FBI Arrests The Man Behind South Park Death Threats While He Prepares To Fly To Uganda

by Jon Bershad | 7:14 pm, July 21st, 2010

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Zachary Adam Chesser AKA Abu Tallah Al-Amrikee has been arrested by the FBI. Chesser made headlines in April when he posted threatening messages to the creators of the series South Park following an episode which seemed to feature the Prophet Muhammad in a bear costume. Chesser was apparently arrested on July 10th at a New York airport while trying to fly to Uganda. Chesser was on the No Fly List and was stopped by authorities before boarding the plane.

The arrest was not related to the the South Park threats. In that situation, Chesser had narrowly skirted the law as the “warning” he posted on his website didn’t legally qualify as a threat. In it, though, he posted the addresses of the creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker along with photos of the murdered director Theo van Gogh. Instead, Chesser was arrested after openly telling authorities that he was leaving the country to join and fight alongside a known terrorist group.

From the Washington Post:

“Zachary Adam Chesser, 20, was stopped July 10 after he was placed on the no-fly list and denied aboard a commercial flight from New York City to Uganda, U.S. authorities said.

Chesser allegedly told agents that he twice attempted to travel to Somalia to join al-Shabab, an extremist Islamic insurgency group that has tried to topple Somalia’s weak internationally backed government and that the State Department designated as a terrorist group in February 2008.”

The website Smoking Gun has the complete affidavit from the FBI here.

(h/t The AV Club. Photo via)

Abu Tallah Al-Amrikee, Matt Stone, South Park, South Park Mohammed, Trey Parker, Zachary Adam Chesser

Azarkhan

A survey by Las Vegas Weekly names magician—and outspoken atheist—Penn Jillette to be the top of the list of “personalities who define Vegas”. In an interview with the magazine, Jillette explain why on his cable television show, he attacks some religious groups and avoids other:

Are there any groups you won’t go after?
We haven’t tackled Scientology because Showtime doesn’t want us to. Maybe they have deals with individual Scientologists—I’m not sure. And we haven’t tackled Islam because we have families.

Meaning, you won’t attack Islam because you’re afraid it’ll attack back …
Right, and I think the worst thing you can say about a group in a free society is that you’re afraid to talk about it—I can’t think of anything more horrific.

Of course, it might please some Islamic fundamentalists to hear you say that you won’t talk about them because you’re afraid …
It might, but you have to say what you believe, even it if pleases somebody you disagree with—that issue comes up all the time in moral discourse.

You do go after Christians, though …
Teller and I have been brutal to Christians, and their response shows that they’re good f***ing Americans who believe in freedom of speech. We attack them all the time, and we still get letters that say, “We appreciate your passion. Sincerely yours, in Christ.” Christians come to our show at the Rio and give us Bibles all the time. They’re incredibly kind to us. Sure, there are a couple of them who live in garages, give themselves titles and send out death threats to me and Bill Maher and Trey Parker. But the vast majority are polite, open-minded people, and I respect them for that.
tatboy

In other news… manbearpig drives Al Gore to his mental breaking point, leading him to touch women inappropriately. Sorry didn’t mean to go all “South Park” geek on ya… on second thought… yes I did :).
disgusted

“they” were going to kill – “Kinney”? (you said “southpark”!)
Helix

Another faithful follower of Islam who wasn’t so peaceful after all. For a little additional context, you might want to mention the website he posted on, revolutionmuslim.com, and the jihadi training video he posted on youtube(since removed, probably by law enforcement) with the youtube user ID LearnTeachFightDie, which meant, “Learn Islam, Teach Islam, fight for Islam, and die in the name of Islam.” Just the sort of person you want to sit next to on an airplane. At least this guy made the No-fly list somehow. Fortunately for us, he was too stupid to lie consistently, and managed to get arrested before he might have hurt some one as a foreign jihadi. Since Comedy Central caved in to his threats, maybe he was looking for easier targets? Maybe now that he is behind bars they will have the guts to air the South Park episode with Muhammed uncut, but, I’m not holding my breath.
notsofast

But it is OK- Joy Behar said it was just a joke.
http://trickletown.vox.com/ Trickletown

These home-grown islamists are truley despicable! Obviously raised by worthless parents, some children SHOULD be left behind.
Latin2

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Did you know that a one of the Al-Queda members captured in Yemen worked for a Democratic campaign in New Jersey – Sharif Mobley

http://centristnetblog.com/daily-news/breaking-sharif-mobley-tied-to-al-queda-terrorist-leader-anwar-al-awlaki/

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Azarkhan

Pamela Geller on Palin and mosque

http://www.palintv.com/2010/07/20/sarah-has-something-obama-can-only-dream-of-heart-and-soul/
http://none pyrope

Where are all the Imams of this “peaceful religion” who decry violence in all forms? I guess it’s OK to kill infidels, eh Allah al Douchebag?