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Texas: Muslim migrant plotted to blow up high school

Salmanzadeh is a naturalized U.S. citizen from Iran. The Iranian mullahs have repeatedly vowed to get revenge for the killing of Qassem Soleimani. Might this plot have had something to do that? To answer that question, we would need some journalists, but that breed has vanished from the earth.

“Sentencing scheduled for Amarillo man who planned to blow up Tascosa High School,” by Jamie Burch, ABC 7 News, December 8, 2022:

AMARILLO, Texas (KVII) — A judge scheduled sentencing for an Amarillo man who planned to blow up Tascosa High School and then skip town.

Erfan Salmanzadeh, 33, is scheduled to be sentenced on April 13, 2023 in federal court.

According to documents obtained by ABC 7 , Salmanzadeh recorded a video on July 22, 2021 in which he said he was going to blow up the high school.

“We are going to blast the school .. . we are going to hit Tascosa … look at these,” said Salmanzadeh, according to the documents.

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Salmanzadeh was arrested July 26, 2021 after a neighbor reported hearing a loud explosion in Salmanzadeh’s backyard.

According to documents, Salmanzadeh planned to catch a plane to California two days later to avoid being arrested after the attack.

Salmanzadeh pleaded guilty Monday to “use and attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction.”…

Article posted with permission from Robert Spencer

Robert Spencer

Robert Spencer is the director of Jihad Watch and author of the New York Times bestsellers The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam (and the Crusades) and The Truth About Muhammad. His latest book is The Complete Infidel’s Guide to Iran. Follow him on Twitter here. Like him on Facebook here.

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