The FBI confirmed Thursday the arrest of a Texas man on suspicion of plotting attacks against the United States.
Anas Saeed, a 28-year-old Houston-area man, was arrested on suspicion of attempting to provide material support to ISIS and planning a terrorist attack from his home, FBI officials said. announced During a press conference. Saeed is accused of researching how to carry out terrorist attacks on local military recruitment centers, offering his residence as a sanctuary to ISIS operatives, and attempting to create terrorist propaganda if he were to do it. He is said to have admitted to bragging that he intended to carry out a September 11-like attack. had the ability. (Related: Democratic mayor vows to fight Trump’s immigration crackdown as notorious Venezuelan gangs take root in city)
“Today is a great day. We removed a terrorist suspect from the streets of Houston,” said Douglas Williams, special agent in charge of the FBI in Houston.
Prosecutors said the FBI’s Houston Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF) learned that Saeed was researching ways to carry out “acts of violence” on behalf of ISIS, a designated terrorist organization. announced that he was arrested at his apartment in early November. organization.
KABUL, Afghanistan – OCTOBER 9: Taliban in a van patrol the streets of the city on October 9, 2021 in Kabul, Afghanistan. (Photo by Marco Di Lauro/Getty Images)
A Justice Department spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request for further details from the Daily Caller News Foundation. It is unclear whether Mr. Said has an immigration history, if any, as a spokesperson for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
News of Saeed’s arrest comes after the Justice Department announced the arrest of Nasir Ahmad Tauhedi, a 27-year-old Afghan resident of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, who is suspected of planning an election day terrorist attack on the United States. It was announced just a few weeks later. After the Biden-Harris administration’s failed military deployment to Afghanistan.
At least 99 people on the U.S. terrorist watch list were released for illegally crossing the U.S.-Mexico border between fiscal years 2021 and 2023, according to a Congressional report released in August. .
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