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FBI arrests two Pakistani-origin brothers in terror charges | NewsPakistan.PK

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has
arrested two brothers of Pakistan decent
on terrorism charges, accused of
conspiring to deploy explosive weapons
against an American target.

According to the media reports, the
brothers, 20-year-old Raess Alam Qazi and
30-year-old Sheheryar Alam Qazi, have
each been charged with one count of
conspiracy to use a weapon of mass
destruction and one count of conspiracy
to provide material support to terrorists.
They are in custody of the FBI at the
Broward County Jail.

According to prosecutors, the two
brothers provided transportation, money,
lodging and other aid toward a plan to
use a large-scale weapon somewhere in
the United States. Both are naturalized US
citizens originally from Pakistan and both
were arrested in the Fort Lauderdale
area, prosecutors said.

Few details about the plot were provided
by prosecutors or outlined in a brief,
three-page grand jury indictment.
Authorities said the case was not an FBI
sting operation but declined any
additional comment.

”Any potential threat posed by these two
individuals has been disrupted,” said
Miami US Attorney Wifredo Ferrer. The
indictment charges that the two provided
money, property, lodging,
communications equipment and other
support for a conspiracy to obtain a
weapon of mass destruction between July
2011 and this week.

Prosecutors said in a news release that
the goal was to use a weapon of mass
destruction (explosives) against persons
and property within the United States, It
wasn’t clear whether the conspirators
actually did obtain explosives or what
their potential targets might have been.
The arrested brothers had initial court
appearances Friday, but court-appointed
attorneys for the two did not immediately
respond to emails seeking comment. An
arraignment and bail hearing is scheduled
for Dec 7.

They are both charged with conspiring to
provide material support to terrorists,
which carries a maximum 15-year prison
sentence, and with conspiracy to use a
weapon of mass destruction. The
maximum is life in prison for that charge.
 
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