
<p class="wp-block-paragraph">If the headline surprises, you –you think it is some fake report – you obviously missed what little coverage the story got.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Of course, the arrest of the would-be assassin was overshadowed by the horrific mass killing of 19 young kids and two teachers in Uvalde, Texas; the results of a series of major primaries; and a war in Ukraine – and even the latter two got minimal coverage.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Regardless, it was an important story. ; So here are the facts.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The central figure in the plot was Shihab Ahmed Shihab Shihab (perhaps his father stuttered). ; He is an Iraqi terrorist who was in American on a visitor visa. ; He was arrested in Ohio and has been charged with “aiding and abetting the attempted murder of a former United States official”</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The reason for the jihad was because Bush had destroyed Iraq. ; The plot to kill Bush was to be carried out by a team of imported terrorists identified as members of Al-Ra’ed (translated as “thunder”). ; Other members of the team were to be snuck over America’s porous southern border – embedded with the growing caravans of illegal border crossers. ; (That should put the lie to the Democrats claim that all those millions of illegal border crossers are innocent women and children escaping the dangers of their homelands.)</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The plot was uncovered when Shihab had conversations with an FBI informant. ; He told the informant that “the ‘Al-Ra’ed’ group that was planning to assassinate former President Bush was unrelated to ISIS, but he was hoping that ISIS would approve and collaborate in the assassination.” ; ;</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">According to court filings, Shihab told the informant that he was a “soldier waiting for directions from the leadership in Qatar.”</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Shihab had personally cased the Bush Presidential Library and the family residence. ; He took videos of the gate accessing the home.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">In addition to the plan to assassinate Bush, Shihab appears to have been involved in a broader effort to bring Muslim terrorists into America. ; He made plans with the informant, who provided a border guard uniform and $40,00 in cash to pay for the operation, courtesy of the FBI. ; I hope Uncle Sam got his money back.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Shihab told the informant that those to be smuggled into the country included his brother and members of Hezbollah.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">As much as I could check out the story, I found nothing in the public record or the court documents that gave any indication of what became of the individuals who were to be smuggled into America. ; Do we know who they are?  ; Are we going to track them down and – as the saying goes – neutralize them? ; And what about those unidentified folks in Qatar who seem to be giving the orders?</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">We can only hope that the FBI and the CIA are doing their job in eliminating future threats to Bush or Americans in general. ; I suppose this gives President Biden another reason not to secure the border is futile.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Kudos to the FBI on this one.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">So, there ;</p>

Terrorist plot to assassinate Bush
