Afghan-Born Man Charged with Jihad Conspiracy in Massachusetts
FOX News report here and local Boston news station coverage here. The story is still developing so there is plenty more to read.
I know this area well. He lived in a suburban, upscale neighborhood less than 5 miles from an large Islamic Center of Boston property, and about 10 miles from the Islamic Center of Burlington, which is located at the edge of a major shopping mall.
He is a citizen, and his father is a professor at the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy in Boston.
Mass. Man Charged With Alleged Terror Plot to Attack U.S. Shopping Malls
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
A 27-year-old Massachusetts man has been charged with conspiring with others to support and plan violent jihad in and outside the United States, including terror plots to attack U.S. shopping malls and U.S. military in Iraq.Federal officials in Boston say Tarek Mehanna of Sudbury worked with others from 2001 to May of 2008 to provide support and resources in a conspiracy to "kill, kidnap, main or injure" people in foreign countries and to kill prominent U.S. politicians.
Mehanna was charged in a complaint with conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists, according to the Department of Justice. The complaint further alleges that the co-conspirators attempted to radicalize others and inspire each other by, among other things, watching and distributing jihadi videos.
The charges accuse the suspects of talking about their desire to participate in Islamist holy war and of their desire to die on the battlefield.The case comes less than a month after an Afghan-born man, Najibullah Zazi, was accused of plotting a bomb attack against the United States.
Federal prosecutors say Mehanna and his conspirators planned the logistics of a mall attack — including the possibility of attacking emergency responders. However, authorities say the plot was not carried out because they could not get automatic weapons.
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