3 from Ohio held in plot to kill U.S. forces in Iraq
Mike Wilkinson and Christina Hall
Block News Alliance
Pittsburgh Post Gazette
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Toledo, Ohio (US):
In a West Toledo ranch house and during target practice at a local shooting range, three local men plotted to build bombs and help assist the insurgent attacks in Iraq, federal authorities alleged yesterday.
The men, one of them a University of Toledo computer and engineering student, planned to wage "holy war" using skills learned via the Internet and to enter Iraq under the guise of doing business tied to a used-car lot one of them owned, officials said.
Two of the men were arrested in Toledo over the weekend and pleaded not guilty in a hearing yesterday. The third was arrested in Jordan and flown back to Cleveland, where he also pleaded not guilty yesterday. All were ordered held on the charges.
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According to the government, the men became versed in terror attacks through videos and "jihadist" [holy warrior] Web sites and sought to acquire powerful explosives.
One of them talked about financing the operation by creating a dummy nonprofit organization, authorities said.Mohammad Zaki Amawi, 26; Marwan Othman El-Hindi, 42; and Wassim I. Mazloum, 24, were charged with conspiring to kill or injure people in the Middle East and with providing the "support and resources" to do so.
Mr. Amawi was also charged with twice threatening President Bush and with distributing bomb-making information. If convicted on the terrorism conspiracy charge, they could face life in prison, Mr. Gonzales said.
Mike Wilkinson and Christina Hall
Block News Alliance
Pittsburgh Post Gazette
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Toledo, Ohio (US):
In a West Toledo ranch house and during target practice at a local shooting range, three local men plotted to build bombs and help assist the insurgent attacks in Iraq, federal authorities alleged yesterday.
The men, one of them a University of Toledo computer and engineering student, planned to wage "holy war" using skills learned via the Internet and to enter Iraq under the guise of doing business tied to a used-car lot one of them owned, officials said.
Two of the men were arrested in Toledo over the weekend and pleaded not guilty in a hearing yesterday. The third was arrested in Jordan and flown back to Cleveland, where he also pleaded not guilty yesterday. All were ordered held on the charges.
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See Also:
How The US Nabbed Alleged Terrorists in Toledo
3 Ohio Men Charged in Terror Plot
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According to the government, the men became versed in terror attacks through videos and "jihadist" [holy warrior] Web sites and sought to acquire powerful explosives.
One of them talked about financing the operation by creating a dummy nonprofit organization, authorities said.Mohammad Zaki Amawi, 26; Marwan Othman El-Hindi, 42; and Wassim I. Mazloum, 24, were charged with conspiring to kill or injure people in the Middle East and with providing the "support and resources" to do so.
Mr. Amawi was also charged with twice threatening President Bush and with distributing bomb-making information. If convicted on the terrorism conspiracy charge, they could face life in prison, Mr. Gonzales said.
