Police confirm Pam Geller was initial target of terror plot

A Boston man who was shot to death by terror investigators who had him under 24-hour surveillance initially talked about beheading blogger Pamela Geller before deciding to target police officers, Boston police said Thursday."There was some mention of that name," said Police Commissioner William Evans, speaking on the "Today" show. Evans also said he considered the talk about killing Geller "more along the lines of wishful thinking."
Geller — a combative personality known for provoking Muslims by campaigning against a mosque near the World Trade Center site in New York, sponsoring inflammatory advertisements and organizing Prophet Muhammad cartoon contest in Texas — wasn't surprised that she may have been a target
They want to make an example out of me to frighten the rest of the US into silence and submission," Geller wrote in an e-mail to the AP on Thursday. "This is not about me. This is about whether the US will stand for freedom or submit and cower before violent intimidation."
Usaama Rahim, 26, was killed Tuesday by anti-terror investigators who tried to question him.
Authorities told his family that they would show them a police video of the shooting before making it public. They say it shows police retreating up as Rahim lunges at them with a military-style knife, then shooting when he refused to drop it.
Rahim's brother, Ibrahim Rahim, is a prominent religious scholar among Muslims and African-Americans in Boston. He initially disputed the police account, saying his brother was shot three times in the back, but released a statement Thursday calling on Muslims to "remain calm" and pray.
Rahim's family announced a news conference at the shooting scene for later Thursday afternoon. They also hired two lawyers to ensure a "complete and transparent investigation," said Ronald Sullivan, one of the attorneys.
The FBI said Rahim plotted to commit some kind of attack, and ordered three large knives on Amazon.com a week before he was confronted by the anti-terrorism task force that had him under 24-hour surveillance.
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