Iraqi immigrant plotted to smuggle assassins through Mexico to kill former US president: docs
Shihab Ahmed Shihab Shihab pleaded guilty in plot to kill George W Bush
By Chris Eberhart Fox News
Published March 19, 2024 4:00am EDT
An Iraqi citizen living in Ohio plotted to smuggle ISIS sympathizers into the United States "who do not care if they are killed during the mission" to murder former President George W. Bush, court records show.
Shihab Ahmed Shihab Shihab, 53, believed the former commander in chief was responsible for killing many Iraqis and destroying the country during "Operation of Iraqi Freedom."
Shihab pleaded guilty last year to attempting to provide material support to terrorists and was sentenced in February to more than 14 years in prison for the plot, details of which were revealed in court documents.
Assassination plot
Shihab aided al Qaeda as a gun runner during the war. He brought weapons from Syria into Iraq and smuggled explosive-packed vehicles that were set as traps along known roads Americans traveled, federal court documents say.
Shihab's plot included two former Iraqi intelligence agents, who were to carry out the actual assassination while he scoped out the former president's Texas home and coordinated travel logistics, court documents show.
He planned to smuggle the Iraqi nationals across the U.S.-Mexican border for thousands of dollars, but he had no idea he was plotting the assassination with an unnamed informant, identified in court papers as "CS1."
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