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Feds: Chicago-area man charged over attempted terrorist attack - CNN.com
By the CNN Wire Staff
September 15, 2012 -- Updated 2316 GMT (0716 HKT)
CNN.com
Chicago (CNN) -- The FBI said Saturday it has arrested an 18-year-old American
man who allegedly tried to blow up a car bomb in front of a downtown Chicago
bar.
Adel Daoud, of the Chicago suburb of Hillside, was taken into custody Friday
night after a "rigorous" undercover operation, the FBI said. He made an initial
appearance Saturday before a U.S. magistrate judge and has a preliminary
hearing Monday afternoon.
"The explosives that Daoud allegedly attempted to detonate posed no threat to
the public. They were inert and had been supplied by undercover law enforcement
personnel," said Gary Shapiro, the acting U.S. attorney for the Northern
District of Illinois.
Daoud, a U.S. citizen, was charged Saturday with one count of attempting to use
a weapon of mass destruction, namely explosives, and one count of attempting to
damage and destroy a building by means of an explosive, the FBI said.
If convicted, he faces a maximum of life in prison for the first charge and 20
years for the second.
CNN could not determine Saturday whether Daoud had an attorney.
According to the FBI, Daoud began sending e-mails in October of last year that
regarded violent jihad and the killing of Americans. In May, undercover agents
contacted Daoud, who "confirmed his belief in the propriety of killing
Americans in a terrorist attack," either in the United States or overseas, and
started seeking online resources for an attack, the FBI said.
Another undercover agent who said he was an operational terrorist started
dealing with Daoud, who drafted a list of approximately 29 potential targets,
including military recruiting centers, bars, malls, and other tourist
attractions in the Chicago area, according to the affidavit filed Saturday in
federal court.
He then selected, researched and surveilled a target for attack with an
explosive device supplied by the undercover agent, the FBI said.
Daoud and the undercover agent met Friday night and drove to downtown Chicago
with plans to blow up a car bomb in front of a bar. During the drive, Daoud led
the undercover agent in a prayer that the pair -- Daoud and the agent --
succeed in their attack, kill many people, and cause destruction, the FBI said.
They drove up to a Jeep containing the purported explosive device, the FBI
said, and Daoud then parked it in front of the downtown bar.
According to the affidavit, Daoud walked to a nearby alley and, in the presence
of the undercover agent, attempted to detonate the device. He was then arrested.
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