MILNET Brief: Indictment - U.S. v. Christopher Paul

MILNET Brief
U.S. v. Nuradin Abdi

Conspiracy to Kill, Kidnap, Maim and Injure Persons and Destroy Property in a Foreign Country
Conspiracy to Provide Material Support to a Designated Foreign Terrorist Organization
Fraud and Misuse of Documents (2)

Nuradin Abdi

Abdi at one time a resident of Colombus, Ohio, is accussed of falsifying travel documents stating he was traveling to Germany and Saudi Arabia for purposes of traveling to Mecca for a holy pilgrimage when in fact he traveled to Ethiopia to attend military training for the purposes of preparing for violent Jihad, and two counts of fraud and misuse of documents used in his travels. The indictment also includes the special conditions that the acts were committed to facilitate an act of International Terrorism. The case included the proposition to blow up the Brooklyn bridge by one of Abdi's cohorts (who was convicted and sentenced to 20 years in May of 2003) and Abdi's call to attack an Ohio shopping mall. Abdi's other cohort is awaiting trail in January of 2009 for plotting to kill Americans at a European tourist facility and plotting to attack U.S. bases in Europe as well.

The following indictment was entered into the Southern District of the U.S. Federal Court in Ohio:

Motion to Detain Abdi

See also indictment for Christopher Paul and Iyman Faris.

Sources:

Somali Immigrant Gets 10 Years for Plotting With Al Qaeda to Blow Up Ohio Shopping Mall, A.P., Fox News, 11/27/2007