried about getting caught.

“You say I risk little, you are wrong,” he wrote. “If I am discovered … I could get life in prison, perhaps even execution as a traitor.”

Wild Thing’s comment……..
Murtha has been giving aid and comfort to the enemy and here is a case that murtha’s antiwar rantings seem to have given encouragement to a terrorist.
The Democrat Senators in the US Senate help al-Qaeda every day and they are not in jail. Along with the anti-american left-wing pig faced al-Qaeda Democrats now come several RINOS like Lugar, Warner, Hagel, Voinovich and as the list gets longer al-Qaeda cheers their actions giving aid and comfort to the enemies of the American people.