Soldier Held Amid Claim of Terror Plot at Fort Hood
By J. DAVID GOODMAN
NYT
An Army private who had been absent without leave since earlier this month was arrested this week near Fort Hood with a gun and suspicious materials in what local law enforcement officials described on Thursday as a “terror plot” to kill other soldiers.
During questioning after his arrest, the soldier, Pfc. Naser Jason Abdo, admitted that he specifically planned to attack Fort Hood, The Associated Press reported Thursday night. An F.B.I. spokesman said that he could not provide further details because it was a continuting investigation.
The police in Killeen, Tex., arrested Private Abdo in a motel room near the southern edge of the base on Wednesday, one day after a clerk at a local gun store alerted the police about a suspicious purchase, the police said.
According to a law enforcement official, among the items found in Private Abdo’s room at the time of his arrest were a military uniform with Fort Hood patches, a pistol, shotgun shells and an article on “how to make a bomb in your kitchen” from the English-language Qaeda magazine Inspire. He also had more than one wall clock, a cellphone, duct tape and a shopping list for what appeared to be explosive components, the official said.
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NYT
An Army private who had been absent without leave since earlier this month was arrested this week near Fort Hood with a gun and suspicious materials in what local law enforcement officials described on Thursday as a “terror plot” to kill other soldiers.
During questioning after his arrest, the soldier, Pfc. Naser Jason Abdo, admitted that he specifically planned to attack Fort Hood, The Associated Press reported Thursday night. An F.B.I. spokesman said that he could not provide further details because it was a continuting investigation.
The police in Killeen, Tex., arrested Private Abdo in a motel room near the southern edge of the base on Wednesday, one day after a clerk at a local gun store alerted the police about a suspicious purchase, the police said.
According to a law enforcement official, among the items found in Private Abdo’s room at the time of his arrest were a military uniform with Fort Hood patches, a pistol, shotgun shells and an article on “how to make a bomb in your kitchen” from the English-language Qaeda magazine Inspire. He also had more than one wall clock, a cellphone, duct tape and a shopping list for what appeared to be explosive components, the official said.
(More here.)
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