An Iraqi national living in Ohio Shihab Ahmed Shihab has been arrested primarily for indulging in human trafficking and plotting to kill former president George W Bush.
According to the FBI statement, Ohio resident Shihab Ahmed Shihab, an Iraqi national, was charged on account of the assassination of former president Geroge Bush as retaliation for the Iraq war.
Shihab is an Islamic State sympathizer living in Ohio who attempted to assassinate George W Bush. However, according to court papers, confidential informants assisted federal authorities in foiling his attempts.
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Shihab Ahmed Shihab is a 52-year-old Muslim Iraqi citizen arrested for human trafficking and plotting the assassination of a former president of the United States Of America, George W Bush.
Ahmed Shihab was apprehended this morning by FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force investigators and appeared in federal court at 2:30 p.m.
Shihab arrived in the United States on a guest visa in September 2020. In March 2021, he submitted an asylum claim with US citizenship, which is currently being reviewed.
He lived in Columbus, Ohio, and Indianapolis, Indiana, and worked in markets and restaurants.
Ahmed is accused of exchanging money with others to recruit foreign nationals into the United States unlawfully.
Shihab allegedly wanted to let another Iraqi citizen enter the United States for a fee of $40,000 in August 2021.
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Ohio resident Shihab Ahmed Shihab allegedly might have an affiliation with ISIS from his home country Iraq. According to the records, he was captured doing surveillance on different places associated with George W Bush for plotting an assassination.
According to the warrant, Shihab wanted to kill Bush in retaliation for Iraqis dying during the country’s invasion in 2003, during Bush’s first time in office.
Meanwhile, the military campaign made headlines again last week when Bush accidentally mentioned it during a speech regarding Russia’s February invasion of Ukraine.
Ahmed allegedly met with others in a hotel room in Columbus, Ohio, in March 2022 to examine sample weaponry and law enforcement outfits.
Shihab is also charged with attempting to smuggle someone into the country illegally, a federal offense punishable by ten years in jail.
Aiding and plotting the attempted assassination of a former US official carries a potential jail sentence of up to 20 years.
According to the warrant, the suspect reportedly asked whether the informant could bring seven or more Islamic State assassins into the US and then whisk them away in the same manner once Bush was killed.