A FEDERAL GRAND JURY IN WACO, TEXAS THIS WEEK HAS RETURNED A SUPERSEDING INDICTMENT AGAINST A FORMER FORT CAMPBELL SOLDIER ACCUSED OF PLANNING A PLOT TO ATTACK FORT HOOD, TEXAS SOLDIERS.

            21-YEAR OLD NASER ABDO IS CHARGED WITH ONE COUNT OF ATTEMPTED USE OF A WEAPON OF MASS DESTRUCTION, ONE COUNT OF ATTEMPTED MURDER OF OFFICERS OR EMPLOYEES OF THE UNITED STATES, TWO COUNTS OF POSSESSION OF A FIREARM AND TWO COUNTS OF POSSESSION OF A DESTRUCTIVE DEVICE.

            ACCORDING TO KCEN-TV, THE FEDERAL GRAND JURY RETURNED AN INITIAL INDICTMENT ON AUGUST 9^TH AGAINST ABDO FOR POSSESSION OF AN UNREGISTERED DESTRUCTIVE DEVICE, POSSESSION OF A FIREARM BY A FUGITIVE FROM JUSTICE AND POSSESSION OF AMMUITION BY A FUGITIVE FROM JUSTICE.

          WHILE THOSE CHARGES STILL REMAIN IN EFFECT, PROSECUTORS REPORTEDLY PLAN TO FIRST PROCEED WITH THE CHARGES MENTIONED IN THE SUPERSEDING INDICTMENT.

         ABDO IS ACCUSED OF UNLAWFULLY ATTEMPTING TO CREATE AND DETONATE A BOMB ON JULY 27^TH TO KILL MILITARY EMPLOYEES AND KNOWINGLY POSSESSING A .40 CALIBER SEMI-AUTOMATIC PISTOL TO CARRY OUT HIS PLOT.

          ACCORDING TO MEDIA REPORTS IN TEXAS, AT THE TIME OF HIS ARREST, ABDO WAS CONSIDERED ABSENT WITHOUT LEAVE FROM FORT CAMPBELL AND WAS FOUND TO HAVE A HAND GUN AND INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO BUILD A BOMB.

         THE 21-YEAR OLD REMAINS IN FEDERAL CUSTODY.

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