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Michigan man charged with attempting to attack military base on behalf of ISIS
- A 19-year-old former Michigan Army National Guard member was arrested on May 13 for reportedly planning an armed attack targeting the U.S. Army Tank-Automotive & Armaments Command facility in Warren, Michigan.
- Federal authorities said Ammar Abdulmajid-Mohamed Said planned the attack on behalf of ISIS and unknowingly conspired with two undercover law enforcement officers.
- Said traveled to the area, deployed a drone to conduct reconnaissance, and provided weapons and tactical training to the undercover officers before his arrest on Tuesday.
- Sue J. Bai, leader of the Justice Department's National Security Division, highlighted that law enforcement's relentless work prevented the attack from resulting in any casualties.
- Said has been charged with trying to assist a designated foreign terrorist group and sharing information connected to destructive devices, with each charge carrying a potential prison sentence of up to 20 years if he is found guilty.
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Former Michigan National Guard member arrested over plan to attack Army base
A former member of the Michigan Army National Guard has been arrested over allegations he tried to carry out a large-scale attack at a U.S. military base on behalf of ISIS. Ammar Abdulmajid-Mohamed Said, a 19-year-old from outside of Detroit, was taken into custody this past week shortly after conducting drone surveillance of the U.S. Army’s Tank-Automotive and Armaments Command (TACOM) facility in Warren, Michigan, according to the Department o…
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FBI Director Kash Patel issued a sizzling warning after the agency disrupted a plot for a mass shooting targeting a military base on behalf of the radical Islamic terrorist group ISIS. Patel, speaking with Fox News, said that any person who is targeting the country’s military or is working with foreign terrorist groups will be “prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.” The warning comes after former Michigan Army National Guard member, Ammar…
Former Michigan guardsmen detained for planning Islamic State-inspired attack on military base
Ammar Abdulmajid-Mohamed Said, a former Michigan Army National Guardsman, is charged with providing material support to the Islamic State. Said is the fourth individual and second veteran to be implicated in an Islamic State-inspired attack this year. The post Former Michigan guardsmen detained for planning Islamic State-inspired attack on military base appeared first on FDD's Long War Journal.
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