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From Reuters:A 19-year-old man described by his attorney as “incredibly naive” pleaded not guilty Thursday to attempting to detonate what he thought was a car bomb outside a Chicago bar.
Adel Daoud appeared in federal court dressed in orange prison clothing with shackled legs, smiling and waving to his distraught-looking parents, who were seated in the front row of the courtroom.
Daoud, a U.S. citizen who lives in the Chicago suburb of Hillside, was arrested on September 10 after trying to explode a fake bomb provided by an undercover FBI agent as part of an investigation lasting several months, authorities said.
I didn’t catch this item when it first happened.
As reported by the Chicago Tribune in September:**Teen held in ‘jihad’ terrorist plot to bomb Chicago bar
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Daoud acted alone, although he talked of trying to “brainwash” others and at one point allegedly enlisted a partner, who later changed his mind, according to an FBI affidavit.
In one string of emails to an undercover operative filled with American teen slang, Daoud allegedly complained: “man is hard to tell people to be terrorists.”
“Even my sheikh … was talking to me about NOT talking about jihad,” Daoud allegedly wrote in another message.
“lol man I will be the opposite,” Daoud allegedly wrote.
Daoud, a U.S. citizen, had allegedly been sharing information online about killing Americans in a terrorist attack since October 2011.
Well, I’m glad the FBI was successful in diffusing this situation.
Adel Daoud appeared in federal court dressed in orange prison clothing with shackled legs, smiling and waving to his distraught-looking parents, who were seated in the front row of the courtroom.
Daoud, a U.S. citizen who lives in the Chicago suburb of Hillside, was arrested on September 10 after trying to explode a fake bomb provided by an undercover FBI agent as part of an investigation lasting several months, authorities said.
I didn’t catch this item when it first happened.
As reported by the Chicago Tribune in September:**Teen held in ‘jihad’ terrorist plot to bomb Chicago bar
**(snip)
Daoud acted alone, although he talked of trying to “brainwash” others and at one point allegedly enlisted a partner, who later changed his mind, according to an FBI affidavit.
In one string of emails to an undercover operative filled with American teen slang, Daoud allegedly complained: “man is hard to tell people to be terrorists.”
“Even my sheikh … was talking to me about NOT talking about jihad,” Daoud allegedly wrote in another message.
“lol man I will be the opposite,” Daoud allegedly wrote.
Daoud, a U.S. citizen, had allegedly been sharing information online about killing Americans in a terrorist attack since October 2011.
Well, I’m glad the FBI was successful in diffusing this situation.