Alleged ISIS Member Arrested for Plot to Assassinate George W. Bush
An alleged Islamic State operative in the United States was plotting to kill former President George W. Bush, according to officials.
An unsealed FBI search warrant from March 23 revealed that two confidential informants and surveillance of the suspect’s WhatsApp profile reportedly determined that an Ohio man named Shihab Ahmed Shihab wished to kill Bush due to his role in the Iraq War.
“President Bush has all the confidence in the world in the United States Secret Service and our law enforcement and intelligence communities,” a spokesperson for the Office of George W. Bush told Forbes.
Shihab has lived in the U.S. since 2020, was based in Columbus, Ohio, and had an asylum application pending, according to the FBI’s documentation. The person claimed to be part of a unit named “al Raed,” which was reportedly led by a former Iraqi pilot for Saddam Hussein and operated out of Qatar until the pilot’s recent death. There may be up to seven different members of this unit, according to the warrant request. Shihab’s identity was kept anonymous in initial reports but was reported by NBC News after he was taken into custody. (Read more from “Alleged ISIS Member Arrested for Plot to Assassinate George W. Bush” HERE)
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