Jordanian's Trial in Alleged Dallas Terror Plot Delayed

Tuesday, November 24, 2009

AP

Hosam Maher Husein Smadi, 19, who feds say plotted to detonate a carload of bombs and blow up a Dallas skyscraper.


DALLAS — A Jordanian man charged with trying to blow up a Dallas skyscraper with what he thought was a car bomb will go on trial next summer.

A federal judge has moved Hosam Smadi's trial to June 7.

The 19-year-old Smadi had been scheduled for trial starting Dec. 7. But the judge found the case was complex and agreed more time was needed to interview witnesses and review evidence.

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Authorities allege Smadi parked a truck in a garage beneath a the downtown office tower in September. Once he was at a safe distance, Smadi dialed a cell phone he thought would detonate a bomb in the truck, but the device was actually a decoy provided by FBI operatives posing as al-Qaida members.

Smadi has pleaded not guilty.

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