Alleged Texas and Illinois Bomb Plots Discovered
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Terror suspect Hosam Maher Husein Smadi allegedly attempted to detonate a car bomb, which was actually an inert device given to him by undercover investigators, beneath Fountain Place, a 60-story office building in Dallas. According to an affidavit, federal agents discovered Smadi in an online extremist group. (Photo: AP)
Fountain Place in Dallas, the 60-story office building beneath which Mosam Maher Husein Smadi allegedly attempted to detonate a car filled with what he believed to be explosives. Fountain Place is the fifth highest skyscraper in Dallas at over 720 feet tall. (Photo: MyFOXDFW.com)
Michael Finton allegedly attempted to detonate what he believed to be a bomb outside a courthouse and the office of Rep. Aaron Schock in Springfield, Ill. Finton went by the name Talib Islam and reportedly idolized American-born Taliban fighter John Walker Lindh. (Photo: AP) (AP/Illinois Dept. of Corrections)
The federal courthouse in Springfield, Ill. which Michael Finton allegedly attempted to attack with what he thought was a van filled with explosives. Undercover agents presented Finton with the van, which actually contained harmless material, on Sept. 23. Finton allegedly twice attempted to detonate the fake bomb with a cell phone.
The Springfield, Ill. courthouse where Michael Finton, an admirer of Taliban soldier John Walker Lindh, parked a van filled with what he thought were real explosives. Finton is facing life in prison. (Photo: AP)