A National Guard of Pennsylvania Air, once reliable in the security of the United States, faces federal charges after allegedly building explosives, promotion of extremist violence and destroying a Jewish synagogue, everything while lie on its soldier to the USS.
A Federal Grand Jury in Pittsburgh returned an accusation of nine charges against three Pittsburgh-Erswes, the United States interim prosecutor announced this week, Troy Rivetti.
The accusation appoints Mohamad Hamad, 23, or Coraopolis; Talk A. Lubit, 24, or Pittsburgh; and Micaiah Collins, 22, or Pittsburgh, as accused.
Hamad and Lubit had been previously accused of their roles in the distrust of Jewish religious property with pro-pa-elastine and antiisraeli graffiti.
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In an image included in a federal accusation, Mohamad Hamad supposedly published a photo of herself with a Hamas style headband and holding a combination of the Israeli flag. (Office of the United States Prosecutor, West District or Pennsylvania)
According to an accusation, Hamad enlisted in the Air Force, National Air Guard of Pennsylvania (PAANG) in 2023, joining the 171 maintenance squad with headquarters near the Pittsburgh International Airport. As part of his enlistment, he sought a high secret security authorization.
While undergoing his background investigation, including three interviews in person, Hamad allegedly made a series of false statements, pulling his “final loyalty” went to the United States.
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Actually, judicial documents show the privatee terrorist groups of Hamad and expressed a deep hostility to the United States. In the messages, he said: “It is still Palestine at the top did not think about fog” and “let America lick me …”. He declared that Lebanon and Palestine were “number 1” in his heart and said he wanted to learn combat skills to protect them.
Through the end of 2023 and 2024, while attending military training, Hamad allegedly shared pro-hamas videos, glorified terrorist attacks and praised Hamas fighters as “fighters for freedom”, according to the accusation.
A publication on social networks supposedly shared by Mohamad Hamad shows a funeral procession of Hamas with text that expresses fallen jealousy or combatants and a desire to “fight and die”, according to judicial documents. (Office of the United States Prosecutor, West District or Pennsylvania)
The accusation also alleges that, duration in this same period, Hamad conspired with the coacusado Collins to manufacture and possess destructive devices. Supposedly they bought materials such as potassium and aluminum dust perception, built explosives, including pipe pumps and detonated the tests.
A chilling conversation captured Hamad admitting that he was “really scared” from the bomb he built, while Collins enthusiastically discussed the potential to “take Bros Anles.”
Hamad’s actions were not limited to the construction of bombs. In social networks, he openly published images that support Hamas agents, expressed the envy of jihadists killed in action and published threats such as: “I can’t wait until the day when Muslims kill you. I would be very happy …”
In a separate conspiracy, Hamad and Lubit supposedly attacked Chabad or Squirrel Hill, a synagogue and a Jewish educational center in Pittsburgh. Using a Hamas style headband, Hamad performed the synagogue surveillance. Lubit later allegedly allegedly painted with “Palestine” spray along with a red triangle symbol inverted, a symbol used by Hamas to mark the objectives and outside the synagogue.
In this photo without date of the judicial documents, the defendant Mohamad Hamad allegedly published a photo of an assault rifle on social networks with a legend that said “each bullet in this mag[azine] He kisses the forehead of the Zionist oppressor, “according to a federal accusation. (Office of the United States Prosecutor, West District or Pennsylvania)
In encrypted messages, Lubit said chillingly: “I can literally feel that I begin to see the Jews as my enemies,” according to the accusation.
Federal researchers then linked to Hamad and Lubit with additional vandalism or a closer Jewish federation sign, further increasing community conerns on directed anti -Semitic threats.
“As he alleges in the accusation of Supersding, Mohamad Hamad’s song about his loyalty to the United States, among other false statements, in an attempt to obtain a high secret security authorization,” Rivetti said. “Duration at that time, openly express support to Lebanon, Hezbollah and Hamas.”
Rivetti emphasized that the position remains “resolved” by safeguarding the Jewish community and the public.
“Protecting the American people explain in the FBI mission. That includes all our communities,” said Kevin Rojek, special FBI Pittsburgh. He averaged that the FBI is still committed to investigating people who participate in “dangerous, threatening and illegal activities.”
An image of the evidence of the Court shows an improvised explosive device composed of cans of spray paint and a fuse, supposedly manufactured by the defendants. (Office of the United States Prosecutor, West District or Pennsylvania)
The law establishes maximum penalties of up to 10 years in prison and a fine of $ 250,000 for Hamad, five years and a fine of $ 250,000 for Collins and a year and a fine of $ 100,000 for Lubit, depending on the Serian and any previous criminal.
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The United States Attorney, Nicole Vásquez Schmitt and Carolyn J. Bloch, are processing the case with the assistance of the National Security Division of the Department of Justice. The investigation was carried out by the FBI, the Office of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the Pittsburgh Police Office.