Border Patrol catch Hezbollah terrorist

Newsmax: 

A self-admitted member of the Hezbollah terrorist organization was reportedly caught by U.S. Border Patrol earlier this month, coming over from Lebanon during Ramadan and heading for New York to conduct a terrorist bombing.

Basel Bassel Ebbadi, 22, was stopped crossing the border illegally March 9 near El Paso, Texas, and admitted to plotting a terrorist attack in New York City, the New York Post reported Sunday.

He said, "I'm going to try to make a bomb," according to a Border Patrol document reviewed by the Post.

Ebbadi had been training with Hezbollah for seven years and served four years as a member of the armed Middle East terrorist group, guarding weapons, according to Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Post reported.

The training entailed "jihad" and killing people who were "not Muslim," but he sought to get away from Lebanon to head to the U.S. because he "didn't want to kill people" anymore, he reportedly told ICE.

"Once you're in, you can never get out," he reportedly added.

Ebbadi was stopped trying to cross the U.S. border without documents showing his Lebanese background, claiming his documents were stolen in Costa Rica at knife-point, according to ICE.

He admitted to using fake names in Sweden, Ecuador, and Panama.

He was destined for New York City before plans to move around the U.S., he added.
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The guy appears to be something of a world traveler with several identities.  He apparently saw New York City as a target-rich environment. 

See also:

Migrant caught at border admitted terrorist plans to 'make a bomb' in US: report

And:

 Illegal migrant from Lebanon caught at border admitted he’s a Hezbollah terrorist hoping ‘to make a bomb’ — and was headed for NY

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