Arizona man returns to court on terrorist-related charges
Dec 29, 2015, 8:54 AM | Updated: 3:09 pm
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PHOENIX — An Arizona man accused of plotting to blow up the Super Bowl in suburban Phoenix, returned to court Tuesday morning in Phoenix to face an additional terrorism-related charge.
Adbul Malik Abdul Kareem’s lawyer argued that an interview with the FBI conducted two days after an attack at a Texas cartoon show wasn’t recorded and thus could not prove he volunteered to speak with agent. He wanted the evidence tossed out of the case.
Kareem is accused of providing the guns used in the May 3 attack at the cartoon contest.
U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton rejected the request. She is considering another request by Kareem to stop prosecutors from using al-Qaida promotional materials found in his possession as evidence at his Feb. 16 trial.
In addition to the Texas allegations, Kareem was indicted last week on charges that he planned to use pipe bombs to blow up this year’s Super Bowl in Glendale.
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He was charged with conspiracy to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization, the Islamic State.
The new charge alleged Kareem encouraged Elton Simpson and Nadir Soofi to carry out violence in the United States in support of Islamic State and impose retribution for U.S. military actions in the Middle East.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
