Spokane Jihadi Wannabe Almost Blew Himself Up

Too bad he didn't succeed in martyring himself by accident. Fortunately, nobody else was hurt.

Federal prosecutors in Spokane are looking into charging an Asotin County man, who was critically injured in a bomb accident last year, with attempting to aid Islamic terrorists.

Joseph Jeffrey Brice, 21, is accused of creating a jihadi website and using it to post bomb-making tips and videos, according to federal sources and documents filed in U.S. District Court in Spokane.

Members of the FBI's Joint Terrorism Task Force executed several search warrants last week on homes and cars owned or associated with Brice, of Clarkston, who earlier this week was indicted by a Spokane grand jury for manufacturing a powerful improvised explosive device (IED) whose premature detonation nearly killed him in April 2010.

I really liked this part.

The blast blew his pants and shoes off, broke one of his legs and peppered him with shrapnel, according to the warrant.

Homegrown Terror

Seven North Carolina Men have been charged with planning an "overseas jihad." Authorities are seeking an eighth man who may be in Pakistan.

From ABC News:

Seven North Carolina men have been charged with plotting to wage "violent jihad" by "murdering, kidnapping or maiming persons" overseas. According to a federal indictment unsealed today, the alleged ringleader, Daniel Patrick Boyd, and six co-defendants were accused of conspiring to provide financial and material assistance to terrorists abroad. The indictment does not allege the men planned to attack targets within the U.S.

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