Alabama man arrested in terrorism probe - 09/19/19
The headline should read "Another Alabama man arrested in terrorism probe". We keep letting these people in (actually inviting them), and then people act surprised when they act according to their nature.
From WAFF 48 News
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APNewsBreak: Alabama man arrested in terrorism probe
September 18, 2019 at 12:10 PM CDT - Updated September 18 at 2:42 PM
ATLANTA (AP) - An Alabama man has been apprehended as part of a yearslong terrorism probe in which the FBI says he told agents he would execute a U.S. soldier if ordered to do so by the Islamic State group.
FBI agents took Nayef Qashou into custody Monday. He's charged with lying to the FBI and destroying records.
In a newly unsealed affidavit, the FBI says Qashou arrived in the U.S. through Atlanta's airport in 2015, planning to study nursing at an Opelika, Alabama, community college. The FBI interviewed him more than a dozen times over the next four years.
He used encrypted phone apps to communicate with suspected terrorists who told him he should carry out an attack in the United States, the FBI said.
"Qashou would not tell interviewers exactly how he responded to the suggestion to conduct a U.S. attack," FBI Special Agent Scott Sullivan wrote in the sworn affidavit. "He stated he essentially responded by saying the only way he could justify an attack is for it to be against U.S. Armed Forces personnel on U.S. soil."
The nature of the encrypted communication was to discuss attacks against U.S. forces, among other things, the affidavit states. FBI agents searched his home in Auburn, telling a judge they were looking for computer equipment and computer storage devices.
Qashou also told FBI agents he does not believe in violence, but would help the Islamic State and would "drive fuel trucks, feed troops, and use a gun to defend against U.S.-led attacks against ISIS," the affidavit states.
Qashou is a dual Jordanian and United States citizen who was born in the United Arab Emirates and grew up in Saudi Arabia, authorities said.
Court records don’t list an attorney who could be reached on Qashou’s behalf. He is being held in a detention facility in Montgomery.
September 18, 2019 at 12:10 PM CDT - Updated September 18 at 2:42 PM
ATLANTA (AP) - An Alabama man has been apprehended as part of a yearslong terrorism probe in which the FBI says he told agents he would execute a U.S. soldier if ordered to do so by the Islamic State group.
FBI agents took Nayef Qashou into custody Monday. He's charged with lying to the FBI and destroying records.
In a newly unsealed affidavit, the FBI says Qashou arrived in the U.S. through Atlanta's airport in 2015, planning to study nursing at an Opelika, Alabama, community college. The FBI interviewed him more than a dozen times over the next four years.
He used encrypted phone apps to communicate with suspected terrorists who told him he should carry out an attack in the United States, the FBI said.
"Qashou would not tell interviewers exactly how he responded to the suggestion to conduct a U.S. attack," FBI Special Agent Scott Sullivan wrote in the sworn affidavit. "He stated he essentially responded by saying the only way he could justify an attack is for it to be against U.S. Armed Forces personnel on U.S. soil."
The nature of the encrypted communication was to discuss attacks against U.S. forces, among other things, the affidavit states. FBI agents searched his home in Auburn, telling a judge they were looking for computer equipment and computer storage devices.
Qashou also told FBI agents he does not believe in violence, but would help the Islamic State and would "drive fuel trucks, feed troops, and use a gun to defend against U.S.-led attacks against ISIS," the affidavit states.
Qashou is a dual Jordanian and United States citizen who was born in the United Arab Emirates and grew up in Saudi Arabia, authorities said.
Court records don’t list an attorney who could be reached on Qashou’s behalf. He is being held in a detention facility in Montgomery.
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