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Saudi Man Arrested in Texas for Bomb Plot

   VOA News  February 24, 2011
   Khalid  Ali-M  Aldawsari,  20,  is  shown  in  this undated photo made
   available  by  the  Lubbock County Sheriff's Office Thursday, Feb. 24,
   2011

Photo: AP

   Khalid  Ali-M  Aldawsari,  20,  is  shown  in  this undated photo made
   available  by  the  Lubbock County Sheriff's Office Thursday, Feb. 24,
   2011

   A  young  Saudi  man  has been arrested in the U.S. state of Texas for
   allegedly  seeking to bomb targets in the United States, including the
   home of former president George W. Bush.
   The U.S. Justice Department says 20-year-old Khalid Ali-M Aldawsari, a
   Saudi  citizen,  was  arrested  late  Wednesday on a federal charge of
   attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction.
   A  Justice  Department  statement  says Aldawsari had been researching
   targets and allegedly bought chemicals and equipment necessary to make
   bombs to carry out a violent act of jihad.
   It  says  investigators  tracking his online activity using electronic
   surveillance  report  he  researched  explosives and targets and often
   emailed  himself  information  as  part  of  the  process. The Justice
   Department  said an email titled "Tyrant's House" lists the Texas home
   of former president Bush.
   Aldawsari  could  face  life in prison if convicted. He is to make his
   first court appearance Friday.
   Aldawsari  entered  the  United  States  lawfully in 2008 on a student
   visa.
   Justice  officials  said  some of the emails Aldawsari sent to himself
   contained   violent  jihadist  messages  and  indicated  he  sought  a
   particular scholarship in the United States for the purpose committing
   an attack.
   One  email  allegedly contained a message saying "one operation in the
   land  of  the  infidels  is  equal  to 10 operations against occupying
   forces in the land of the Muslims."
   Separately,  a  U.S.  man has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for
   his  support  of  a Somali terror group. Zachary Chesser was sentenced
   Thursday  in  a  court near Washington, D.C., in Alexandria, Virginia,
   for  supporting  the  al-Shabab terror group and making threats to the
   creators  of  theSouth  ParkĀ  cartoon show for their depiction of the
   Prophet Muhammad. Chesser pleaded guilty last year.

   Some information for this report was provided by AFP and Reuters.

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