Terrorist Cholo Abdi Abdullah convicted in 9/11 style plot to hijack Delta plane and fly into tallest building in Atlanta GA the Bank of America Plaza

DOJ PRESS RELEASE; Cholo Abdi Abdullah was sentenced to two consecutive life terms in prison following his conviction for multiple crimes that included conspiring to provide — and providing — material support to the foreign terrorist organization al-Shabaab, and conspiring to murder U.S. nationals, commit aircraft piracy, destroy aircraft, and commit acts of terrorism transcending national boundaries. 

al-Shabaab Terrorist Cholo Abdi Abdullah has been convicted in 9/11 style plot to hijack Delta plane and fly into tallest building in Atlanta GA the Bank of America Plaza at 600 Peachtree St NE, Atlanta, GA 30308. planned to hijack a plane out of Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta (ATL) airport and crash it into the Bank of America Plaza skyscraper. Bank of America Plaza is a 55-story, 1.3 million square foot office tower that stands at the pinnacle of the Atlanta skyline as the tallest building in Atlanta.

TROJAN HORSE DECEPTION; Throughout his flight training, Abdullah also provided his al-Shabaab handler with detailed progress reports that described his research and attack planning. In these reports, he described how he had taken flights to determine which airline seats had the best views of the flight deck door. He also compiled research on post-September 11 hijacking attempts and described how the “brothers during 9/11 did something completely unexpected in a more creative way, ‘study for piloting.’”. In that same report, he concluded that “the only successful hijack after 9/11 was the one of the Ethiopian Airlines and it is so because it was hijacked by the pilot himself.”. His progress report then described a list of “My ideas” that he created and arrived at for a successful hijacking operation. His number one idea was that “for a very successful mission, we need a pilot in the cockpit (which means I should apply for the airlines).”

“Al Qaeda affiliated terrorist and trained pilot Cholo Abdullah was justly punished today for his plotting to commit a 9/11-style terrorist attack,” said Assistant Director in Charge Christopher G. Raia of the FBI. “This case serves as reminder individuals still wish to inflict violence upon our country in the name of the terrorism. The FBI New York Joint Terrorism Task Force remains steadfast in its relentless determination to protect the American people from terrorists and their heinous desires.”

The National Security Division (NSD) praised the outstanding efforts of the FBI New York Joint Terrorism Task Force, which principally consists of agents from the FBI and NYPD detectives from the New York City Police Department. NSD also thanked the FBI Counterterrorism Division; the FBI Legal Attaché Offices in Nairobi, Kenya, and Manila, the Philippines; the FBI’s Hudson Valley Resident Agency; the New York State Police; the Counterterrorism Section of the Department of Justice’s National Security Division; the Office of International Affairs of the Department of Justice’s Criminal Division; the U.S. Department of Defense; the Kenyan Directorate of Criminal Investigations, including the Anti-Terrorism Police Unit and the Joint Terrorism Task Force-Kenya; the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions in Kenya; the Philippine National Police; the Philippine Department of Justice; the Joint Terrorism Financial Investigations Group-Philippines; and the Philippine Bureau of Immigration, for their assistance.


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