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From Sarah Adams (@TPASarah)
BOLO: U.S. Homeland Plot Commander
Name: Mohammad al-Hawshani
Nationality: Saudi Arabian
Age: 21
Affiliation: Islamic State’s West Africa Province (ISWAP)
Role: Selected as one of the commanders for al-Qaeda’s upcoming U.S. homeland plot
Location: Unknown, assessed to be on U.S. soil
This story begins with deception as this is a war after all. The ruse started in the Calmiskaad Mountains, a range in the northeastern Bari region of Puntland, Somalia. After a strike on suspected terrorists there, a Saudi passport was recovered. The passport belonged to Saudi ISWAP member Mohammad Al-Hawshani. It was left intentionally to be found.
For al-Qaeda’s upcoming plot, the selection of attackers and elevated positions such as Mohammad’s commander role was not based on battlefield skills alone. Candidates were screened for clean profiles: no criminal or terrorist history, not on watchlists, and so forth. For the most critical operatives, the plan went even further: to render them ...
