Ali al-Marri, suspected and detained “enemy combatant” that moved to Peoria on September 10, 2001, was the subject of a news report on NPR’s Morning Edition this morning. “A federal appeals court in Virginia is set to hear arguments on whether he should be charged or released from military custody.” If the government is right about him and he was/is a “sleeper” for al-Qaida, it makes me a little worried that he chose to live here in Peoria, and it makes me wonder if Peoria could be some sort of future target.
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he was here because Bradley was his alma mater. He claimed to be going to graduate school here. BU says that’s not the case. He was also living a bit in Macomb in 2000.
Any city could be a potential target, but they usually hide in places other than those they intend to attack.
I agree with mouse, any city is a target, and hiding in ones main target area would be bad. However, there are quite a few large tempting targets within two hours of Peoria so it would not be a bad base.