Hosam Maher Husein Smadi (born 1990) is a citizen of Jordan who was arrested on suspicion of planning a terrorist bombing of Fountain Place, a building in

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, on September 24, 2009. Smadi was in the

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illegally, and unaware he was under continuous surveillance, and that the other members of his "

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" were all Federal agents. The agents in his "sleeper cell" had supplied him with inert chemicals, so his bomb had not posed a real threat. Smadi was provided with a fake bomb by FBI agents posing as members of al-Qaeda. He placed the device in the parking garage under the building and activated it with a cell phone. Instead of setting off a bomb, the cell phone rang a phone number at the FBI offices. Smadi pleaded guilty to attempted use of a

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. Under the terms of a plea bargain, an additional charge of bombing a public place was dropped, and a sentence of not more than 30 years was recommended. On October 20, 2010, he was sentenced to 24 years imprisonment. He will be deported from the United States after serving his sentence. Immigration officials were trying to determine how Smadi was able to work at a gas station, since he only had a 2007 tourist visa.

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Additional case documents are available here: * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Smadi, Hosam 1990 births Living people Terrorist incidents in the United States in 2009 Failed terrorist attempts in the United States Islamic terrorism in the United States People imprisoned on charges of terrorism Jordanian expatriates in the United States Jordanian Islamists