Farooque Ahmed
Farooque Ahmed | |
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فاروق احمد | |
terrorist attack on a transit facility | |
Criminal penalty | 23 years in prison 50 years of supervised release |
Details | |
Target(s) | Arlington Cemetery Metrorail station |
Weapons | Bomb |
Date apprehended | October 27, 2010 |
Imprisoned at | FCI Marion, Williamson County, Illinois, US |
Farooque Ahmed (
Background
Ahmed was born in
Arrest
According to the
He also told undercover agents that he would be ready to conduct jihad against America in January 2011 after completing Hajj in November 2010. At the time of his arrest, it did not appear that Ahmed had received any militant training overseas from Al-Qaeda or its associates. He told operatives that he was willing to martyr himself and had taught himself martial arts, use of firearms, and knife and gun tactics, skills he offered to teach others.[6]
Sentencing
On April 11, 2011, Ahmed was sentenced to 23 years in prison after pleading guilty to attempting to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization and collecting information to assist in planning a terrorist attack on a transit facility.[5] As a part of a plea bargain, the prosecutors dropped one of the charges and Ahmed who had faced up to 50 years in prison agreed to a 23-year sentence.[10]
See also
References
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- ^ a b "DC 'bomb plot' man tried to contact militants, FBI says". BBC. October 28, 2010. Retrieved October 28, 2010.
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- ^ a b Hedgepeth, Dana (April 11, 2011). "Va. man gets 23 years in plot to bomb Metro stations". Washington Post. Retrieved April 12, 2011.
- ^ a b Gowen, Annie; Hsu, Spencer S. (October 29, 2010). "D.C. Metro terror suspect faces hearing". The Washington Post. Retrieved October 30, 2010.
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- ^ Farooque Ahmed Arrested for Plot to Bomb Washington D.C. Metro Subway Archived October 29, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Perez, Evan (October 28, 2010). "Arrest in FBI Terror Sting". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved October 28, 2010.
- ^ Vicini, James (April 11, 2011). "Pakistani-American gets 23 years for U.S. subway plot". Reuters Africa. April 11, 2011. Archived from the original on September 11, 2012. Retrieved April 12, 2011.