Man arrested in alleged attempt to bomb Dallas skyscraper

[ph4ever]

06:09 PM CDT on Thursday, September 24, 2009
Dallas Morning News Staff reports

DALLAS - Federal authorities arrested a 19-year-old Jordanian citizen whom they said placed a car bomb today at Fountain Place, a 60-story skyscraper in downtown Dallas. Hosam Maher Husein Smadi has repeatedly voiced his intent to serve Usama Bin Laden and al-Qa’ida and commit “violent Jihad,” authorities said in a prepared statement.

“Today’s arrest of Hosam Maher Husein Smadi underscores the FBI’s unwavering commitment to bring to justice persons who attempt to bring harm to citizens of this country and significant danger to this community,” special FBI agent in charge Robert E. Casey, Jr. said in the statement. “Smadi made a decision to act to commit a significant conspicuous act of violence under his banner of ‘self Jihad.’”

Authorities said that Smadi was under continuous FBI surveillance. Federal agents posed as members of an al-Qa’ida sleepr cell. Smadi, who was in the U.S. illegally, allegedly told them that he came to the country specifically to commit “Jihad for the sake of God.”

According to authorities, Smadi identified potential Dallas targets in June and allegedly scoped out Fountain Place in July. Authorities said that Smadi lived and worked in Italy, Texas, about 45 miles south of Dallas.


Read the criminal complaint

[springparrot]

I just saw this on the news!
OMG

[ph4ever]

I just saw this on the news!
OMG

I hope he gets put in GP @ Lew Sterrett

[thebeachbumm33]

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