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Man Threatens to Blow Up Chicago Bus in ‘Jihad Against the White Devil’…as CAIR Releases Pro-Jihad Ads in the Area

Jan. 10, 2013 11:00am Tiffany Gabbay

Following Launch of CAIRs MyJihad Ads, Man Threatens to Blow Up CTA Bus in Jihad Against the White Devil

Photo credit: Cook County Sheriff’s Office

On Monday, TheBlaze provided an inside look at the Council on American-Islamic Relations’ (CAIR) new public relations campaign dubbed “MyJihad” or, “#MyJihad.” The ad campaign launched via a series of San Francisco bus ads the first week in January and soon followed suit in Chicago. And now, a man identified as Caleb Russell ironically threatened to blow up a CTA bus in the name of “jihad against the white devil.” Apparently, that was “#hisjihad.”

CAIR, which was named an un-indicted co-conspirator in the Holy Land Foundation trial — the largest terror-funding trial in U.S. history — claims its rebranding efforts are meant to take back the word “jihad” from “anti-Muslims” and paint it in a positive light.

But Russell didn’t get the full memo, as The Chicago Tribune reported:

A man threatened to blow up a CTA bus and told police he was “jihad against the white devil” this week, causing evening rush hour passengers to flee in fear for their lives, authorities said. A judge set bail at $90,000 Tuesday for Caleb Russell, 23, of the 4700 block of South Woodlawn Avenue, who was charged with making a bomb threat, a felony, according to the Cook County sheriff’s office and police.

Russell was aboard a CTA bus that was westbound on Chicago Avenue at Orleans Street in the River North neighborhood Monday about 6:20 p.m. when officers on patrol saw the bus stop in the middle of the intersection, according to a police report.

Several passengers told police that Russell made derogatory and racial remarks and threatened to “blow this (expletive) up,’’ the report said.

Russell also began yelling racial slurs at responding officers and said he was “jihad against the white devil,’’ the report said.

After the driver pushed the panic button, numerous passengers who “feared for their lives’’ exited from the rear and front of the bus, the report said….

As TheBlaze noted in its previous report, slogans for the new CAIR-led ad campaign appearing on the buses include:

“My Jihad is to stay fit despite my busy schedule. What’s yours?”

“My Jihad is to build friendships across the aisle. What’s yours?”

“My Jihad is to not judge people by their cover. What’s yours?”

Photo source: TheBlaze

While certainly anything could have set off Russell’s bizarre, jihadist-fueled threat, it does seem oddly inconvenient timing for CAIR that the incident happened the same week the Hamas-linked group launched its #MyJihad ads. Perhaps Russell was merely trying to express what jihad means to him.

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david3755
Posted on January 10, 2013 at 11:46am
As an American, and Texan, I do not do jhad. I do not give two hoots in hell what your jhad is.

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- Pigpen
  Posted on January 10, 2013 at 1:12pm
  Hey, DAVID3755, how about we start #myCrusade? And WE can all say what our own personal CRUSADE is. Personally, #myCrusade is to wake all of my fellow White People up to the fact that Jesus Christ is the Savior of the world; Integration and Miscegenation are insidious plots against American social stability wherein ALL RACES are harmed; And that no matter how many OBAMA PHONES we give out, no matter how many BILLIONS OF DOLLARS we send to Israel, and no matter HOW MANY mosques we build, the HATE-LUST for white people with which ALL MINORITIES are inflamed will drive violence ETERNALLY unless we rebuild some boundaries, social or otherwise.
  
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- JacquesChirac
  Posted on January 10, 2013 at 1:22pm
  That’s it! I’m writing a letter to my congressman to introduce a bill to ban buses!!!
  
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- PubliusPencilman
  Posted on January 10, 2013 at 1:49pm
  JacquesChirac,
  
  That analogy only works if you are trying to ban explosives. Oh wait–they are already highly regulated.
  
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- Macman1138
  Posted on January 10, 2013 at 2:26pm
  Well David, you better start caring. The same thing that is happening to Israel will come to our shores.
  I used to work in a bl**ck school district and they glorified anti-white openly. Pictures of Malcolm X (aka Malcolm Little) in a lot of places with the caption “Any Means Necessary.”
  Just like looking into the eyes of Satan himself.
  
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- desertspeaks
  Posted on January 10, 2013 at 2:36pm
  if obama had a son, would he look like this guy too???
  
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- Walkabout
  Posted on January 10, 2013 at 2:40pm
  PubliusPencilman
  That analogy only works if you are trying to ban explosives. Oh wait–they are already highly regulated.
  ***
  Really?
  
  Then why are you allowed to own bleach & other household chemicals? The only reason those are not converted into bombs more often in lack of desire, lack of IQ, & dissemination.
  
  Although the tyrant, Diane Feinstein, tried to make dissemination of information illegal (Feinstein Amendment SP419).
  
  Now PencilMan, I ask you if every high school student took & passed Chemistry & Advanced Chemistry, what would Diane Feinstein’s gentle ministrations be worth?????????????????????????
  
  Lack of desire to commit a crime is the ultimate crime control.
  Learn it love it, live it.
  
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- White Devil
  Posted on January 10, 2013 at 3:32pm
  He’s after me!!!!!!!
  
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- Mulder1
  Posted on January 10, 2013 at 4:07pm
  This guy is typical of black Americans who convert to Islam. He is joining the Religion of Hate because he is filled with hatred for white people. Since Islam blesses war against the infidels, he feels justified in mass murdering white infidels. Put this racist Muslim in prison for as long as possible.
  
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- katzkiner
  Posted on January 10, 2013 at 5:18pm
  Pigpen, Everybody knows about Travon, nobody knows the story of the two beautiful kids in your avatar, can you provide a link. Their ordeal hardly made the news, but, there no media bias.
  
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- mzar1949
  Posted on January 10, 2013 at 5:20pm
  Hey David3755, All any fool with little or no intelligence and High on God knows what can do is spew a whole lot of idiotic B.S., And CAIR usually looks for idiots like this guy to launch idiotic threats. If Brains were Dinymite he would’nt have enough to blow his nose.
  
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- Walkabout
  Posted on January 10, 2013 at 7:19pm
  PubliusPencilman
  That analogy only works if you are trying to ban explosives. Oh wait–they are already highly regulated.
  ***
  Really?
  
  Then why are you allowed to own bleach & other household chemicals? The only reason those are not converted into bombs more often in lack of desire, lack of IQ, & dissemination.
  
  Although the tyrant, Diane Feinstein, tried to make dissemination of information illegal (Feinstein Amendment SP419).
  
  Now PencilMan, I ask you if every high school student took & passed Chemistry & Advanced Chemistry, what would Diane Feinstein’s gentle ministrations be worth?????????????????????????
  
  Poor Pencilman, he cannot answer.
  
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- dmerwin
  Posted on January 11, 2013 at 1:10am
  Yessiree bob! I want to give another 50,000000000 dollars which we don’t have to countries and terrorists who hate us.
  
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- sillyfreshness
  Posted on January 11, 2013 at 2:22am
  One thing guaranteed about this…..this black dude WON’T be charged with any hate crime since we all know hate crime laws are only to be applied to white people (in violation of the Equal Protection Clause of the Constitution).
  
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- Kichiokami
  Posted on January 22, 2013 at 12:38am
  @ PigPen
  
  …Bullsh*t …
  
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OniKaze
Posted on January 10, 2013 at 11:41am
The photo of this guy, was either taken under MANY hot lights, or he is on some drug making him sweat profusely..

Get ready people, as more people are fooled by the Muslim “faith”, this will become more and more frequent (lets be happy no-one was killed this time, since THAT is the end goal of Jihad). I dislike man-made religions, as they divide people, and pit them against those who are not the same as them.. And Islam (which is a tyrannical doctrine more than a “faith”) is the dirtiest player in the game..

Judaism, Taoism, Shintoism, and Christianity had their violent pasts and grudges against others, but over time, those are becoming tame “faiths”, and the aggression is slowly disappearing.. But Islam NEVER seems to grow up… It is like it is stuck in it’s Violent-rebelious-teen phase at the age of 40…

It is primitive and un-acceptable. ANYONE who follows Islam, is either ignorant of the world, or Blind to the suffering their “faith” causes… Or just too “evil” to care…

But as Islam moves more and more onto American soil, this will only get worse…

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- Priscilla King
  Posted on January 10, 2013 at 11:54am
  Oh, drugs, indubitably. Anybody who thinks THREATENING to blow up a bus counts as “jihad” is either on drugs or certifiably insane. Bin Laden wouldn’t have turned himself in for a stupid threat–he would have just done it. (And if this dweeb had just done it, he’d be in a messier condition than bin Laden is now.)
  
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- NHwinter
  Posted on January 10, 2013 at 12:05pm
  CAIR should be thrown out of Amerca permanently!!!!
  
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- Trigus
  Posted on January 10, 2013 at 12:23pm
  Nice to see he got a bail set at 90,000 so he can carry out the threat. Maybe he should have been transported to Chicago-Read, Madden and Tinley Park MH Centers for a 72 observation peroid instead of getting bail set?
  
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- katzkiner
  Posted on January 10, 2013 at 8:56pm
  Where is this madness coming from? Check out Louie Fairycons “Saviors Day” speeches on You-Tube.
  
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spudwhite
Posted on January 10, 2013 at 11:39am
Barry O sez– Nothing to see here, just the standard scenario of Moslems aligning with Mexicans and Blacks as fellow minorities in The Struggle/Jihad against racist White/Christian/Western American people. Now get back to watching the MSM numbing and mindless sports and reality shows!

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- Priscilla King
  Posted on January 10, 2013 at 11:55am
  A loud “amen” from the choir about the TV shows…
  
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- floridasharkman
  Posted on January 10, 2013 at 11:58am
  in Arabic blaque and slave are the same word I wonder if this korandethal got the memo from his imam
  
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lid.smoker
Posted on January 10, 2013 at 11:37am
I wish I were rich, I’d put that guys picture on big ads on buses and billboards with the caption; I AM AN AMERICAN MUSLIM.

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- katzkiner
  Posted on January 10, 2013 at 5:29pm
  He is a Black Muslim, a unique sect devoted to exterminating ALL White Devils. The Kenyan in the White House is a Black Muslim also. Black Muslims are also dedicated Marxists, but, you don’t know this, because MSNBC has not told you. Actions in this term will make it clear. I hope Americans catch on in time.
  
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Eastinfection
Posted on January 10, 2013 at 11:37am
My personal Jihad is to laugh hysterically as more & more idiots use social media to implicate themselves in crimes- despite my busy schedule. What’s yours?

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- Eastinfection
  Posted on January 10, 2013 at 12:00pm
  oops.. just re-read the article & noticed he made these threats out-loud. Was thrown off by the “hash-tag” stuff when i skimmed it the first time.
  
  i guess this is refreshing, then.. gotta respect idiotic terrorists that do things the old- fashioned way.
  
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- The-Monk
  Posted on January 10, 2013 at 2:01pm
  Hi East,
  
  Perhaps he had “suicide breath”….. LOL
  
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qpwillie
Posted on January 10, 2013 at 11:37am
@paigelin
You Paulbots just can’t resist the urge to spam the forums with off-topic garbage, can you?

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- justangry
  Posted on January 10, 2013 at 11:45am
  Collectivist says what?
  
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ArmedAndReallyPissed
Posted on January 10, 2013 at 11:36am
BHO : “If i had a Son, he would look like him.”

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- DIR
  Posted on January 10, 2013 at 4:29pm
  BHO: “If I cut a f@rt it would create a clone and the clone would be Calib!” How does Barry know that? Because they both stink and Calib parts his teeth in the middle, not to mention they both have that crazed look in their eyes when it comes to blowing things up, Barry this country, Calib a bus.
  
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commonsenseguy
Posted on January 10, 2013 at 11:35am
my jhad is to protect my family and country from the extremest jhadist and to never allow the meaning of jhad to be changed from it’s true meaning evil. what is your jhad??

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- Priscilla King
  Posted on January 10, 2013 at 11:58am
  Since that’s the topic of my main comment I’ll just note that the word is translated “struggle.”
  
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SpankDaMonkey
Posted on January 10, 2013 at 11:34am
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Hitler should have gassed the Muslims………..

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- Eastinfection
  Posted on January 10, 2013 at 11:40am
  He couldn’t because he needed their help to find “The Ark of the Covenant” before that pesky Indiana Jones got to it.
  
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- Fubared
  Posted on January 10, 2013 at 3:04pm
  Hahahaha! Doctor Jones again. He is not a fan of the jerk either.
  
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- SGT Rock
  Posted on January 10, 2013 at 3:12pm
  Research how Iran got it’s name. Iran is Aryan in Persian, they backed Hitler big time cuz he was anti-Semitic.
  
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FaithfulFriend
Posted on January 10, 2013 at 11:33am
Their kind of town.

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- WildschweinJager
  Posted on January 10, 2013 at 3:26pm
  Chicago will go the way of Detroit…..de-evolution
  
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woodyee
Posted on January 10, 2013 at 11:33am
Hey CAIR!

If you put lipstick on, you’ll still be a political arm to a terrorist network. Oink, oink…

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- commonsenseguy
  Posted on January 10, 2013 at 11:41am
  don’t forget that cair help obama get elected and with his help they will have their ultimate jhad yet,the total destruction of america and we will all be forced to convert to islam,be ruled with sariah and will have to study the koran,obama has already said that know one should ever say or do anything that would insult Mohammed,but he has never said that about christianity,so cair is one step closer to their ultimate jhad.
  
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commonsenseguy
Posted on January 10, 2013 at 11:30am
cair – council for american intimidation and repression.
dirty hippie douche bags.

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John.Galt
Posted on January 10, 2013 at 11:29am
“My Jihad is to stay fit despite my busy schedule. What’s yours?”
“My Jihad is to build friendships across the aisle. What’s yours?”
“My Jihad is to not judge people by their cover. What’s yours?”

I have an idea, why don’t MUSLIMS, all around the world, STOP MURDERING INNOCENT CHRISTIANS, JEWS, HINDUS, AND HOMOSEXUALS? THEN MAYBE WE WILL BELIEVE YOU.

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woodyee
Posted on January 10, 2013 at 11:28am
Tiffany – I just captured the photo and am debating whether or not to use it as my new avatar. Then I thought – “Hey, it’s the Blaze! Let’s do a poll!”

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kickagrandma
Posted on January 10, 2013 at 11:26am
Locked and loaded!

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DeavonReye
Posted on January 10, 2013 at 11:25am
If anyone looks like “a devil”, . . . it is him in his photo.

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LaughingAtU
Posted on January 10, 2013 at 11:24am
I wouldn’t mind showing the light of G-d by paying for this guys dental work. Then when he gets the dental work done, he will most likely come to kill me. Then when I knock his teeth out, at least they will be a respectable looking target.

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barber2
Posted on January 10, 2013 at 11:23am
Just more of the racial divide the Chicago radicals have worked so hard to create. Along with the hate the rich ” who don’t pay their fair share ” and those nasty Tea Party ” racists” who want to cut spending ! Shades of the Bill Ayers 60s and the old Black Muslims and Panthers. Farrakhan and Wright. What is there about that town that has bred these types of haters ?

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- BODYBAG
  Posted on January 10, 2013 at 11:59am
  @BARBER2
  Posted on January 10, 2013 at 11:23am
  What is there about that town that has bred these types of haters ?
  ——————————-
  That is a question I would like to hear an intelligent answer to.
  Not that I really care —- I would like to hear a coherent answer though.
  
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- OhioRifleman
  Posted on January 10, 2013 at 3:26pm
  Chicago is an echo chamber. They keep telling themselves to hate the white and they keep hearing it from the echoes until it is all they believe.
  
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am123
Posted on January 10, 2013 at 11:21am
The jihad of those who follow the teachings of the Koran is to kill infidels (non-Muslims).

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oldguy49
Posted on January 10, 2013 at 11:19am
and B.S. is B.S amen

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GhostOfJefferson
Posted on January 10, 2013 at 11:19am
Gosh, another disarmed hell hole sees more insanity. Film at 11.

And for the record, I’m not a White Devil. I’m a White Cherubim. Please update your records.

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Cavallo
Posted on January 10, 2013 at 11:19am
Feh. Their primary Jihad is to murder Jewish children.

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IndyGuy
Posted on January 10, 2013 at 11:19am
Now there’s a guy that understands the true meaning of jihad…

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- subic
  Posted on January 10, 2013 at 11:34am
  Obama constituents.
  
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DadRocked
Posted on January 10, 2013 at 11:17am
Whatever CAIR wants to redefine it, it will not take the meaning of jihad away.
Even to the islamist nuts it will still remain the same definition.
72 virgins…
Wait until they recieve their virgins to find out that they are 72yr old nuns… with rulers in hand for a whoopin’ !

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- Priscilla King
  Posted on January 10, 2013 at 12:05pm
  Oh, that was actually a typo…Muhammad didn’t know how to spell “Virginians.” And fear it not, fanatical Muslims, there are enough of us Up There to go around. And my father is swinging a mean leather strap…’cos a ruler would only break.
  
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objectivetruth
Posted on January 10, 2013 at 11:15am
Why in the hell are they allowed to exist and operate on american soil.Oh thats right they are our masters./sarcastic
Is anyone in government alive awake?What does it take for you fools to realize these mfers want us dead.?I have finally figured ir out.For all practicle purposes we are all aliens in our own country.We have been internally deported to the land of true irrelevence.Where our taxes paychecks go to the enemy and we have no say.I’m an american in america.I’m the stranger in my own country.

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- Cavallo
  Posted on January 10, 2013 at 11:20am
  They’re awake. They just don’t care.
  
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- Capt_Gregg
  Posted on January 10, 2013 at 11:31am
  It’s waaaaay past time to bring back the HUAC.
  
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- thegreatcarnac
  Posted on January 10, 2013 at 2:36pm
  Hey gang……lets all take a jihad to south Chicagoa and observe the murders…..it should be exciting.
  
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