Bush Administration (Second Term)
| Date | Target | Description | Arrest location | Suspect(s) | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2005 | ? | A man and his father were arrested after lying to the FBI about involvement in a jihadist camp in Pakistan. | Lodi, California | Hamid and Umer Hayat | Hamid was sentenced to 24 years in prison |
| August 2005 | Los Angeles-area military bases, synagogues and other places | Four men running an Islamic prison gang were arrested after allegedly attempting to destroy Los Angeles-area places. | Los Angeles, California | Kevin James, et al. | James sentenced to 16 years in prison |
| December 2005 | Williams Natural Gas (Wyoming), Transcontinental Pipeline, Standard Oil refinery | A man was arrested on suspicion that he had plans to destroy several sites. | Pennsylvania | Michael Curtis Reynolds | Sentenced to 30 years in prison |
| February 2006 | Troops in Iraq, Toledo, Ohio citizens | Three men were arrested for allegedly planning to build bombs for use by terrorists in Iraq. | Toledo, Ohio | Mohammad Zaki Amawi, et al. | Amawi was sentenced to 20 years in prison, the others 13 and 8 years, respectively. |
| April 2006 | Washington D.C.-area buildings | Two men from the U.S. state of Georgia, were arrested after videotaping Washington-area buildings and sending the tapes to a London based jihadist website. | Toronto, Ontario | Syed Haris Ahmed and Ehsanul Islam Sadequee | Ahmed sentenced to 13 years in prison, Sadequee sentenced to 17. |
| June 2006 | Sears Tower and FBI offices | Seven men were arrested after allegedly plotting to bomb Sears Tower and FBI offices. | Miami, Florida, Atlanta, Georgia | Narseal Batiste, et al. | Five of the men were convicted. Batiste was sentenced to 13 years in prison. |
| July 2006 | Port Authority Trans-Hudson train tunnels | A man was arrested after allegedly attempting to bomb New York train tunnels and flood the financial district. | New York, New York | Assem Hammoud | |
| May 7, 2007 | Fort Dix | Six men were arrested after attempting an attack on the Fort Dix military base. | Fort Dix, New Jersey | Dritan Duka, et al. | Four of the men received life sentences, one man received five years in prison and the other received 33 |
| June 3, 2007 | John F. Kennedy International Airport | Four men were arrested in New York after a plot is revealed to bomb the fuel line of JFK airport. | New York, New York | Abdul Kadir, et al. |
Read more about this topic: List Of Foiled Islamic Terrorist Plots In The Post-9/11 United States
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