U.S. Man Accused of Plotting to Blow Up Pipelines

["Paul Ferguson" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

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Via Reuters AlertNet.

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A Pennsylvania man who sympathized with al Qaeda plotted to blow up U.S.
energy installations in a bid to drive up gas prices and prompt a U.S.
withdrawal from Iraq, prosecutors alleged on Monday.

Defendant Michael Curtis Reynolds believed gasoline prices could hit
"astronomical" levels if he succeeded in attacking the Alaska pipeline or
the Transcontinental Pipeline connecting the Gulf of Mexico and the U.S.
Northeast, a jury heard in federal court.

Reynolds, 49, of Wilkes-Barre, faces six charges including attempting to
support al Qaeda; plotting to damage an interstate gas pipeline;
distributing instructions on making explosives over the Internet; and
possession of hand grenades.

Reynolds' suspected plans were uncovered by Shannen Rossmiller, a former
Montana magistrate and Internet sleuth with a record for tracking down
extremists online.

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More:
http://wap.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N09297251.htm

- - ferg

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