Updated: December 2011

Two Americans were arrested on June 22, 2011, for an alleged plot to attack the Military Entrance Processing Station in Seattle.

Abu Khalid Abdul-Latif, 33, also known as Joseph Anthony Davis, and Walli Mujahidh, 32, also known as Frederick Domingue, Jr., are alleged to have planned to attack the military recruiting station using automatic weapons and grenades. They were arrested at a Seattle warehouse where they expected to pick up weapons from an undercover informant.

According to authorities, the men, both converts to Islam, originally came under investigation when an individual they attempted to recruit informed authorities about the plot. That individual became an undercover informant for federal investigators, recording the suspects discussing their plans. 

In addition to hours of audio and video recordings, evidence against the suspects includes emails and text messages, according to a criminal complaint.

According to one recording, Abdul-Latif, the apparent ringleader, indicated that he chose a military target because the U.S. military is "invading our lands." "Imagine how many young Muslims, if we're successful, will try to hit these kinds of centers," he said. "Imagine how fearful America will be, and they'll know they can't push the Muslims around."

Abdul-Latif, who has a long criminal history and spent two years in prison for robbery, also said, "We're not only trying to kill people. We're trying to get something that's going to be on CNN and all over the world."

Abdul-Latif, who served in the U.S. Navy in the 1990s, compared the plot, which he allegedly intended to carry out on July 5, to the deadly Fort Hood Army base shootings in 2009. According to the criminal complaint, Abdul-Latif told the informant that "If one person could kill so many people, three attackers could kill many more."

Abdul-Latif reportedly has a history of mental health issues, drug use and credit problems; he filed for bankruptcy last year.

In the months preceding his arrest, he posted comments online and recorded and uploaded videos on YouTube (including nine of himself) that shed light on his interpretation of Islam and general mindset prior to the plot, as well as his growing militancy.  In a comment posted on the Voice of America Web site after the death of Osama bin Laden, Abdul-Latif said that "sacrifice is necessary in order to achieve success in anything in life, and sometimes it requires us to die."