Afghan Terrorist Case Takes Strange Turns with a Late-Night Tweet and a French Arrest
Can our government please be honest with the American people? Transparency doesn’t pause for elections
By Andrew R. Arthur on October 17, 2024
On October 10, I presented the facts as disclosed in a federal complaint against Nasir Ahmad Tawhedi – an Afghan national living in Oklahoma City – who has been charged with conspiring and attempting to provide material support to ISIS in connection with a planned Election Day attack. I should instead say “facts”, because much of what has been disclosed about Tawhedi is of questionable veracity and the story is constantly changing and evolving. Can somebody please be honest with the American people about the threats they are facing, regardless of whether there’s an election coming up or not?
Paragraph 9 of the Complaint in U.S. v. Tawhedi, a/k/a “@Abu_Omir”
Much of my prior analysis focused on paragraph 9 in that criminal complaint, which reads as follows:
It is known to the affiant that TAWHEDI is a 27-year-old citizen of Afghanistan who resides in an apartment on Shartel Avenue in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (“the Shartel residence”). TAWHEDI entered the United States on September 9, 2021, on a special immigrant visa and is currently on parole pending adjudication of his immigration proceedings. TAWHEDI resides at the Shartel residence with his wife and their one child, who is approximately one year old.
The “special immigrant visa” (SIV) in question is one that the United States began issuing in 2009 to Afghan nationals who had “provided faithful and valuable service to the U.S. government” and its allies in the country between October 2001 and December 2024, and who “experienced or are experiencing an ongoing serious threat” due to such employment.
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