Former Soldier Detained for Plot to Attack a Military Base on Behalf of ISIS
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Ammar Abdulmajid-Mohamed Said, 19, a former member of the Michigan Army National Guard, was detained for a plot to conduct a mass shooting at a US military base in Michigan on behalf of the Islamic State and al-Sham (ISIS), a foreign terrorist organization based in Afghanistan. Said faces charges of providing material support to a foreign terrorist organization, which carries a maximum 20-year sentence.
Two undercover law enforcement officers learned of Said’s plan he had devised to conduct a mass shooting at the U.S. Army’s Tank-Automotive & Armaments Command (TACOM) facility at the Detroit Arsenal in Warren, Michigan. TACOM oversees the Army's ground equipment supply chain and is an economic engine for the midwestern state, receiving 6.1 billion from DoD contracts in 2022. Said planned to use armor-piercing ammo, drones for reconnaissance of the target, and Molotov cocktails during the attack.
Michigan law enforcement officials detained Said on 13 May, the day of the planned attack. Said had a months-long correspondence with undercover FBI agents who Said thought were ISIS supporters.
In September 2022, Said enlisted in the Michigan Army National Guard. According to reporting, he was discharged three months later, in December 2022, after completing basic training at Fort Moore, Georgia.
Of note, this is the second former soldier implicated in an attack. On 1 January, Shamsud-din al-Jabbar, an Afghan combat veteran and resident of Houston, killed 14 people in a domestic terror attack on New Orleans.
will update this story as details emerge.
Merely plotting an attack on a military installation does not appear to merit a one-way ticket to El Salvador from the T. Rump criminal enterprise. It will be interesting to see how this plays out.