Iraqi citizen arrested in Ohio after plotting to assassinate former President George W. Bush

Shihab Ahmed Shihab Shihab has been charged with aiding and abetting the attempted murder of a former U.S. official, as well as an immigration offense for his alleged attempt to illegally bring aliens to the United States.

According to the Justice Department, Shihab is believed to have planned the trafficking of four Iraqi nationals as part of the plot. Judicial documents obtained by CNN describe Shihab’s recognition that included driving to the neighborhood of Bush’s residence in Dallas.

“President Bush has the world’s confidence in the United States Secret Service and our law enforcement and intelligence communities,” Bush Chief of Staff Freddy Ford said in a statement.

The investigation was revealed in a March 23 stamped application for a search warrant for the telephone records of a person identified in documents as Shihab Ahmed Shihab, who entered the United States in September 2020. .

The FBI uncovered the plot through confidential informants, one of whom recorded discussions about the murder plot with Shihab in meetings late last year and during the spring, according to documents. There is no indication in the documents that the former president has ever been in danger.

The request for an order, filed in the southern district of Ohio, was first reported by Forbes.

One of these talks was supposed to take place in November during a trip that Shihab and the informant made from Columbus, Ohio, to the Detroit area and back.

During the November meeting, Shihab was allegedly told by an FBI informant that “they want to kill former President Bush because they believe he was responsible for killing many Iraqis and breaking up the whole country of Iraq.”

According to a January conversation related to the order request, Shihab described himself as a “soldier waiting for leadership instructions in Qatar.”

In February, during face-to-face meetings in Dallas that documents say were recorded, Shihab and the informant drove to the neighborhood of Bush’s residence in Dallas, while Shihab made videos of the neighborhood gateway and the surrounding area. , according to the documents.

During the February meetings, Shihab and the informant also traveled to the George W. Bush Institute, where they walked.

This story is being broken and will be updated.

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