CHICAGO, Sept. 17 (UPI) -- A Chicago-area teenager accused of plotting jihad by blowing up a bar with a car bomb was ordered held Monday until another hearing in federal court.
The attorney for Adel Daoud, 18, of Hillside, Ill., told the court during the brief hearing he needed more time to challenge the arrest and detention of his “immature 18-year-old” client, the Chicago Sun-Times reported.
Daoud, a U.S. citizen, will stay behind bars at least until his next appearance before U.S. Magistrate Judge Arlander Keys Thursday afternoon.
Daoud appeared in court in leg shackles and an orange jumpsuit. He said little other than he had a hard time seeing the judge without his glasses, which he apparently had lost while in custody, the newspaper said.
Daoud was arrested by the FBI Friday night after he tried unsuccessfully to detonate a device outside a downtown bar. The bomb was a fake constructed by FBI technicians, the Chicago Tribune reported.
An FBI complaint stated Daoud chose the bar because it served alcohol, which is prohibited in Islam, and because many people would be there.
Agents said they had targeted Daoud in an undercover investigation for months.
The suspect worships at the Islamic Foundation mosque in Villa Park but became radicalized on the Internet, said Arshad Zaheer, the mosque‘s vice chairman.
Two undercover FBI agents had been meeting with Daoud since May, and he allegedly gave one of them a handwritten list of 29 potential targets in the Chicago area.
A worshiper at the mosque doubted the teen’s ability to build the bomb on his own. “He was retarded. I‘m not a doctor, but I’d bet my life that he couldn‘t,” said Junaid Ahmed.
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In this courtroom sketch, 18-year-old Adel Daoud, appears before Federal Court Judge Arlander Keys, Monday, in Chicago. (AP-Yonhap News) |
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무서운 10대, 술집 폭파 음모 혐의로…
미국 시카고의 한 십대가 이슬람 지하드를 위해 차량 폭탄을 이용하여 술집을 폭파하려고 모의한 혐의를 받고 법원에 출두했다.
아델 다오드(18)의 변호사는 그가 아직 미성년자이므로 체포와 구금까지는 시간이 더 필요하다고 말했다고 전해졌다.
다오드는 발목에 수갑을 차고 오렌지색 점퍼를 입고 법정에 섰다. 그는 구금 중 잃어버린 안경이 없어서 판사를 제대로 볼 수 없다고도 말했다.
그는 금요일 밤 시내의 술집 밖에서 폭탄을 터트리려 했지만 실패한 후 FBI에 체포되었다. 폭탄은 FBI의 기술자들이 만들어 놓은 가짜였다.
FBI에 따르면 그는 이슬람에서 음주를 금지하고 있고 많은 사람들이 술집에모일 것을 예상하고 일부러 술집을 목표로 삼았다고 한다.
FBI 요원들은 다오드를 체포하려고 지난 수 개월간 잠복 근무와 조사를 벌이고 있었다.
다오드가 다니는 이슬람 사원의 한 신도는 그의 폭탄 제조 능력에 대해 의문을 제기 했다. 그는 “다오스는 바보 같은 아이다. 나는 전문가는 아니지만 폭탄 제조는 실패했으리라 확신한다”라고 말했다.
(코리아헤럴드)
