The FBI caught a crazed Lutheran before he could commit any terrorist acts, Thank Gaia:
A 26-year-old Massachusetts man was arrested Wednesday and accused of plotting to blow up the Pentagon and U.S. Capitol using large remote-controlled aircraft laden with explosives, as well as attempting to assist the Lutheran Church (Missouri Synod) in attacking U.S. troops overseas.
Karl Gustafsson of Ashland, Mass., was arrested Wednesday in Framingham after undercover FBI agents delivered weapons Gustaffsson allegedly sought for the alleged plan. The stash included what he thought was 25 pounds of C-4 explosives, as well as three grenades and six fully-automatic AK-47 assault, a press release from the Department of Justice reads…
In May, Gustaffsson traveled from Boston to Washington, D.C., to take photos of the Pentagon and Capitol for surveillance. He planned to launch the C4-filled aircraft from sites at the East Potomac Park, authorities allege, and an F-86 Sabre remote-controlled aircraft was delivered to Gustaffsson’s storage facility in August.
Authorities say they gave Gustaffsson multiple opportunities to back out of the plot, as they told him it would likely kill women and children. But Gustaffsson never wavered in his plan, the affidavit said.
“I just can’t stop; there is no other choice for me,” he allegedly said.
Gustaffsson , who is a Northeastern University graduate with a degree in physics, is accusing of beginning in early 2010 a plot to bring violent “crusade” against the U.S, who he described as “enemies of Christ.”
Sadly, we’ve seen far too much of this sort of thing. And still we wait in vain for mainstream Lutherans to unambiguously denounce such actions. But the FBI insists we should not draw any broader conclusions about the mainly peaceful Lutheran faith:
“I want the public to understand that Mr. Gustaffsson’s conduct, as alleged in the complaint, is not reflective of a particular culture, community or religion,” said Carmen Ortiz, U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts. “In addition to protecting our citizens from the threats and violence alleged today, we also have an obligation to protect members of every community, race and religion against violence and other unlawful conduct.”
Certainly not. Still, it’s a good thing we have noble public servants on hand to check our baser impulses.
(N.B.: Certain names and organizations have been changed to protect the innocent-until-proven-guilty.)
I had to laugh when I read the bottom part of the story- let’s not jump to conclusions about those 18-34 year old (insert certain religion here) males that wish to do us harm…it’s not reflective of the rest of those of that “religion that shall not be named.” I don’t understand why the government is afraid of being upfront about what we’re facing. Not saying that a particular perpetrator is Muslim isn’t going to cause or prevent anything.
I’m surprised our federal agents had any AK-47s left after selling so many to the Mexican drug cartels.
Wonder if anyone checked the serials from Gunwalker stuff. FBI stealing back from the cartels?
That is wrong on so many levels, Captain. Just because it’s true doesn’t make it right, you know. Posting such will get you labeled as “subversive”, “right-wing extremist”, “tea-bagger terrorist”, etc., etc. When/if you ever run for office, you have my vote. Semper Fi.
was he a Missouri Synod Lutheran? or Wisconsin Evangelical?
As an ELCA (Evangelical Lutheran Church in America) Badger, that a Missouri Synod type would do this comes as no surprise.
So you’re Liberal Lutheran. That explains a lot.
Lutherans, meh. I thought it was the Amish for sure.
It may have been.
http://www.thesnooze.com/comedypaper/renegadeamish.html
Gusstafsson…Lutheran…
Bet he burned out his brain on pickled herring and lutefisk in his youth.
Ya schooor, ya petchya!
Pshaw, Lutherans are NOTHING! It’s the damned Presbyterians I’M worried about!!
At least ya’ll quit picking on us Catholics for a change…
We can start again if you’re feeling neglected.
As a True Lutheran, I condemn this ill advised attempt of crusading. (I think Gustaffson should have talked less and done more). Bunners and Bangers; Unite! The UP will be ours!
As a Troll, I am alarmed at the apparent rise of the UP Separatist Movement. These Lutherans must be stopped!!!
As a Lutheran, I appologize for the acts of the single deranged man. I can assure you there is no mass plot against the US, although i better ask the members who are also Masons too. But, just in case I will make a list of things I disagree with that might be considered controvercial and nail it to a church door, at least I think thats what I am supposed to do. I also promise never to dress on an airplane in any way that would make anyone nervous. Will that help?
Whenever I see anyone on a plane in jeans and flannel shirt, speaking with a Wisconsin accent, I get nervous.
Unless they bring me sharp cheddar cheese.
I’m waiting to see if I have to pass a background check the next time I buy a Futaba.
“an F-86 Sabre remote-controlled aircraft was delivered to Ferdaus’ storage facility in August.”
WHAT THE FRAK? Can you ORDER a remote-controlled F-86, just like that? Man, I love America!
I was wondering about that too. I also noticed they said he was going to use “3 small drone aircraft.” Surely they’re not considering a 6-ton, 30 foot long jet fighter as “small”? But then what were they going to do with the thing?
If it were fully fueled before launch at something from no further away than, say, Cumberland, MD, the fuel alone would get the job done. Who would need explosives?
Who would want to waste a good Sabre Jet anway?
R/C scale model F86; not a full-size one.
Even so, it looked pretty cool from the pictures — it was in Naval Aviation livery.
Go figure.
Well, at least they got him alive so they can ask him why the Lutherans hate us. Once we understand why they hate us; we can do something to change our behaviour to make us seem less adversarial to Lutherans. Alas, the stupid FBI arrested him during Oktoberfest. I fear this cultural insensitivity is just going to create more Gustaffssons.
Oh, great… now there’ll be background checks required to buy RC stuff. You just watch.
Not a joke – the newsreaders on the 11PM news in Boston last night were stunned that people could simply buy one of these dangerous aircraft without any sort of license. One newsbimbo on the local ABC affiliate actually wondered “what sort of person would want something like that”?
They then actually extended a tape measure on the air to show the audience how terrifyingly huge these “drones” are.
Oy.
People kill people not religions.
It was not an organized plot among the Lutherans – just an isolated Loon.
Now the RC modelers will have to take off their shoes.
As a fellow crazed Lutheran (a religion of hymns), I think the proper action for protesting such blasphemy is to sing all the verses of “A Mighty Fortress is our God” in German, followed by all 14 verses of “Salvation Unto Us Has Come.”
Great post!
This is most certainly true!
WTH was a Lutheran doing in THAT part of town,. I thought they were all Muslims in that hood.
This just goes to show what happens to Lutherans when they get too much UV exposure.
BTW, love the Fox news pic – how many words is that worth these days? Love means never having to say…?
The Obamination’s FAA Nazis had already proposed draconian rules to basically place RC modelers under the FAA, requiring them to actually require a ‘modeler’s pilot’s license, requiring separate ratings for different models, banning the use of model turbojet engines, and basically banning the shipment of model a/c engines. All at incredible expense to the hobbyists of an activity which has never had a problem with anyone. Freaking stupid government.
I wouldn’t confine such scorn to Obama. I still remember as a young kid walking into any hardware store to buy model paint. Then I couldn’t, because some of it was aerosol and a very few times, some idiot would use the aerosol as a drug. Years later, I couldn’t buy model rocket engines. As barriers were put up, demand declined. Now a days, you can’t even buy a decent model and glue to put it together without finding a specialty shop. The prices are way beyond what a young child can afford with chore money.
Then, I’ll occassionally read stuff like this: Where are the American Engineers? The answer is rather obvious.
Where in the crap did he get C-4 or full auto Aks? not something easy to find. Something smells here.
Good thing we can report this to Atttack Watch. They have our back, protecting from those that doubt our Ocean-Ruling God-Emperor. They would never support provocation of the
ROPLutheran fanatics.Hmm. Somebody’s at the doo
Isn’t it obvious. We brought this upon on ourselves. George W Bush’s evil policies have oppressed Lutherans for centuries. The oil industry has Lutheran blood on their hands as millions of Lutherans are sickened or killed by global warming each year. Wall street’s silent disdain for Lutherans is palpable. The financial crisis has affected Lutherans more harshly than mainstream America. The true root of the so-called tea Party is a desire to further oppress Lutherans. The small-government, Constitutional Patriot guise is just that.
With these well known outrages against Lutherans, it’s high time we receive our comeuppance. The chickens have come home to roost, and they are Lutheran chickens. America deserves it. (I am not Lutheran, but many of my friends are)
Come on. This Lutheran stuff is just paranoia. If you want the facts, go here
http://sonoguy.tripod.com/