W. Pa. man accused of biting 2 FBI agents

Photo: Nazi Buff Turned Jihadi Allegedly Bites FBI Agents: Emerson Begolly Paid Tribute To Bin Laden, Dressed As Nazi
Begolly, who has posted jihadi poetry on-line, was arrested Tuesday for allegedly biting two FBI agents while reaching for a loaded gun.
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Nazi Buff Turned Jihadi Allegedly Bites FBI Agents
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PITTSBURGH (AP) – A western Pennsylvania man posted pro-terrorist songs and statements online under an alias and faces a detention hearing Thursday on charges he bit two FBI agents while carrying a loaded gun.

Federal prosecutors in Pittsburgh are expected to present evidence of Emerson Begolly’s Internet posts at the hearing. A federal magistrate will be asked to keep Begolly in jail until he can stand trial on charges filed Wednesday by the FBI.

“Agents attempted to control Begolly, Begolly bit both agents and drew blood,” the complaint said, adding that agents then found a loaded 9mm handgun inside his jacket, with the safety in the “off” position and one round in the chamber.
A Google search for Begolly turns up in listings on the Jawa Report, YouTube and other sites using the alias “Asadullah Alshishani.” The Jawa Report is a blog that monitors terrorism committed by militant groups.

The alias has been used on YouTube posts of lyrics to Islamic chants that are critical of the United States and praising terrorism, including Swedish suicide bomber, Taimour Abdulwahab al-Abdaly.

“You fight AmeriKKKa, and terrorize the Jews, you slay the murtadeen, and blow up the Hindus,” one stanza reads of a chant that can also be heard on YouTube.

Although listed as an online student, Begolly attended a pro-Palestinian rally at Penn State’s main campus in State College, according to a Jan. 1, 2009 story in The Collegian, the university’s student newspaper. The rally came in the midst of an Israeli offensive meant to stop Palestinian rocket attacks.

Begolly is not quoted directly in the story, in which he was identified as a sophomore religion major. Begolly told the campus he is Chechen and attended the rally of about 20 people because “he sympathized with Palestine’s situation.”