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An ISIS-affiliated man has been arrested for his involvement in an alleged plot to assassinate former President George W. Bush.
“An Iraqi citizen living in Columbus, Ohio, has been charged with federal immigration and conspiracy to help assassinate former United States President George W. Bush,” the Justice Department said. in a press release this Tuesday.
The statement added that the man, identified as Shihab Ahmed Shihab Shihab, 52, originally arrived in the United States in September 2020 with a visitor’s visa and applied for asylum in March 2021, which is pending review.
Former President George W. Bush listens to speakers at the opening ceremony of the Walker Cup Golf Tournament (AP Photo / Gerald Herbert)
Shihab, according to the Justice Department, exchanged money with other individuals in an attempt to smuggle foreign nationals into the United States and specifically planned to help four Iraqi nationals enter the United States across the southern border to help kill Bush.
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The indictment states that Shihab launched the plot in retaliation for the Iraqi deaths during Operation Iraqi Freedom.
“The US Secret Service takes all threats against our protégés seriously,” Secret Service Special Agent Steve Kopek told Fox News Digital in a statement. “In order to maintain operational security, the Secret Service does not discuss the means and methods used to conduct our security operations or protective intelligence matters.”
ISIS has been waging an online recruitment and propaganda war for some time. (Reuters) (Reuters)
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It is unclear whether steps have been taken to increase security around former President Bush.
“President Bush has the world’s confidence in the United States Secret Service and our intelligence and law enforcement communities,” said Freddy Ford, chief of staff to the George W. Bush Office. , in a statement.
The United States sanctioned ISIS facilitators this week in Syria and Turkey in an effort to “expose and disrupt” the network of “violent extremists.”
Former President George W. Bush is among members of the U.S. Armed Forces during national anthem play before the first half of an NFL football game (AP Photo / Michael Ainsworth)
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Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Monday that by appointing them, the Biden administration intends to “expose and disrupt an international ISIS facilitation network that has funded the recruitment of ISIS, including vulnerable children. in Syria “.