Image copyright Getty Images Image caption A 21-year-old man is accused of plotting to attack the White House and other monuments in DC

A 21-year-old man from the US state of Georgia has been arrested over an alleged terror plot to attack the White House and Statue of Liberty.

Hasher Jallal Taheb was arrested after trading his car for semi-automatic rifles, anti-tank and explosive devices, say court documents.

Authorities say Mr Taheb detailed his plans to an undercover FBI agent and informant last year.

He reportedly plotted to attack the White House on Thursday 17 January.

Mr Taheb allegedly told the undercover agent he planned to blow up a door of the West Wing with an anti-tank rocket in order to enter and kill people.

He was immediately arrested in Buford, Georgia, on Wednesday after he accepted the dud weapons from undercover FBI agents in return for his car.

The FBI said he discussed how to use the weapons and detonate the explosives with the undercover agent during the exchange, and planned on driving straight to Washington DC.

He is charged with attempting to destroy a federal building and faces up to 20 years in prison. It is unclear if Mr Taheb has a lawyer.

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Mr Taheb is accused of plotting to blow up the entrance to the West Wing

The Joint Terrorism Task Force had been investigating Mr Taheb for months after receiving a tip that he had been radicalised, Special Agent Chris Hacker said in a statement.

"It is important to point out that this investigation and arrest were the direct result of a tip from the community, another example of how important it is to contact law enforcement if you see or hear something suspicious."

The FBI began monitoring Mr Taheb through an undercover agent last August, when they learned he had put his vehicle up for sale, allegedly to fund a trip to the Islamic State.

An FBI source said because Mr Taheb did not have a passport, he decided he would carry out a domestic attack, naming the White House and Statue of Liberty as possible sites.

The complaint states Mr Taheb felt "jihad was an obligation, that he wanted to do as much damage as possible, and that he expected to be a martyr", the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported.

Days after meeting the agent and another informant, Mr Taheb showed them a "hand-drawn diagram" of the West Wing, believing the two would join him in his operation, according to the complaint.

The FBI says that by December, Mr Taheb had escalated his vitriolic rhetoric about the US and Israel and hoped to include a specific unnamed synagogue, the Washington Monument and Lincoln Memorial in his attack on the capital.

He said he wanted to record a video to inspire others to join the attack, showing "clips of oppressed Muslims... and American and Israeli flags would be burned in the background".

The FBI's announcement of Mr Taheb's capture comes as thousands of the agency's staff are working without pay or have been temporarily laid off during the partial government shutdown.</s>ATLANTA -- A 21-year-old man has been arrested and accused of plotting to attack the White House with an antitank rocket and other weapons, according to the Associated Press. The FBI alleges Hasher Jallal Taheb, of Cumming, Georgia planned to use the rocket to “blow open” a door at the White House and storm the building to take down as many people as possible.

Taheb was arrested Wednesday after he met with undercover agents to secure the weapons he allegedly planned to use for the attack. Taheb met with an undercover FBI agent Wednesday to exchange his car for the rocket, three semi-automatic assault rifles and three explosive devices with remote detonators according to an affidavit.

The two were soon joined by a second undercover agent who brought a tractor trailer full of weapons to the site. The agents then explained how to arm the weapons -- which were no longer in working condition -- before helping load them into Taheb’s rental car. After getting into the car, Taheb was arrested.

A week prior, he told the undercover agent that he planned to drive straight to the White House to carry out the attack as soon as possible.

Taheb allegedly had a hand-drawn diagram of the ground floor of the West Wing which he used to plan the attack, which was shared with the undercover agent. Following the attack, Taheb planned to flee the country if he escaped, but also believed he could die in the alleged assault.

Taheb first appeared on te FBI’s radar in March after it was alerted to a tip that Taheb had become radicalized and changed his name.

He has been charged with attempting to damage or destroy a building owned by the United States using fire or an explosive. The AP reports it is unclear if Taheb has a lawyer that can comment on the allegations.</s>This post was originally published on this site

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Evgen_Prozhyrko/iStock(ATLANTA) — Federal authorities have arrested a man in Georgia who they are accusing of plotting to attack several prominent locations in Washington, D.C., including the White House.

Hasher Jallal Taheb had been under investigation by the FBI as part of a sting operation, according to a criminal complaint filed in federal court in Atlanta on Wednesday.



This is a breaking news story. Please check back for updates.</s>Atlanta: Authorities in Georgia have arrested a man they say was planning to attack the White House.

An FBI agent's affidavit says 21-year-old Hasher Jallal Taheb of Cumming, Georgia, was arrested in a sting Wednesday after he traded his car for weapons. He's charged with attempting to damage or destroy a building owned by the US using fire or an explosive.

US Attorney Byung J. "BJay" Pak says Taheb planned to use an improvised explosive device and anti-tank rocket. The affidavit says Taheb planned to die in the attack.

The affidavit says local law enforcement contacted the FBI in March after getting a tip from a member of the community. The tipster said Taheb had become radicalized, changed his name and planned to travel abroad.

It wasn't immediately clear whether Taheb had an attorney who could comment.</s>Transcript for FBI arrests Georgia man for allegedly plotting to attack the White House

A Georgia man is under arrest accused of plotting to attack the White House in statue of liberty. The FBI says it got a tip from local law enforcement last month that the 21 year old had been radicalized. An agents began a sting operation. He was arrested when he allegedly traded his car for what he thought were real guns and explosive. The FBI says he was acting alone. His alleged intent was to attack the White House and other targets of opportunity in the Washington DC area. By using explosive devices including an improvised explosive device and anti tank rocket. The suspect allegedly told the undercover agent they would blow down our rear door at the White House. And shoot as many people as possible.</s>ATLANTA — A Georgia man was arrested on Wednesday on suspicion of planning to attack the White House with explosives and other weapons, federal prosecutors said.

Investigators monitored the man for months, and then arrested him when he tried to buy weapons from an undercover F.B.I. employee posing as a dealer, according to an F.B.I. affidavit.

The suspect, identified as Hasher Jallal Taheb, 21, of Cumming, Ga., had also discussed attacking other buildings in the Washington area, and at one point said he wanted to attack the Statue of Liberty, according to the affidavit. Officials said on Wednesday that the suspect was believed to have acted alone.

“All potential threats have been neutralized, and they have been under control from the inception of this case,” Byung J. Pak, the United States attorney for the Northern District of Georgia, said at a brief news conference in downtown Atlanta announcing the arrest.</s>(Reuters) - A Georgia man has been arrested and charged for allegedly plotting to destroy the White House and other government buildings in Washington, the Atlanta Journal Constitution reported on Wednesday.</s>A Georgia man was charged Wednesday with plotting a terrorist attack on the White House, after he allegedly told an undercover FBI agent he "wanted to do as much damage as possible" and hoped to be a martyr, according to court papers.

Hasher Jallal Taheb, 21, is accused of attempting to damage or destroy the White House by means of fire or an explosive, according to a criminal complaint filed in federal court in Atlanta.

The court papers said the FBI began investigating Taheb in March, when an unidentified citizen told law enforcement officials that he had "become radicalized."

An FBI informant and an undercover FBI agent later befriended Taheb, and in their conversations, the suspect described his plan to "blow a hole in the White House" so that the trio could then enter and attack the people inside with guns and grenades, according to the criminal complaint.

On Wednesday, Taheb, the informant and the undercover agent met in a parking lot in Buford, Georgia, to exchange their cars for rifles, an antitank weapon and explosives, according to the complaint.

As part of the sting operation, the weapons were all rendered inert, officials said.

According to the charging document, Taheb was arrested after the exchange was made. It is unclear if he has obtained a lawyer.

The operation is similar to others that the FBI has used on terrorism suspects, with one notable exception: For the past three weeks, the undercover and the other agents on the case have not been paid, because of the partial government shutdown that has meant no paychecks for Justice Department employees, including FBI agents.</s>ATLANTA - A Georgia man accused of plotting to use an anti-tank rocket to storm into the White House was arrested in a sting Wednesday after he traded his car for guns and explosives, authorities said.

Hasher Jallal Taheb, 21, of Cumming was arrested Wednesday and is charged with attempting to damage or destroy a building owned by the United States using fire or an explosive, U.S. Attorney Byung J. "BJay" Pak said.

It wasn't immediately clear whether Taheb had an attorney who could comment on the allegations.

A local law enforcement agency contacted the FBI in March after getting a tip from someone who said Taheb had become radicalized, changed his name and planned to travel abroad, according to an FBI agent's affidavit filed in court.

The affidavit says Taheb told a confidential FBI source in October that he planned to travel abroad for "hijra," which the agent wrote refers to traveling to territory controlled by the Islamic State. Because he didn't have a passport, he couldn't travel abroad and told the FBI source that he wanted to carry out an attack in the U.S. against the White House and the Statue of Liberty.

He met with the undercover agent and the FBI source multiple times last month and was also in frequent contact using an encrypted messaging application, the affidavit says.

During one meeting with the agent and the source, Taheb "advised that if they were to go to another country, they would be one of many, but if they stayed in the United States, they could do more damage," the affidavit says. Taheb "explained that jihad was an obligation, that he wanted to do as much damage as possible, and that he expected to be a 'martyr,' meaning he expected to die during the attack."

At another meeting, he showed the undercover agent a hand-drawn diagram of the ground floor of the West Wing of the White House and detailed a plan for attack, the affidavit says. He asked the undercover agent to obtain the weapons and explosives needed to carry out the attack, and they discussed selling or exchanging their cars to pay for them.

Taheb told the undercover agent they needed a "base" where they could regroup and where he could record a video to motivate people: "He stated he would be the narrator, clips of oppressed Muslims would be shown, and American and Israeli flags would be burned in the background."

Last week, Taheb told the undercover agent he wanted to pick up weapons this week and drive directly to Washington to carry out the attack, investigators said.

Taheb said they would approach the White House from the back road, causing a distraction for police and then would proceed into the White House, using an anti-tank weapon to blow open a door and then take down as many people and do as much damage as possible, the affidavit says.

Taheb told the undercover agent he had never shot a gun but could learn easily and also said he had watched some videos of how grenades explode, authorities said.

Taheb met with the FBI source and undercover agent on Wednesday in a parking lot in Buford to exchange their cars for semi-automatic assault rifles, three explosive devices with remote detonators and an anti-tank rocket, the affidavit says.

A second FBI source met them and inspected the vehicles, and a second FBI undercover agent arrived in a tractor trailer with weapons and explosives that had been rendered inert by the FBI. The undercover agent and Taheb talked about the guns, how to arm and detonate the explosives and how to use the anti-tank rocket, the affidavit says.

Taheb and the undercover agent and FBI source whom he believed to be part of his group turned over their car keys to the second confidential source and then loaded the inert explosives and guns into a rental vehicle, the affidavit says. Then, after they got into the car and closed the doors, agents arrested Taheb.

Copyright 2019 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.</s>We’re pretty sure we’ve heard more today about Karen Pence accepting a teaching gig at a private Christian school than we have about the arrest of a man who planned to attack the White House and other federal buildings but was caught by the FBI — not that religion had anything to do with the latter story. It would be wrong to assume the man’s motivation.

A 21-year-old from Cumming is facing serious charges after federal agencies say he planned to attack the White House. The suspect, identified as Hasher Jallal Taheb, is charged with intent to destroy by fire or explosives a building owned by the U.S. According to a criminal complaint, an anonymous tip was reported to local law enforcement in March 2018. The tipster stated Taheb had become “radicalized, changed his name, and made plans to travel abroad.” Taheb was arrested Wednesday January 16 in Buford. FBI agents say he arranged to exchange vehicles for three semi-automatic assault rifles, three explosive devices with remote initiation and one AT-4.

Huh … will we ever discover his motive?

That’s where Gillette has shown us to look for signs of toxic masculinity like blowing stuff up.
A man from Georgia planned to attack the White House and even tried to trade his own car for weapons for the attack.