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The FBI discovered Hosam Maher Husein Smadi among an online group of extremists that had been "joined" by an FBI agent. Eventually, that agent and two others communicated with Smadi over a period of several months, according to a federal arrest warrant affidavit. Many of the contacts were made online using a Hotmail account, and the statements have been translated from Arabic, the affidavit says.
Bin Laden March 19: Smadi tells one of the undercover agents, "I truly say it, that my dream is to be among God's soldiers, first for the support of Islam and my beloved Sheik Usama, may God give him long life. I don't know what is in me, but I love him as I love my father. ... By God who created me, there will not be a retreat at all, even if they take me to Guantanamo for the rest of my life."March 29: Smadi tells the agent, "God is most great. We shall attack them in their very own homes. Brother, by God, we shall attack them in a manner that hurts, an attack that shakes the world. Oh Brother, let the backsliders know that the time for their destruction has come."April 4: The undercover agent offers Smadi alternatives to terror, "You know that your desire for Jihad is a serious and top secret matter. ... Then, my question to you is, what Jihad do you seek? Is it the Jihad using your person in the battle against the infidels and the enemies of Islam or the Jihad of giving money and assistance, or the Jihad of a soul that seeks perfection."
SmadiApril 7: Smadi responds to the agent's question, "I shall expel the Jews from the land of holy Jerusalem, land of the two tributaries (Iraq), and Iraq. We shall destroy all the Romans and all the religion's enemies. I shall kill and behead the backslider operatives in the Levant and the land of Muslims. Do you know what my reward is? It is the reward from God the King, God Almighty."April 22: Smadi further clarifies his plans, this time to a second undercover agent, "... to sacrifice in person is the best type of Jihad."May 12: Smadi tells the second agent, "I want to destroy ... targets ... everything that helps America on its war on Arabs will be targeted."June 24: Smadi meets with the second agent at a Dallas hotel and explains that he wants to bomb credit-card companies, military recruitment centers or Dallas-Fort Worth Airport. "We will take it inside the building .. and with God's permission ... it will be a strike to the economy."
DFW AirportJuly 16: Smadi contacts the first agent and tells him he has changed his mind about the airport. "... I have decided to change the target. ... God willing, the strike will be certain and strong. It will shake the currently weak economy in the State and the American nation because this bank is one of the largest banks in this city." Then he writes: "Name of the city: DALLAS. Name of the state: TEXAS. Name of the bank: WELLS FARGO." He goes on, "The bank's exterior is made of glass. The bank has billions of dollars. Let's say that the bank has collapsed and they took the money out. The losses will be excessive in credit card information. Millions of people would incur losses: unemployment, poverty, hunger, and a strike to the head of the government. Don't forget the psychological impacts for the loss of this beautiful building."Aug. 22: Smadi tells the first agent that he has made his final decision, Fountain Place. "The first target is a commercial center and contains bank branches. ... Let us rely on God. Lord, give us success and overshadow our enemy. Amen."Aug. 26: Smadi meets with the second agent at a Dallas hotel to discuss logistics and timing. "What I discovered what that this building, my dear sir, is the same building as September 11 in New York. ... That it is a trade building."Sept. 20: Smadi tells the first agent he is ready. "On this day, I tell you that I am ready to receive the gift."
Fountain PlaceSept. 24: Smadi drives to Dallas to meet the second agent. He picks up a 2001 Ford Explorer Sport Trac that he believes contains a bomb and drives through downtown Dallas to Fountain Place. He parks the vehicle in the garage directly beneath the building, sets the device's "timer," locks the car and walks away. He gets into a car with the second agent, and they drive several blocks away. Smadi dialed a cell phone he believed would remotely detonate the bomb and was placed under arrest.
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