HT: New York Daily News
The big news today is the NYPD thwarting a lone-wolf jihadist in the process of building a pipe bomb at his Washington Heights apartment, which according to what he told police would have been done within one hour if they didn’t stop him this afternoon.
Jose Pimentel, who is an U.S. citizen born in the Dominican Republic, wanted to attack soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan, various government buildings, including a police station, and apparently test his bombs in mail boxes through the city. He was motivated by Anwar al-Awlaki, the al-Qaida traitor