# YIKES! Nashville Muslim Caught In Attempt To Stage Terrorist Plot. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 10, 2004, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yikes-nashville-muslim-caught-in-attempt-to-stage-terrorist-plot/268523 "2004-10-10T22:17:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2004, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yikes-nashville-muslim-caught-in-attempt-to-stage-terrorist-plot/268523/1 "2004-10-10T22:17:25Z")
A local Muslim physician was buying automatic weapons to launch an attack on a local synagogue. :eek: :eek: :eek: [http://www.newschannel5.com/content/news/7258.asp](http://www.newschannel5.com/content/news/7258.asp) Rumor has it he also attempted to buy an anti-tank weapon. This is the second plot against our local Jewish community in the last month. I’m stunned! Nashville hasn’t had a week like this in all the time I’ve lived in this state. :eek: :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2004, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yikes-nashville-muslim-caught-in-attempt-to-stage-terrorist-plot/268523/2 "2004-10-10T22:36:03Z")
I read the article, and it sounds like the man arrested is not a doctor. It said he was arrested after paying an undercover agent for guns “in the parking lot of the Krispy Kreme where he worked.” The doctor quoted in the article was some kind of spokesperson for the Muslim community. One thing surprised me. 15000 Muslims in a southern city like that? That’s quite an impressive community. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2004, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yikes-nashville-muslim-caught-in-attempt-to-stage-terrorist-plot/268523/3 "2004-10-10T22:38:14Z")
Yeah, it’s been a while since a place of worship has been attacked by extremists in Nashville… Seriously, pretty damn scary, and I’m glad they caught him before he did anything bad. I’m interested that the news report has so much detail about his alleged motivations prior to trial - surely that’s _sub judice_, or does it work differently in the US/TN? ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2004, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yikes-nashville-muslim-caught-in-attempt-to-stage-terrorist-plot/268523/4 "2004-10-10T22:39:34Z")
You’re right–the doctor was repudiating his actions. We’ve got large Jewish, Buddist & Pagan communities here, too. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2004, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yikes-nashville-muslim-caught-in-attempt-to-stage-terrorist-plot/268523/5 "2004-10-10T23:00:23Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > I read the article, and it sounds like the man arrested is not a doctor. It said he was arrested after paying an undercover agent for guns “in the parking lot of the Krispy Kreme where he worked.” > > The doctor quoted in the article was some kind of spokesperson for the Muslim community. One thing surprised me. 15000 Muslims in a southern city like that? That’s quite an impressive community. IIRC, they’re mostly Kurds from Iraq. **jjimm** , last incident I can recall was some punk kids vandalizing a synagogue a few years ago. Then there were the kids who planned to kill N\*SYNC or some other boy band. [joking]Not sure why the police stopped that one.[/joking] ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2004, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yikes-nashville-muslim-caught-in-attempt-to-stage-terrorist-plot/268523/6 "2004-10-10T23:41:33Z")
Where did you see “automatic”? I just saw “weapons”. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2004, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yikes-nashville-muslim-caught-in-attempt-to-stage-terrorist-plot/268523/7 "2004-10-11T00:03:51Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Where did you see “automatic”? I just saw “weapons”. Try [HERE](http://www.tennessean.com/local/archives/04/09/59338765.shtml?Element_ID=59338765) . ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2004, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yikes-nashville-muslim-caught-in-attempt-to-stage-terrorist-plot/268523/8 "2004-10-11T00:08:03Z")
> [@Tuckerfan](#): > > Then there were the kids who planned to kill N\*SYNC or some other boy band. Serious? Link? ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2004, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yikes-nashville-muslim-caught-in-attempt-to-stage-terrorist-plot/268523/9 "2004-10-11T00:45:20Z")
> [@Cisco](#): > > Serious? Link? [Here ya go!](http://www.eonline.com/News/Items/0,1,7262,00.html?mid1) > [@](#): > > The mother of a Tennessee teenager is being credited by police with thwarting her own son’s twisted–but apparently very detailed–plot to murder the megadreamy boys of 'N Sync during an Atlanta concert this weekend. > > His alleged motive? “The group gets all the good girls,” according to a Sumner County, Tennessee, detective ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2004, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yikes-nashville-muslim-caught-in-attempt-to-stage-terrorist-plot/268523/10 "2004-10-11T00:54:48Z")
> [@Bosda Di'Chi of Tricor](#): > > Try > [HERE](http://www.tennessean.com/local/archives/04/09/59338765.shtml?Element_ID=59338765) . Yep, mahine guns would be automatic weapons. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![ParentalAdvisory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/53a042/32.png) [@ParentalAdvisory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParentalAdvisory)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2004, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yikes-nashville-muslim-caught-in-attempt-to-stage-terrorist-plot/268523/11 "2004-10-11T01:13:15Z")
Ok, why did they quote ‘missiles’? ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2004, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yikes-nashville-muslim-caught-in-attempt-to-stage-terrorist-plot/268523/12 "2004-10-11T01:19:58Z")
When I first read the OP, I thought it was talking about “anti-Hank” weapons. Made me wonder what Hank did. ---
**Author:** ![UncleBill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d26b3c/32.png) [@UncleBill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBill)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2004, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yikes-nashville-muslim-caught-in-attempt-to-stage-terrorist-plot/268523/13 "2004-10-11T02:21:28Z")
> [@ParentalAdvisory](#): > > Ok, why did they quote ‘missiles’? Click all the links provided in this thread, and one will say > [@](#): > > For almost three months, law-enforcement agents have kept a close eye on an Iraqi-born man they say was scheming to purchase machine guns, hand grenades and **anti-tank missiles** as part of a plan to ‘‘go jihad’’ in Nashville. (bolding mine) ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2004, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yikes-nashville-muslim-caught-in-attempt-to-stage-terrorist-plot/268523/14 "2004-10-11T02:24:06Z")
> [@jjimm](#): > > Seriously, pretty damn scary, and I’m glad they caught him before he did anything bad. I’m interested that the news report has so much detail about his alleged motivations prior to trial - surely that’s _sub judice_, or does it work differently in the US/TN? It’s very different here. Sometimes a judge will issue a gag order against the participants in a case, but there is nothing to stop the media from spreading any information they get. Or make up. ---
**Author:** ![Early\_Out](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Early\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Early_Out)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2004, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yikes-nashville-muslim-caught-in-attempt-to-stage-terrorist-plot/268523/15 "2004-10-11T02:36:06Z")
> [@Snooooopy](#): > > When I first read the OP, I thought it was talking about “anti-Hank” weapons. Made me wonder what Hank did. This was Nashville, so that would be Hank Williams, of course. Apparently, he accused someone of having a cheatin’ heart.