PLAN REPORTEDLY UNFOLDED IN CLANDESTINE MEETINGS.Byline: Beth Barrett Staff Writer The call to the FBI that led to the arrest of Irv Rubin Irv Rubin (April 12, 1945 – November 13, 2002) was chairman of the militant Jewish Defense League from 1985 to 2002. Rubin was born in Canada, but after experiencing widespread anti-Semitism in his home city of Montreal, he and his parents and sister moved to the neighborhood and Earl Krugel Earl Leslie Krugel (November 24, 1942 – November 4, 2005) was the West Coast coordinator of the Jewish Defense League (JDL). At one time, Krugel was a dental assistant in the San Fernando Valley. came Oct. 18 with insider information allegedly linking the Jewish Defense League The Jewish Defense League (JDL) is a militant Jewish organization whose stated goal is to protect Jews from anti-Semitism.[1] Founded by Rabbi Meir Kahane in New York City in 1968, its self-described purpose was to protect Hasidic Jews from harassment in Brooklyn, and to to an unsolved 1985 bombing that killed an Arab leader. What followed - tracked through tape recordings and heavy surveillance - was a systematic effort to acquire materials for pipe bombs for a plot allegedly aimed at Muslim targets. Based on a federal court affidavit, what followed was a meeting Oct. 19 at Krugel's Reseda home with Rubin where the three discussed bombing the Muslim Public Affairs Council
Rubin said they lacked the ability to blow up an entire building and warned against hurting people, noting they had come under scrutiny for the unsolved 1985 slaying of Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, Arab-American leader Alex Odeh. Ten days later, the informant was told by Krugel to take photos of the MPAC MPAC Muslim Public Affairs Council MPAC Municipal Property Assessment Corporation MPAC Muslim Public Affairs Committee MPAC Missouri Precision Agriculture Center MPAC Member Political Action Conference MPAC Medicare Payment Advisory Commission building. Krugel reviewed them a few days later while parked at a Ventura Boulevard bagel shop. On Nov. 8, the informant and Krugel met at Brent's Deli on Parthenia Street and went next door to the Stovepipe bar where the informant was told to get gunpowder. The planning moved forward and on Friday during a discussion of the timing, Krugel allegedly said Rubin would pay for the bomb's components. The next day, the informant met Rubin outside a Starbucks in the Valley and was asked whether he had bought ``Unique brand smokeless powder.'' Rubin said he wanted to change the target to a mosque. On Monday, the informant bought pipes for the bomb at the Home Depot in Woodland Hills and was told by Krugel to buy the end-caps separately. Tuesday night, the informant met Krugel and Rubin at Jerry's Famous Deli Wikipedia is not the place for advertisement or self-advertising. Jerry's Famous Deli is a Los Angeles-based delicatessen famous for its huge menu, which boasts over 700 deli and traditional food items. in Encino where they dined. Rubin briefly left and returned with papers listing potential bombing targets. The informant went with Krugel to his home and they unloaded the powder in the garage. The three were supposed to continue their plan Wednesday but federal authorities swept in. |
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