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Georgia man pleads guilty to plotting rocket attack on White House
Source: Associated Press
Georgia man pleads guilty to plotting rocket attack on White House
Associated Press
Thu 2 Apr 2020 19.17 BST
Last modified on Thu 2 Apr 2020 19.55 BST
A Georgia man accused of plotting to attack the White House with an anti-tank rocket and explosives has pleaded guilty to a federal charge.
Hasher Jallal Taheb, 23, pleaded guilty on Wednesday to a charge of attempting to destroy, by fire or an explosive, a building owned by or leased to the United States, federal prosecutors said.
Taheb hatched a dangerous plan that would have resulted in unimaginable injury, US attorney Byung J BJay Pak said in an emailed statement. We are grateful to community members who noticed his dangerous evolution and alerted law enforcement.
Local law enforcement contacted the FBI in March 2018 after getting a tip from a community member saying Taheb had adopted radical ideas.
In conversations with undercover federal investigators in October 2018, Taheb mentioned plans to travel overseas and wanting to attack the White House and the Statue of Liberty, prosecutors said. During meetings in December 2018, he broadened his potential targets in the Washington DC area to also include the Washington Monument, the Lincoln Memorial and a synagogue.
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Associated Press
Thu 2 Apr 2020 19.17 BST
Last modified on Thu 2 Apr 2020 19.55 BST
A Georgia man accused of plotting to attack the White House with an anti-tank rocket and explosives has pleaded guilty to a federal charge.
Hasher Jallal Taheb, 23, pleaded guilty on Wednesday to a charge of attempting to destroy, by fire or an explosive, a building owned by or leased to the United States, federal prosecutors said.
Taheb hatched a dangerous plan that would have resulted in unimaginable injury, US attorney Byung J BJay Pak said in an emailed statement. We are grateful to community members who noticed his dangerous evolution and alerted law enforcement.
Local law enforcement contacted the FBI in March 2018 after getting a tip from a community member saying Taheb had adopted radical ideas.
In conversations with undercover federal investigators in October 2018, Taheb mentioned plans to travel overseas and wanting to attack the White House and the Statue of Liberty, prosecutors said. During meetings in December 2018, he broadened his potential targets in the Washington DC area to also include the Washington Monument, the Lincoln Memorial and a synagogue.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/apr/02/hasher-jallal-taheb-white-house-rocket-attack
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Georgia man pleads guilty to plotting rocket attack on White House (Original Post)
Eugene
Apr 2020
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I'm glad they caught this one. I fear there are 10 out there for every one caught.
BComplex
Apr 2020
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BComplex
(7,977 posts)1. I'm glad they caught this one. I fear there are 10 out there for every one caught.
The USA isn't always real popular in areas where we've blown up people's families.
This world needs to start finding better ways to deal with one another.
randr
(12,408 posts)2. Good to know part of the Government still works
The deep state is intact despite all the attacks