Arrest made in attempt to bomb Wichita airport, FBI says

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Arrest made in attempt to bomb Wichita airport, FBI says

By Edmund DeMarche
Published December 13, 2013
FoxNews.com

A Kansas man who authorities say in the past made threats to engage in violent jihad against the U.S. was charged Friday for allegedly plotting to detonate a car bomb at the Wichita Mid-Continent Airport.

Terry L. Loewen, 58, an aviation technician who FBI agents say was inspired by Usama bin Laden, spent months planning the attack and was intent on using his employee access card to drive the vehicle loaded with explosives to a terminal, Barry Grissom, the U.S. Attorney for the district of Kansas, said, citing the criminal complaint. Loewen planned on dying in the explosion as a martyr, Grissom said.

The complaint says an undercover FBI employee told Loewen about a recent trip overseas and a meeting with members of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. This agent told Loewen that "brothers" were interested in his airport access, and asked if he'd be willing to plant "some type of device," the complaint said.

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More from the DAILYMAIL.CO.UK:

'Brother Bin Laden is a great inspiration to me': Authorities thwart suicide bombing 'by Islamic extremist flight technician who plotted to blow up Kansas airport'

    Terry Lee Loewen, 58, was arrested on Friday morning at Mid-Continent regional airport in Wichita with explosive material
    Loewen told an undercover FBI agent whom he believed to be like-minded that he 'wanted to commit violent jihad against the US'
    Suspect wrote in an online chat: 'Brothers like Osama bin Laden and Anwar Al Awlaki are a great inspiration to me'
    Neighbor told MailOnline that Loewen 'kept to himself' but that his arrest was a complete shock
    According to the affidavit, Loewen wrote in a suicide note to a family member: 'I expect to be called a terrorist (which I am), a psychopath, and a homicidal maniac'

By Louise Boyle and Associated Press

PUBLISHED: 14:40 EST, 13 December 2013 | UPDATED: 17:54 EST, 13 December 2013

An aviation technician with extremist Islamic views was charged on Friday after he planned to detonate a car bomb at a Kansas airport.

Terry Lee Loewen, 58, was arrested on Friday morning at Mid-Continent regional airport in Wichita, according to U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom, after being thwarted by an undercover FBI investigation.

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