Hosam Maher Husein Smadi
| Hosam Maher Smadi | |
|---|---|
| Born | Hosam Maher Hussien Smadi June 5, 1990 Jordan |
| Residence | FCI Terre Haute, Indiana |
| Other names | Sam |
| Ethnicity | Arab |
| Occupation | Gas Station Attendant, restaurant help |
| Known for | Attempted to destroy Fountain Place, a 60 story building in Dallas Texas |
| Parent(s) | Maher Smadi (father) |
Hosam Maher Husein Smadi (born 1990) is a citizen of Jordan who was arrested on suspicion of planning a terrorist bombing of Fountain Place, a building in Dallas, Texas, on September 24, 2009.[2][3][4]
Smadi was in the United States illegally, and unaware he was under continuous surveillance, and that the other members of his "sleeper cell" were all Federal agents.[3] The agents in his "sleeper cell" had supplied him with inert chemical, so his bomb had not posed a real threat.[5]
Immigration officials were trying to determine how Smadi was able to work at a gas station, since he only had a 2007 tourist visa.[2][4]
Smadi was provided with a fake bomb by FBI agents posing as members of al-Qaeda. He placed the device in the parking garage under the building and activated it with a cell phone. Instead of setting off a bomb, the cell phone rang a phone number at the FBI offices. Smadi pled guilty to attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction.[2] Under the terms of a plea bargain, an additional charge of bombing a public place was dropped, and a sentence of not more than 30 years was recommended.[2][6] On October 20, 2010, he was sentenced to 24 years imprisonment. He will be deported from the United States after serving his sentence.
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