Foiled: Election Day Terror Attack

A 27-year-old Afghan man with ties to the Islamic State was charged on Tuesday for planning a terrorist attack with his juvenile brother-in-law on Election Day in the United States.

Background: Nasir Ahmad Tawhedi was granted a Special Immigration Visa for assisting the military during the 20-year war in Afghanistan. Thousands of other Afghans also came to America on this visa.

Preparations: From his home in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Tawhedi studied into the rewards for Jihad martyrs, researched how to access cameras in Washington, D.C., purchased rifles and ammunition, sent Telegram messages to members of the Islamic State, and made plans for his family to resettle overseas.

Tawhedi wrote in a text: “We will begin our duty, Allah willing, with the help of Allah we will get ready for the Election Day.”

In his seized communications, Tawhedi allegedly indicated that his attack was planned for Election Day, and in a post-arrest interview, Tawhedi allegedly confirmed the attack was planned for Election Day targeting large gatherings of people, during which he and the juvenile were expected to die as martyrs.
—Department of Justice

Caught: The two plotters were exposed by an fbi agent posing as the owner of a gun business. Tawhedi and his brother-in-law were arrested after buying two AK-47 rifles, magazines and ammunition.

Tawhedi faces up to 35 years in prison.

A disaster: Trumpet editor in chief Gerald Flurry called the Afghanistan withdrawal “an abject, shameful dishonor for America—the worst foreign-policy disaster in the nation’s history.” The repercussions are still being felt three years on.

Learn more: Read America Under Attack and “Chaos by Design.”