Mahin Khan doesn't have an evil bone in his body. He has an entirely evil skeleton. He wanted to be an American Jihadist. Instead he's going to be an American prisoner.
Prosecutors say Khan wanted to attack the motor vehicle office in Mesa and instructed an undercover FBI employee to start building homemade grenades.
Khan was accused of wanting to inspire an insurgency in the U.S. to carry out the sort of attacks that occurred in Paris and Brussels and had online exchanges with a person believed to be a member of the ISIS terror group.
Authorities said Khan had also expressed a desire to attack a Jewish community center in Tucson and that investigators found a document in a search of his home that showed he wanted to attack a military recruiting center and a fitness location.
The usual "mental problems" excuse is being trotted out. Lately that's the default defense for Muslim terrorists.
“Since Mahin has been imprisoned, he has shown significant signs of remorse for his actions," his father said. "He understands now that his words can have serious consequences.”
Khan's sister told the court, "the Mahin I know does not have an evil bone in his body."
Just an entirely evil skeleton. There are also claims that Mahin has a mental age of 12 or 13. Sure.
The Tucson man recently arrested in connection with terrorist threats sought a recipe for a pressure-cooker bomb, two assault rifles and a pistol, according to a court document released Wednesday.
The document details the Federal Bureau of Investigation's investigation into 18-year-old Mahin Atif Khan's phone and email communications. The court document said Khan discussed potential targets, including an Air Force recruitment center in Tucson, and said that he had reached out to a member of a known foreign terrorist organization asking how to build a pressure-cooker bomb.
Khan referred to himself as "American Jihadist who supports IS..." He also stated clearly what he wanted: "Need AK and pistols can u do that wanna take out marines and jews. No jok (sic)," according to emails presented in the court document.
Khan mentioned his support for Hakimullah, a TTP commander who died in 2013, according to the court document. Khan declared he was not a Murtad, or apostate, and attached a photo of himself wearing sunglasses.
Khan emailed Mansoor around Feb. 22, asking Mansoor if he was a spokesman for TTP and requesting "cookie recipes"— most likely referring to improvised explosive device construction instructions, according to court documents.
Khan may have been illiterate, but he was interested in some very adult activities.