An Iraqi who planned to assassinate former President George W. Bush has been arrested in the United States

an iraqi was arrested Tuesday in the United States because of the plot to assassinate former U.S. President George W. Bush (2001-2009) for the suffering caused by the invasion of Iraq.

According to a statement from the Department of Justice, the suspect Shihab Ahmed Shihab, 52, was arrested on Tuesday of the FBI and appeared in federal court, where he was charged with an immigration felony and conspiracy to plot to kill Bush.

Shihab reportedly traveled to Dallas, Texas in February to track Bush -related locationsand a month later he met with other accomplices in a hotel room in Columbus (Ohio) to see samples of guns and police uniforms.

According to the indictment, the Iraqi entered the US in September 2020 with a visitor visa and in March 2021 applied for asylum along with U.S. citizenship, a lawsuit still pending resolution.

During this time Shihab lives in Columbus and Indianapolis (Indiana)and worked in markets and restaurants.

Court documents indicate that the accused also tried to illegally bring Iraqis to the U.S. to carry out his plan.

In particular, in August 2021, he allegedly tried to smuggle into the country an individual he thought was Iraqi, but was in fact a scam organized by the FBI, in exchange for a $ 40,000 fee.

The perfect added that Shihab planned to bring the four Iraqis to the US. with the intent to kill Bush and they intended to flee the Mexican border when the former president died.

Shihab faces possible life sentence allegedly for plotting to assassinate the former president and 10 years in prison for the migratory crime given to him.

Before making the accusation public, Forbes magazine revealed that the FBI was investigating Shihab for this plot and explained that this body was put in the Iraqi’s path thanks to two informants and monitoring his WhatsApp account. .

Forbes, who has access to the FBI search warrant, said that eThe Iraqi can be linked to the Islamic State (IS) terrorist group.

Bush’s chief of staff, Freddy Ford, said in a statement published by U.S. media that the former president “trusts the world, the United States Secret Service and the security and intelligence communities.”