“INSHALLAH the sounds of the bombs will be heard in the streets. Gun shots to your police. Death to your oppression.” So wrote Ahmad Khan Rahami in a bloodstained journal found after his arrest for planting bombs in Manhattan and in New Jersey. “Attack the Kuffar [non-believers] in their backyard,” he also wrote.
That is exactly what Mr Rahami did. Rather than attack a landmark, such as Times Square, which had been unsuccessfully targeted in 2010, he is accused of placing bombs in Chelsea, a bustling Manhattan residential neighbourhood with lots of lively restaurants and bars. Thirty people were hurt in the bomb that exploded on the evening of September 17th. A second bomb, found four blocks away, was discovered and removed before it could harm. Earlier that day a bomb went off at a 5k fun-run for a military charity at the New Jersey Shore. No one was hurt. Bombs were also placed at a transport hub in Elizabeth, New Jersey. They were found by vigilant locals before the devices could explode.
The mayor of New York promised that the police presence, already increased because of the United Nations General Assembly, which draws 135 heads of state, would be...Continue reading
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