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The Hostage Rescue Team (HRT) is the Federal Bureau of Investigation's (FBI) elite tactical unit. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] The HRT was formed to provide a full-time federal law enforcement tactical capability to respond to major terrorist incidents throughout the United States. [ 9 ]
Tawhedi replied, "Yeah, in Afghanistan, a lot." Tawhedi, 27, is now accused of conspiring to conduct a terrorist attack in the United States on Election Day on behalf of ISIS.
Jabbar joined the Army in 2007, serving on active duty in human resources and information technology and deploying to Afghanistan from 2009 to 2010, the service said.
The FBI had said in the affidavit that Tawhedi entered the United States on a special immigrant visa on Sept. 9, 2021, days after the United States completed its military withdrawal from Afghanistan.
On the weekend of June 14–15, 2014, Ahmed Abu Khattala was captured by Delta Force, accompanied by FBI HRT agents, when they tricked their way into the compound that Khattala was in and subdued him. Khattala was flown to a US Navy warship and eventually into FBI custody. [69]
The Counterterrorism Division (CTD) is a division of the National Security Branch of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.CTD investigates terrorist threats inside the United States, provides information on terrorists outside the country, and tracks known terrorists worldwide.
DOJ accuses Tawhedi of purchasing two AK-47 assault rifles, ten magazines, and 500 rounds of ammunition from an FBI source. It says his brother-in-law, a juvenile, acted as an accomplice.
Lon Tomohisa Horiuchi (born June 9, 1954) is an American former Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Hostage Rescue Team (HRT) sniper and former United States Army officer who was involved in the 1992 Ruby Ridge standoff and 1993 Waco siege.