Man accused of trying to sell bomb to terrorists

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HOUSTON -- Prosecutors say a Pennsylvania man who was angry over being denied custody of his children was ready to take revenge on the US by teaming up with al-Qaida.
Ronald Grecula was arrested by undercover FBI agents on Friday. He's accused of trying to build a bomb and sell it to someone he thought was an al-Qaida member. It turned out to be a federal agent.

Grecula made an initial court appearance today in Houston.

US Attorney Michael Shelby says the suspect had been jailed in Malta for parental kidnapping years ago. He says it was during that time that Grecula began talking with another inmate about making bombs capable of destroying buildings. Shelby says the other inmate then told authorities about it.

A mechanical engineer, Grecula allegedly said he could buy all the needed bomb parts at a welding store.

According to the criminal complaint, an agent asked Grecula if he would object to an attack that would kill "a bunch of Americans. Grecula replied that he could "stand it."

[MichaeltheGreat]

What a maroon.

[Dis]

that's what happens when you advertise in the classifieds looking for Al Quida terrorists.

[KrazyHorse]

Originally posted by MichaeltheGreat
What a maroon.

[Japher]

maroon?

don't he mean Mooreon?

[MichaeltheGreat]

Ehhh, what's up, doc?

[chequita guevara]

Originally posted by Japher
maroon?

A maroon was an escaped black slave, hence it being an insult, not that anyone these days knows that. You pretty much have to be a Black studies major to know that etymology.

[Japher]

yeah, you 2 are oldies

[chequita guevara]

I'm willing to assume MtG didn't know that. Despite his age, he's not old enough to know it, just old enough to have heard it on Looney Tunes and Merry Meoldies.

[Dinner]

Bugs Bunny loved that term.

[chequita guevara]

Don't see much in the way of Speedy Gonzalez these days, do we? Or Popeye against the Nips? There's a lot of stuff they made that wouldn't get produced today. And they were still superior in so many ways to most modern cartoons.

[KrazyHorse]

I always thought it was a corruption of moron.

[KrazyHorse]

A google search reveals that the etymology of the word "maroon" when used as an insult is less than clear. Some believe that it comes from the root you suggested, others feel (as I did) that it is a simple corruption of "moron" (especially as it was a cartoon character who was saying it).

[Winston]

Even I know about maroon meaning an escaped slave, it can also mean a stranded/left behind person, on an island after a shipwreck.

[Zkribbler]

A mechanical engineer, Grecula allegedly said he could buy all the needed bomb parts at a welding store.

And what?? He thought al Qaeda couldn't?