CLEVELAND (AP) - Five men, at least three of them anarchists, plotted to blow up a bridge near Cleveland, but there was no danger to the public because the explosives were inoperable and were controlled by an undercover FBI employee, the agency said Tuesday in announcing the men's arrests.

The target of the plot was a bridge that carries a four-lane highway over part of the Cuyahoga Valley National Park in the Brecksville area, about 15 miles south of downtown Cleveland, the FBI said.

Authorities said three of the men were arrested Monday and are self-described anarchists, not tied to international terrorism.

It wasn't immediately clear whether the men had attorneys. All of the suspects, ranging in age from 20 to 35, were expected to appear in federal court Tuesday afternoon.

The FBI said three were arrested on charges of conspiracy and trying to use explosives to damage property affecting interstate commerce. They were identified as Brandon L. Baxter, 20; Douglas L. Wright, 26; and Anthony Hayne, 35. Their hometowns were not provided.

Charges were pending against the other two men.

Baxter, Wright and Hayne considered different plots over several months, including distracting law enforcement with smoke grenades while trying to bring down financial institution signs in downtown Cleveland, federal authorities alleged. The defendants' finally settled on blowing up the bridge, authorities said.

"The individuals charged in this plot were intent on using violence to express their ideological views," Special Agent Stephen D. Anthony, who oversees the FBI's Cleveland division, said in a statement. "The Joint Terrorism Task Force will continue to be vigilant in its efforts to detect and disrupt any terrorism threat, domestic or international."

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Thank you Democrats for endorsing and attempting to legitimize these nutjobs. Your support of these assholes will hopefully bite you in the ass come November.

another fake terrorism plot.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/29/opinion/sunday/terrorist-plots-helped-along-by-the-fbi.html?_r=3&pagewanted=1

They're so desperate for terrorists they're flying them in from abroad. One of the 'terrorists' was kidnapped in Afghanistan as part of the terrorist bounty program and brought to the United States to be set up in an FBI sting as a bomb plotter.

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So anarchists now support a political party that is known to supporting big government programs. NOW I HAVE HEARD IT ALL!

Anarchists are more aligned to the Tea Party than Socialist.

This started out as just a harmless plot to knock down some bank signs, which wouldn't have qualified as terrorism.

"According to the criminal complaint, last October the men began discussing plans to knock bank signs off of buildings in Cleveland. The men allegedly discussed the idea of using smoke grenades on the Veterans Memorial Bridge in Cleveland to create a diversion while they carried out their plan to topple the bank signs."

It looks like the government got involved and saw the opportunity to manufacture a terrorism plot.

wutwut Wrote:
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> So anarchists now support a political party that
> is known to supporting big government programs.
> NOW I HAVE HEARD IT ALL!
>
> Anarchists are more aligned to the Tea Party than
> Socialist.

When I started this thread, I knew someone would make the same retarded assertion you did.

You know how I know you are wrong and retarded?

If these people were aligned with the Tea Party, the media would have put it in every headline out there.

These people are Occupy activists. Need proof? Here you go:

http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2012/03/occupy_cleveland_disrupts_sher.html

Brandon Baxter of Lakewood said he had no regrets for making sure people heard the message.

"I took the risk of getting arrested because I feel the powers that be, whoever they might be -- on all levels of government and those who hold corporate power -- are not listening because not enough people are actually taking a stance" against foreclosures, he said. "I was hoping that this would be a great way to get Cleveland more involved by showing the potential that a small group of dedicated people can have in making an impact. Even though we are not in any government position or in Congress, we do have the power."

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Interestingly, there is no mention of these people being involved in the Occupy movement. I know that the FBI and DoJ wouldn't want to embarrass Obama and other top Democrats who embraced the Occupy movement, but why wouldn't the media dig a bit deeper?

wutwut,

Digging deeper, we find this from the FBI arrest affidavits:

The FBI affidavit in support of the arrests makes multiple references to “one percenters” “corporations” and the “May 1st” protests associated with the Occupy movement.

LOL. Tea Party indeed.

Congrats on winning "Retard of the Day" award.

Occupiers Wrote:
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> wutwut,
>
> Digging deeper, we find this from the FBI arrest
> affidavits:
>
> The FBI affidavit in support of the arrests makes
> multiple references to “one percenters”
> “corporations” and the “May 1st” protests
> associated with the Occupy movement.
>
> LOL. Tea Party indeed.
>
> Congrats on winning "Retard of the Day" award.


Why do you think they support Obama? 1%s doing pretty good under Obama. The political spectrum is like a horse shoe. The ends are closer in ideology than they are to the middle. Anarchist and Tea Partiers share a lot in common.

horseshoe Wrote:
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> Occupiers Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > wutwut,
> >
> > Digging deeper, we find this from the FBI
> arrest
> > affidavits:
> >
> > The FBI affidavit in support of the arrests
> makes
> > multiple references to “one percenters”
> > “corporations” and the “May 1st”
> protests
> > associated with the Occupy movement.
> >
> > LOL. Tea Party indeed.
> >
> > Congrats on winning "Retard of the Day" award.
>
>
> Why do you think they support Obama? 1%s doing
> pretty good under Obama. The political spectrum
> is like a horse shoe. The ends are closer in
> ideology than they are to the middle. Anarchist
> and Tea Partiers share a lot in common.


Anarchists and Tea Partiers do not share a lot in common beyond being idiots. Something you can obviously relate to. At what point was it asserted that the Occupiers support Obama? It was asserted that Democratic leaders endorsed and supported the Occupiers. Please, no matter how many times you have to move your lips to read the sentences, try to follow along.

wutwut Wrote:
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> So anarchists now support a political party that
> is known to supporting big government programs.
> NOW I HAVE HEARD IT ALL!
>
> Anarchists are more aligned to the Tea Party than
> Socialist.


This posts shows a complete ignorance of both the Tea Party and the Occupy movement. The "anarchists" of the Occupy movement are really just big government nanny-statists who want to be given free stuff and not have to work for it. Anarchists are just socialists on steroids and have been for over 100 years.

The Tea Party believes in the rule of law and fiscal responsibility in our government. How the hell does that align to either the dictionary or actual anarchists? It doesn't.

Occupiers Wrote:
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> horseshoe Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Occupiers Wrote:
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> > -----
> > > wutwut,
> > >
> > > Digging deeper, we find this from the FBI
> > arrest
> > > affidavits:
> > >
> > > The FBI affidavit in support of the arrests
> > makes
> > > multiple references to “one percenters”
> > > “corporations” and the “May 1st”
> > protests
> > > associated with the Occupy movement.
> > >
> > > LOL. Tea Party indeed.
> > >
> > > Congrats on winning "Retard of the Day"
> award.
> >
> >
> > Why do you think they support Obama? 1%s doing
> > pretty good under Obama. The political
> spectrum
> > is like a horse shoe. The ends are closer in
> > ideology than they are to the middle. Anarchist
> > and Tea Partiers share a lot in common.
>
>
> Anarchists and Tea Partiers do not share a lot in
> common beyond being idiots. Something you can
> obviously relate to. At what point was it
> asserted that the Occupiers support Obama? It was
> asserted that Democratic leaders endorsed and
> supported the Occupiers. Please, no matter how
> many times you have to move your lips to read the
> sentences, try to follow along.

LOL...You mad bro?! That's cool. Pretty bush league in the inter-web world though. But that is what FFU is pretty much full of now...little big men. Funny thing was that if you stopped at the first sentence I would have conceded that we agree and drinks on me. Ohh well...

lululs Wrote:
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> Occupiers Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > horseshoe Wrote:
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> > -----
> > > Occupiers Wrote:
> > >
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> >
> > > -----
> > > > wutwut,
> > > >
> > > > Digging deeper, we find this from the FBI
> > > arrest
> > > > affidavits:
> > > >
> > > > The FBI affidavit in support of the arrests
> > > makes
> > > > multiple references to “one percenters”
> > > > “corporations” and the “May 1st”
> > > protests
> > > > associated with the Occupy movement.
> > > >
> > > > LOL. Tea Party indeed.
> > > >
> > > > Congrats on winning "Retard of the Day"
> > award.
> > >
> > >
> > > Why do you think they support Obama? 1%s
> doing
> > > pretty good under Obama. The political
> > spectrum
> > > is like a horse shoe. The ends are closer in
> > > ideology than they are to the middle.
> Anarchist
> > > and Tea Partiers share a lot in common.
> >
> >
> > Anarchists and Tea Partiers do not share a lot
> in
> > common beyond being idiots. Something you can
> > obviously relate to. At what point was it
> > asserted that the Occupiers support Obama? It
> was
> > asserted that Democratic leaders endorsed and
> > supported the Occupiers. Please, no matter how
> > many times you have to move your lips to read
> the
> > sentences, try to follow along.
>
> LOL...You mad bro?! That's cool. Pretty bush
> league in the inter-web world though. But that is
> what FFU is pretty much full of now...little big
> men. Funny thing was that if you stopped at the
> first sentence I would have conceded that we agree
> and drinks on me. Ohh well...


Why would I be mad? I am not the one with the reading comprehension problem.

Oh, I get it, you think that by asking me if I am mad that you somehow redeemed your previous stupidity. Thanks for confirming it.

Occupiers Wrote:
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> lululs Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Occupiers Wrote:
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> > -----
> > > horseshoe Wrote:
> > >
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> >
> > > -----
> > > > Occupiers Wrote:
> > > >
> > >
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> >
> > >
> > > > -----
> > > > > wutwut,
> > > > >
> > > > > Digging deeper, we find this from the FBI
> > > > arrest
> > > > > affidavits:
> > > > >
> > > > > The FBI affidavit in support of the
> arrests
> > > > makes
> > > > > multiple references to “one
> percenters”
> > > > > “corporations” and the “May 1st”
> > > > protests
> > > > > associated with the Occupy movement.
> > > > >
> > > > > LOL. Tea Party indeed.
> > > > >
> > > > > Congrats on winning "Retard of the Day"
> > > award.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Why do you think they support Obama? 1%s
> > doing
> > > > pretty good under Obama. The political
> > > spectrum
> > > > is like a horse shoe. The ends are closer
> in
> > > > ideology than they are to the middle.
> > Anarchist
> > > > and Tea Partiers share a lot in common.
> > >
> > >
> > > Anarchists and Tea Partiers do not share a
> lot
> > in
> > > common beyond being idiots. Something you
> can
> > > obviously relate to. At what point was it
> > > asserted that the Occupiers support Obama?
> It
> > was
> > > asserted that Democratic leaders endorsed and
> > > supported the Occupiers. Please, no matter
> how
> > > many times you have to move your lips to read
> > the
> > > sentences, try to follow along.
> >
> > LOL...You mad bro?! That's cool. Pretty bush
> > league in the inter-web world though. But that
> is
> > what FFU is pretty much full of now...little
> big
> > men. Funny thing was that if you stopped at the
> > first sentence I would have conceded that we
> agree
> > and drinks on me. Ohh well...
>
>
> Why would I be mad? I am not the one with the
> reading comprehension problem.
>
> Oh, I get it, you think that by asking me if I am
> mad that you somehow redeemed your previous
> stupidity. Thanks for confirming it.

Since your internet evolution is stuck in 2005. I shall submit the an appropriated 2005 response.
Attachments:

2005ftw Wrote:
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> > lululs Wrote:
> >
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>
> > -----
> > > Occupiers Wrote:
> > >
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> >
> > > -----
> > > > horseshoe Wrote:
> > > >
> > >
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> >
> > >
> > > > -----
> > > > > Occupiers Wrote:
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> >
> > >
> > > >
> > > > > -----
> > > > > > wutwut,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Digging deeper, we find this from the
> FBI
> > > > > arrest
> > > > > > affidavits:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > The FBI affidavit in support of the
> > arrests
> > > > > makes
> > > > > > multiple references to “one
> > percenters”
> > > > > > “corporations” and the “May
> 1st”
> > > > > protests
> > > > > > associated with the Occupy movement.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > LOL. Tea Party indeed.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Congrats on winning "Retard of the Day"
> > > > award.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Why do you think they support Obama? 1%s
> > > doing
> > > > > pretty good under Obama. The political
> > > > spectrum
> > > > > is like a horse shoe. The ends are closer
> > in
> > > > > ideology than they are to the middle.
> > > Anarchist
> > > > > and Tea Partiers share a lot in common.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Anarchists and Tea Partiers do not share a
> > lot
> > > in
> > > > common beyond being idiots. Something you
> > can
> > > > obviously relate to. At what point was it
> > > > asserted that the Occupiers support Obama?
> > It
> > > was
> > > > asserted that Democratic leaders endorsed
> and
> > > > supported the Occupiers. Please, no matter
> > how
> > > > many times you have to move your lips to
> read
> > > the
> > > > sentences, try to follow along.
> > >
> > > LOL...You mad bro?! That's cool. Pretty bush
> > > league in the inter-web world though. But
> that
> > is
> > > what FFU is pretty much full of now...little
> > big
> > > men. Funny thing was that if you stopped at
> the
> > > first sentence I would have conceded that we
> > agree
> > > and drinks on me. Ohh well...
> >
> >
> > Why would I be mad? I am not the one with the
> > reading comprehension problem.
> >
> > Oh, I get it, you think that by asking me if I
> am
> > mad that you somehow redeemed your previous
> > stupidity. Thanks for confirming it.
>
> Since your internet evolution is stuck in 2005. I
> shall submit the an appropriated 2005 response.


LOL. This coming from the guy with the "u mad bro?" retorts? The only one who thinks this is some sort of competition is you. I have no need to declare victory as anyone who reads your posts knows the score. What next? You going to challenge me to meet you somewhere so you can kick my ass?

Periscope UP! Wrote:
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> wutwut Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > So anarchists now support a political party
> that
> > is known to supporting big government programs.
>
> > NOW I HAVE HEARD IT ALL!
> >
> > Anarchists are more aligned to the Tea Party
> than
> > Socialist.
>
>
> This posts shows a complete ignorance of both the
> Tea Party and the Occupy movement. The
> "anarchists" of the Occupy movement are really
> just big government nanny-statists who want to be
> given free stuff and not have to work for it.
> Anarchists are just socialists on steroids and
> have been for over 100 years.
>
> The Tea Party believes in the rule of law and
> fiscal responsibility in our government. How the
> hell does that align to either the dictionary or
> actual anarchists? It doesn't.


Occupy Movement wants nothing to do with Anarchist in their movement. Just has much as the tea party doesn't want anything to do with the militia movement or the KKK in thiers.


BTW, you both are an embarrassment to your mothers.

EastRestonCholo Wrote:

>
> Occupy Movement wants nothing to do with Anarchist
> in their movement. Just has much as the tea party
> doesn't want anything to do with the militia
> movement or the KKK in thiers.
>
>
> BTW, you both are an embarrassment to your
> mothers.


The Occupy movement wants to "shut down commerce". What the hell is up with that? These are the spawn of the assholes who grew up in the late 60's and early 70's. Shitty parents make shitty kids. The Occupy movement proves that.

I never have understood the geeks who spout off about anarchy and love the little circle A symbols. I can understand the resentment against big business and the establishment in general, but apparently alot of these dickweeds completely buy into the idea that Big Government will fix it all.

Yeah, I don't feel particularly threatened by losers who call themselves Cyco and Scabby and the feds probably acted as an agent provocatuer in this sting like they do with the Muslims.

Like it or not, these fools fell for the bait and apparently wanted to move forward.

Greatest nation on Earth and we still generate dickbags like these on a regular basis.

-----------------------------------
***BRING BACK YOUTUBE EMBEDDING!***

God damnit.

The quasi-police state we created is too damn successful.

It keeps catching these leftist/muslime terrorists.

White Nationalist right-wingers like me NEED these evil leftist/muslime scumbags to carry out their terrorist attacks in order to put the fire in the eyes of the masses.

It's the only way we can reverse decades of self-loathing pacifist leftist brainwashing and reawaken our former imperialist glory.

We've stopped over 40 insider islamic jihad terrorist attacks since 9/11.

Which has caused the population to become complacent and lose their bloodlust.

If those 40+ jihad terrorist attacks would have been carried out by the muslims liiving in America, then we right-wing White Nationalists would never lose political power and we'd finally be able to cleanse this land of mud people and conquer the whole world again.

Woe is me. The Patriot Act has worked too well!

EastRestonCholo Wrote:
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> Occupy Movement wants nothing to do with Anarchist
> in their movement. Just has much as the tea party
> doesn't want anything to do with the militia
> movement or the KKK in thiers.
>
>
> BTW, you both are an embarrassment to your
> mothers.

You clearly need to do more research on who the main people behind OWS are. lol Go ask Janine, the transgendered anarchist who runs their forum. She'll school you. They're not shy about it since they consider it to be a positive thing

But you are right in one respect. The real anarchists do distinguish themselves from the black bloc knuckleheads who are mostly just a bunch of spoiled white kids who want to break stuff.

NYPD Raids Activists’ Homes Before May Day Protests
A day before Occupy Wall Street hopes to shut down New York and cities across the country in massive May Day protests, the NYPD visited at least three activist homes in New York and interrogated residents about plans for tomorrow's protest.
Today "there was definitely an upswing in law enforcement activity that seemed to fit the pattern of targeting what police might view as political residences," said Gideon Oliver, the president of the New York Chapter of the National Lawyers Guild, which offers legal to support to Occupy Wall Street. "They were asking what are your May Day plans, do you know who the leaders are—these are classic political surveillance questions."

Oliver said the National Lawyer's Guild is aware of at least five instances of NYPD paying activists visits, including one where the FBI was involved in questioning. (He wouldn't elaborate.) We spoke to three of these activists.

In the first case: activist Zachary Dempster said that six NYPD officers broke down the door of his Bushwick, Brooklyn apartment at around 6:15am this morning. Dempster said they were armed with a warrant for the arrest of his roommate, musician Joe Crow Ryan, for a six-year-old open container violation. But Dempster believes this was an excuse to check in on him, as he'd been arrested in February at an Occupy Wall Street Party that was broken up by cops, and charged with assaulting a police office and inciting a riot.

After running his ID, a detective questioned Dempster in his bedroom for about five minutes about tomorrow's May Day protest, he said.

"They asked what I was doing tomorrow, and if I knew of any activities, any events—that was how the conversation started," Dempster said. Dempster said he's not planning doing much, as his case from February is still open. Dempster's roommate was also asked about him and May Day.

About an hour later, an activist friend of Dempster's who runs in anarchist circles said his apartment in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn, where he lives with a half-dozen other activists and Occupy Wall Street organizers was visited by six NYPD cops—possibly the same ones. The activist said police used arrest warrants for two men who no longer lived there as pretext for the raid. The officers ran the IDs of everyone who was in the apartment, then booked our source when they discovered he had an outstanding open container violation. Police never asked about Occupy Wall Street or May Day, but our source said the message was clear: We're watching you.

"We obviously don't think it's an accident that it happened the day before May Day, where people in the house are organizers," he said.

This afternoon, NYPD also visited the home of Greek anarchist artist Georgia Sagri, who has been part of Occupy Wall Street from the beginning and led the occupation of a SoHo art gallery last October. Turns out she was giving a press conference about May Day at Zuccotti Park at the time. Police waited for about an hour outside her home, then left.

"My roommate gave me a call and told me the NYPD was looking for me," Sagri said. "Since that time, I didn't go home. So I'm basically on the street. My May Day has already started which is fine, I don't mind." She said she has no idea why NYPD visited her.

This isn't the first time NYPD has been criticized for aggressive surveillance of protesters: The NYPD infiltrated activist groups around the country before 2004's New York Ciy Republican National Convention. And The New York Times has ably detailed the extent to which NYPD has harassed and spied on Occupy Wall Street protesters.

"The intention behind this I'm sure is to try to create fear and silence dissent," said Marina Sitrin, a lawyer and member of Occupy Wall Street's legal working group, "and to keep people from coming out into the streets."

http://gawker.com/5906500/nypd-raids-activists-homes-before-tomorrows-occupy-wall-street-protests

The paid informant who helped orchestrate the FBI sting that resulted in the arrest of five anarchists for allegedly plotting to blow up an Ohio bridge is a convicted felon who was arrested on bad check and theft charges in the midst of his cooperation with federal investigators, The Smoking Gun has learned.

Shaquille Azir, 39, was named in a pair of felony indictments filed in January in Cuyahoga County, according to court records. Azir, who TSG has identified as the informant in the federal bombing case, is accused in the indictments of passing bad checks on July 25, 2011 and December 22, 2011.

Azir, pictured in the mug shot at right, “has been working as a source for the FBI since July 20, 2011,” according to the U.S. District Court complaint filed yesterday against the alleged bomb plotters. Wearing a body recorder, Azir captured the five self-styled anarchists plotting to use C-4 explosive to take down a Cleveland-area bridge.

Azir arranged for the purchase of the C-4 from an undercover FBI agent. He also fronted the alleged conspirators money for the buy of the material, which had been rendered inert by federal investigators. If the bombing case goes to trial, defense lawyers will certainly portray the 6’ 5”, 350-pound Azir as the plot’s instigator, a snitch who pocketed the FBI’s money to help entrap the five defendants, who range in age from 20 to 35.

An e-mail sent to his Azir's Yahoo account received no response, and a phone number that he recently used when registering a web domain was answered by a man who said he had never heard of Azir. In a recent court filing, he listed a home address in Maple Heights, a suburban Cleveland city.

Azir’s most recent--and ongoing--brushes with the law are not disclosed in the federal complaint, which provides a brief description of the criminal past of the “Confidential Human Source,” or “CHS,” who was instrumental in helping the FBI put together the bombing case (and who has “provided information and intelligence that have led to the opening of several additional investigations”).

The FBI source--who has been paid “$5750 for services and $550 for expenses”--has prior convictions for cocaine possession (1990), robbery (1991), and four convictions for passing bad checks between 1991 and 2011, according to the bombing complaint. No mention is made, however, of Azir’s two pending criminal cases.

Additionally, the FBI somehow failed to mention a variety of other convictions--grand theft, tampering with records, aggravated theft--on the rap sheet of Azir, who was formerly known as Kelvin Jackson and has recently worked as a landlord and building contractor.

Some of the accused bomb plotters apparently worked on buildings owned by Azir, who told members of the group that he wanted to keep the C-4 “in one of his properties so that they do not have to involve anyone else in the plan.” Two days before the bridge bombing was to occur, one of the alleged plotters, Connor Stevens, decided that he wanted to bail from the conspiracy, according to the federal complaint. However, the 20-year-old Stevens “still wanted to work on CHS’ houses,” reported FBI Agent Ryan Taylor.

Azir’s first indictment this year came on January 12, when he was charged with knowingly passing a bad check for $1471.87 to a home décor company. On January 24, he was named in a second felony indictment accusing him of defrauding a Cleveland-based credit union through the issuance of a bum check for $2165. The two cases have been consolidated and Azir is next due in court on May 10.

Azir is also facing a probation violation hearing in Lorain County, where he has been convicted of passing bad checks. That hearing, which has been postponed several times during the course of his FBI cooperation, is now scheduled for May 14.

Ohio records show that Azir spent nearly three years in state prison for robbery and possession of stolen property before being paroled in January 1995. He returned to the state system for six months in 2009 following a bad check conviction in Cuyahoga County. Azir’s most recent conviction came last November for grand theft and passing bad checks. He was sentenced to 18 months probation.

The federal complaint filed against the alleged bridge plotters notes that the FBI’s “Confidential Human Source” has not been paid by the bureau “since beginning his/her probation.” The FBI probe of the five anarchists began after agents directed Azir to attend an October 21 Occupy Wall Street rally in Cleveland.



The agents mobilized Azir after receiving “an initial report of potential criminal activity and threats involving anarchists who would be attending” the “Occupy” event. While at the rally, Azir met Douglas Wright, 26, who reportedly confided details of planned attacks “against corporate America and the financial system.” Through Wright, Azir subsequently met (and secretly recorded) the other four men named in the bombing complaint.

Along with his frequent appearances in Ohio criminal courthouses, Azir has been somewhat of a regular in the federal bankruptcy court in Cleveland, where he has filed nine separate bankruptcy petitions over the past 12 years. While seven of the cases were dismissed, two resulted in the discharge of six-figure debts piled up by Azir.

According to his LinkedIn page, Azir has owned the Desdy Property Group since late-2001, and has recently attended Baldwin-Wallace College, where he was studying for a bachelor’s degree in organizational leadership. He also reported previously attending Lorain County Community College and Cuyahoga Community College, where, in 2007, he was “President Elect Student Government.” The Desdy firm has been certified by the City of Cleveland as a minority business enterprise--through March 2013--in the areas of "Community Development & Business consulting," according to an online municipal registry.

While a review of Facebook pages reveals a nexus between the five alleged wannabe bombers, Azir’s name does not appear on any of their respective lists of friends. He did, however, once maintain a MySpace account which noted that he was on the social networking site to “meet new people. I don’t have time for games…so if your childish stay where you are.” A photo of Azir from his MySpace page is seen above.

Describing himself as a single “Proud Parent,” Azir listed Donald Trump, Bill Gates, and Russell Simmons as the people he would like to meet. His TV favorites were listed as ESPN, MTV Jams, and HBO’s “The Wire.”

Source: The Smoking Gun

@ Lester-

Are you surpised that the rat in this case is a ratty person?

In the court of law, it doesn't matter if the agent provocatuer is a convicted killer ( look at the Sammy the Bull testimony) or if he's paid or a volunteer.

The only way to beat a charge like this on an entrapment is if the informant dangled something "too good to be true" or irresistable to the defendants. Giving the Occupy jackoffs the opportunity to fullfil their revolutionary dreams is not entrapment. Key word is INTENT.

I know a lot of these terrorism cases look hokey and are often mentally unstable Islamists who are goaded by informants who often provide the goodds and plans needed to carry out the mission.

But if I pull up to you in a car and say "I'm gonna go rob a bank, wanna come with me?" and you get in the car- you are guilty.

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