FBI thwarts Islamic terror plot in Tampa

FBI officers thwarted a terror plot in Tampa, Fla., by a naturalized U.S. citizen who said he wanted to “die the Islamic way,” according to a court document charging the man with “attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction” against the United States.

Sami Osmakac, a 25-year-old man who hails from former Yugoslavia (Kosovo), was arrested Saturday night while attempting to car bomb an Irish bar in Tampa, according to a compliant filed by the Department of Justice (DOJ), after creating a video in which he explained that he “wanted ‘pay back’ for the wrongs he felt were done to Muslims,” the complaint alleges. He was also considering a car bombing a local sheriff’s office, and carrying out a suicide attack on night clubs in the area.