Afghan evacuee arrested before DC shooting federally charged with threatening terror attack
An Afghan national who arrived during the same Biden administration Kabul evacuation effort as the West Virginia National Guard shooting suspect was federally charged Tuesday with planning to attack civilians.Mohammad...
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An Afghan national who arrived during the same Biden administration Kabul evacuation effort as the West Virginia National Guard shooting suspect was federally charged Tuesday with planning to attack civilians. Mohammad Dawood Alokozay, 30, of Afghanistan but currently residing in Fort Worth, Texas, was charged at the state level last week with making a terrorist threat. On Tuesday, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas, Ryan Raybould, announced federal charges for Alokozay, whom he said was threatening to "build a bomb," "conduct a suicide attack ," and kill Americans and others." The feds charged Alokozay with transmitting a threatening communication in interstate commerce. Raybould cited a video allegedly posted to social media by Alokozay that included Arabic lettering and the suspect "angrily gesturing and speaking Dari, a language commonly spoken in Afghanistan while conversing with two other males on a video call." FORMER IRAQI REFUGEE LIVING IN TEXAS PLEADS GUILTY TO CONSPIRING TO SUPPORT ISIS Alokozay arrived in the U.S. as part of Operation Allies Welcome under the Biden administration, according to the Department of Homeland Security. That effort resettled Afghans following the U.S. military withdrawal from Kabul at the end of August 2021. On Sept. 7, 2022, Alokozay was admitted to the U.S. as a lawful permanent resident (LPRs). President Donald Trump and USCIS Director Joseph Edlow announced just days ago they are doing a full investigation of LPRs, also known as green cards, from certain areas after another Afghan evacuee – Rahmanullah Lakanwal – was accused of shooting two West Virginia National Guardsmen in Farragut Square, D.C. OVER 700 IRANIAN NATIONALS RELEASED INTO US DURING BIDEN ADMINISTRATION DESPITE TERRORISM CONCERNS Tuesday’s indictment said Alokozay threatened to conduct a suicide attack on other participants in the video call, as well as on "infidels" and U.S. citizens. The onetime evacuee also made reference to a particular typ…