From New American Media, an Expose on the Would-Be Chicago Bomber

New American Media reports:

CHICAGO—A Lebanese citizen with U.S. residency was arrested by federal authorities Monday in what is being described as a bizarre attempt to influence the city’s politics through violence and terrorism.

The suspect, Sami Samir Hassoun, 22, who lives in Little Arabia on Chicago’s Northwest side, alleged placed what he believed to be a remote-controlled detonation bomb in a backpack in a garbage can at a busy intersection of nightclubs near Wrigley Field (Cubs Park), one of the city’s two baseball stadiums.

Hassoun had also considered other bombing targets including the Sears (Willis) Tower, poisoning the city’s water system and trying to assassinate Chicago’s mayor, Richard M. Daley, according to information released by the FBI and the U.S. Attorney’s office.

 This paper fails to mention that he was trying to wage Jihad. Taken from Atlasshrugs.com:

"HASSOUN,  according to a law enforcement source close to this author, is a “devout Muslim and permanent legal resident from Lebanon.” He appeared on the radar screen of federal authorities in early June, when he solicited assistance and advice from associates to “wage jihad on the streets of America.”

 Let's continue in the NAM article:

But Hassoun’s downfall apparently was also the result of his friendship with an American Arab who was secretly working as an undercover source for the FBI. The unnamed individual contacted the FBI last year after Hassoun told him of his intentions. FBI involvement helped insure that instead of placing a real bomb in the backpack, a non-explosive device was used instead.

FBI Special Agent in Charge Robert Grant and U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald said Hassoun told the FBI informant he was upset with Mayor Daley and Chicago politics. He said he felt the city did not have enough security and he wanted to teach Daley a lesson.

Daley, who is on a business mission to China, and the city have come under criticism in recent months by activists angry over Chicago’s relationship with Israel.

Hassoun told the source in Arabic that he wanted to “make a statement” without hurting anyone. But his intentions allegedly changed. The source contacted the FBI, and Hassoun was then introduced to two Arabic-speaking professionals, also believed to be undercover FBI agents of American-Arab heritage, who told him they, too, wanted to commit an act of violence in the United States.

 See how the paper is trying to make this seem racial? Religion isn't mentioned once in this article. Not only that, was Hassoun part of a security firm. This whole piece is trash. Let's pick it apart.
1) The article only mentions Lebanese citizen who made contact with an American Arab.
2) Where does the idea of security come in line with killing Mayor Daley? If you are trying to send a message, do you kill the recipient?
3) And the paper somehow sticks Israel into the mess. Don't ask me how. It doesn't make sense to me either.
4) "He wanted to make a statement without hurting anyone"...it doesn't say "originally", it says "he wanted to make a statement without hurting anyone". Can we have his original ideas please?
5) "Hassoun told the source in Arabic that he wanted to “make a statement” without hurting anyone. But his intentions allegedly changed." What! Allegedly???!!! He tried to blow up a busy intersection by Wrigley Field!
I cannot continue. Read it yourself here. but I would like to add that the article ends with a disclaimer:

Community leaders said that in the event that the terrorist act had occurred, victims would likely have included American Arabs and Muslims.

So they want you to know that Muslims would have been part of those victims, so it couldn't have been done in the name of Islam.