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Self-proclaimed Hamas operative in US Air Force indicted over pipe bomb plot: ‘Been a terrorist since I was a kid’
NY Post ^ | 04/26/2025 | Ryan King and Jack Richards

Posted on 04/26/2025 12:26:13 PM PDT by DFG

A self-described Hamas operative who infiltrated the US Air Force and once boasted that he’s “been a terrorist since he’s been a kid” was busted alongside two Pittsburgh women after the feds foiled an apparent terror plot involving a pair of pipe bombs, the Justice Department announced this week.

Mohamad Hamad, 23, who has dual citizenship in the US and Lebanon, was already charged for defacing a synagogue was hit Tuesday with a nine-count superseding indictment along with Talya Lubid, 24, and Micaiah Collins, 22.

“Mohamad Hamad lied about his loyalty to the United States, among other false statements, in an attempt to obtain a Top-Secret security clearance,” Acting US Attorney Rivetti said.

“During that time, he openly expressed support for Lebanon, Hezbollah, and Hamas. In addition to his previously charged role in defacing Jewish religious property, he also conspired with others named in this Superseding Indictment to manufacture and detonate destructive devices.”

Hamad and Lubid, were both previously indicted for scrawling red anti-Zionist graffiti on the Chabad of Squirrel Hill’s synagogue and defacing the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh’s office building.

Shortly after enlisting in the Air Force, Pennsylvania Air National Guard in June 2023, Hamad, who lived in Coraopolis, Pa., privately messaged an associate in Ohio that “[i]t’s still Palestine on top though make no mistake,” prosecutors allege.

During his Air Force training, Hamad privately shared footage Hamas’ violent attacks against Israel with an associate and wrote that “Us Muslims never surrender or back down,” the indictment claims.

In December of 2023, Hamad completed the paperwork to obtain a top-secret security clearance and later had three interviews and a background check with the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency, during which he allegedly lied about his loyalty to the US.

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TOPICS: Gaza; Hamas; Hezbollah; Iran; Lebanon; US: New York; US: Pennsylvania
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1 posted on 04/26/2025 12:26:13 PM PDT by DFG
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To: DFG

Oh, wow! Let’s have some protests to make sure this guy gets all the DUE PROCESS we can muster for him.


2 posted on 04/26/2025 12:28:24 PM PDT by madprof98
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To: DFG

How about a better job of vetting recruits. Like we did for WWII?


3 posted on 04/26/2025 12:29:27 PM PDT by curious7
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To: madprof98

The only ‘due process’ this guy needs is an execution firing squad!


4 posted on 04/26/2025 12:31:33 PM PDT by hoagy62 (Hail Trump! Trump won! By a lot!)
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To: DFG

Oh he was one of those Palestinians “innocent kids” I keep hearin about


5 posted on 04/26/2025 12:33:08 PM PDT by MrRelevant
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To: DFG

“Mohamad Hamad”. Where did they get their clue?


6 posted on 04/26/2025 12:35:31 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery, wildlife and climbing, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: DFG

“Mohamad Hamad, 23, who has dual citizenship in the US and Lebanon, was already charged for defacing a synagogue ...”

I count three red flags. In my opinion, any one should have been enough to keep him out of the Air Force.


7 posted on 04/26/2025 12:36:00 PM PDT by ChessExpert (The Democratic party must be destroyed.)
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To: curious7

Right, how about we don’t bring a guy named Mohamad Hamad into the US Air Force.


8 posted on 04/26/2025 12:40:15 PM PDT by iamgalt
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To: DFG

Investigate all of the people who were involved in giving this terrorist top secret clearances and pull their clearances until the investigation is completed.


9 posted on 04/26/2025 12:46:43 PM PDT by Carl Vehse (Make Austin Texas Again!)
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To: DFG

Has a Soros judge demanded his release yet?


10 posted on 04/26/2025 12:47:04 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Democrats are the Party of anger, hate and violence.)
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To: DFG

We all have different goals. I wanted to be a TV Game Show since I was a kid


11 posted on 04/26/2025 12:48:08 PM PDT by albie (U)
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To: MrRelevant

Time for all the dems to rally around him.


12 posted on 04/26/2025 12:48:46 PM PDT by dandiegirl (BOBBY m)
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To: curious7

Who is this guy’s recruiter?


13 posted on 04/26/2025 12:50:37 PM PDT by stanne (Because they were mesmerized by Obama, the man for whom this was named, whose name they left out of )
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To: MrRelevant

“Oh he was one of those Palestinians ‘innocent kids’ I keep hearing about”

That’s why I have no problem with collateral damage in certain situations and locations. The kids will grow up to try to kill all of us, and the training starts when they’re old enough to walk.


14 posted on 04/26/2025 12:51:48 PM PDT by MayflowerMadam (It's hard not to celebrate the fall of bad people. - Bongino)
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To: iamgalt

Or any other branch of the military for that matter.


15 posted on 04/26/2025 12:55:26 PM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: curious7

Exactly!


16 posted on 04/26/2025 12:56:00 PM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: DFG

Here we go again.”Dual Citizen”. How about a new federal prison in North Alaska, close to a polar bear preserve, as a discouragement against attempts


17 posted on 04/26/2025 12:56:04 PM PDT by BigEdLB (Schiff to GITMO)
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To: DFG

who the hell allowed this foreign plant get hired .All Biden and Obama foreign invaders need to locked out and investigated now .
Pres Jill was a CCP puppet .


18 posted on 04/26/2025 12:56:14 PM PDT by ncalburt ( Gop DC Globalists are the evil)
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To: iamgalt

Also:

Born where, and to which U.S.of A.-hating non-citizen mother and father?

If he was born in the U.S., many would breezily declare, based on that fact alone, cutting the 1844 New York Court of Chancery case of Lynch v. Clarke
Court: New York Court of Chancery (1 Sand. Ch. 583, 1844 N.Y. Misc. LEXIS 87, 3 N.Y. Leg. Obs. 236) that he’s obviously and unequivocally a natural Born citizen of the United States.

Of course, they would be dead wrong in saying that, but you’ll never get them to admit it!


19 posted on 04/26/2025 12:58:16 PM PDT by one guy in new jersey
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To: albie

Indy car racer or fighter pilot.


20 posted on 04/26/2025 1:01:11 PM PDT by redangus ( )
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