Showing posts with label Texas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Texas. Show all posts
Tuesday, October 06, 2009
Hosam Maher Husein Smadi case
star-telegram.com, Accused Dallas terrorist made video for bin Laden, government says, "The Jordanian teenager accused of trying to blow up a Dallas skyscraper created a seven-minute video that he believed would be given to 9-11 mastermind Osama bin Laden, an FBI special agent testified during a probable cause hearing Monday."
Friday, September 25, 2009
Dallas plot 'foiled'
The Dallas Morning News, FBI: Bomb plot targeting Dallas skyscraper foiled, 25 Sep 09 "An undercover FBI agent monitoring an online extremist Web site discovered Hosam Maher Husein Smadi espousing jihad against the U.S. more than six months ago.
"As more undercover Arabic-speaking agents engaged him, Smadi, living illegally in the U.S. in the small town of Italy, about 45 miles south of Dallas, pledged allegiance to Osama bin Laden and expressed a desire to kill Americans, authorities said.
"In conversations with agents posing as members of an al-Qaeda sleeper cell, Smadi said he came to the U.S. to wage jihad, or holy war. He told agents he wanted to target military recruitment centers, but eventually settled on financial institutions."
Also see CNN, Online chats led to Texas terror suspect's arrest " Smadi said many times that he wanted to commit violent jihad and he was a soldier of Osama bin Laden, the affidavit says.
"Undercover agents tried to get Smadi to "re-evaluate his interpretation of jihad," saying there were nonviolent ways to commit the act. But "Smadi again communicated his continuing commitment for violent jihad," the affidavit says."
"As more undercover Arabic-speaking agents engaged him, Smadi, living illegally in the U.S. in the small town of Italy, about 45 miles south of Dallas, pledged allegiance to Osama bin Laden and expressed a desire to kill Americans, authorities said.
"In conversations with agents posing as members of an al-Qaeda sleeper cell, Smadi said he came to the U.S. to wage jihad, or holy war. He told agents he wanted to target military recruitment centers, but eventually settled on financial institutions."
Also see CNN, Online chats led to Texas terror suspect's arrest " Smadi said many times that he wanted to commit violent jihad and he was a soldier of Osama bin Laden, the affidavit says.
"Undercover agents tried to get Smadi to "re-evaluate his interpretation of jihad," saying there were nonviolent ways to commit the act. But "Smadi again communicated his continuing commitment for violent jihad," the affidavit says."
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