MILNET Brief
  U.S. v. Christopher Paul

Conspiracy to Provide Support and Resources to Terrorism
Conspiracy to Use Weapon of Mass Destruction
Providing Support and Resources to Terrorists
Conspiracy to Destroy Property and Maim Persons Located Outside The United States



This particularly well documented case was the result of an investigation that stretched back to into incidents that allegedly began in 1999, alleging Christopher Paul of joining al-Qaida and conspiring to bomb European tourist resorts and U.S. government facilities and military bases overseas.  The government accusses Paul, at one time a resident of Colombus, Ohio, of gathering and storing goods and offering to provide them to foreign terrorists, offering himself and participating in training as a Jihadist and offering himself for the commission of violent acts namely murder and destruction of property.  Paul is also accused of traveling to Germany to train terrorists in hand-to-hand combat, how to make bombs and recruit members for their cause with the intent of supporting Jihad.  The indictment also includes the special conditions that the acts were committed to facilitate an act of International Terrorism.

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

See also indictment for Nuradin Abdi.

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