An Afghan national who allegedly conspired to carry out an election-day terrorist attack in the United States on behalf of the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham ( ISIS), a designated foreign terrorist organization (FTO ), was charged in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, on Tuesday.
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In the name of ISIS, Nasir Ahmad Tawhedi, 27,” conspired and attempted to provide material support to ISIS and obtained firearms and ammunition.”
Tawhedi and his infantile conspirator were both granted Special Immigrant Visas while they were in the United States. Tawhedi is married to the juvenile’s girl.  ,
” As part of the story, the accused allegedly took steps to sell his mother’s assets, accept members of his family overseas, get AK-47 assault rifles and weapons, and commit a terrorist assault in the United States”, the DOJ said. The suspect also planned for the mother’s pets to be relocated before the attack.  ,
In a cold Telegram information found on Tawhedi’s telephone, he told an ISIS manager who goes by the name Abdul Malik,” Brother, our house was sold immediately. We’ll receive the money by the 15th of October, following month. After that, we will begin our work, Allah prepared, with the help of Allah we did get ready for the poll day” . ,
The Telegram emails detailed a strategy for Tawhedi’s home to leave the United States for Kabul on Oct. 17, 2024, using one-way cards. His Facebook past revealed requests on how to access cams in Washington, D. C., and which says allow permitless have.  ,
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Tawhedi reportedly claimed in his seized connections that his attack was planned for Election Day, and he claimed in a post-arrest interview that he had confirmed that the attack was planned for Election Day, where both he and the adolescent were planned to pass away as victims, according to the DOJ.  ,
In a July 2024 videos found on Tawhedi’s telephone, he was recorded describing the benefits for jihadi victims, including 72 girls and” a king full of diamonds”. His equipment also contained ISIS press and advertising, including images depicting the 9/11 attack on the World Trade Center, death vests, and speech about “killing infidels”. Tawhedid also has a history of donating to” charities” that funnel money to ISIS.
” As charged, the Justice Department foiled the defendant’s plot to acquire semi-automatic weapons and commit a violent attack in the name of ISIS on U. S. soil on Election Day”, Attorney General Merrick B. Garland stated in the press release.  ,
” This defendant, motivated by ISIS, allegedly conspired to commit a violent attack, on Election Day, here on our homeland”, said FBI Director Christopher Wray.
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According to the criminal complaint, the FBI searched Tawhedi’s phone and obtained communications between Tawhedi and a person who facilitated the recruitment, training, and indoctrination of people who expressed interest in terrorist activity and who Tawhedi believed to be affiliated with ISIS as part of the investigation into the terrorist. Tawhedi was also spotted in a video that was shot on July 20 and read to two young children a text describing the rewards a martyr receives in the afterlife. Tawhedi also allegedly accessed, viewed, and saved ISIS propaganda on his iCloud and Google account, participated in pro-ISIS Telegram groups, and contributed to a charity which fronts for and funnels money to ISIS.
Tawhedi and his juvenile co-conspirator “advertised the sale of the family’s personal property on Facebook.” A confidential human source responded to the FBI’s request to see if a computer was still up for sale. Tawhedi and the minor met with the source and other FBI assets at a rural location to test firearms after the FBI source claimed that he needed the computer for a new gun business he was starting. Tawhedi expressed interest in purchasing two AK-47 assault rifles, magazines, and ammunition from the source”.
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After meeting with FBI agents in Western Oklahoma, they purchased and took possession of two AK-47s, ten magazines, and 500 rounds of ammunition.  ,
Tawhedi was charged with:
- Providing, attempting to provide, and conspiracy to provide material support and resources to a designated foreign terrorist organization.
- Knowingly receiving, conspiring to receive, and attempting to receive firearms and ammunition used to commit a felony or federal terrorist crime.
The former carries a maximum prison sentence of 20 years, the latter 15 years.  ,
Read the complaint,  ,
United States v. Tawhedi by PJ Media on Scribd