Maamulka FBI-ga ayaa xiray shaqaale ka tirsan Wasaaradda Kheyraadka Dabiiciga ah ee Maraykanka kadib inuu isku dayay inuu taageero u fidiyo kooxda Houthi
Maamulka FBI-ga ayaa xiray injineer ka tirsan Wasaaradda Kheyraadka Dabiiciga ah ee Maraykanka, Ashton Hamed Ellaboudy, 51 jir, kadib inuu isku dayay inuu taageero u fidiyo kooxda Houthi ee dalka Yaman, iyadoo uu helayo khariidadaha iyo qalabka loo isticmaalo hubka.
Xiritaanka iyo Akhrinta Maxkamadda
Ashton Hamed Ellaboudy, 51 jir, oo ka soo jeeda magaalada Richland ee dalka Washington, ayaa lagu xiray maalintii Khamiista, isagoo la filayaa inuu maanta ka qayb-galo furitaanka maxkamadda. Maamulka FBI-ga ayaa sheegay inuu Ellaboudy isku dayay inuu taageero u fidiyo kooxda Houthi, iyadoo uu helayo khariidadaha iyo qalabka loo isticmaalo hubka.
Waxaa sidoo kale la sheegay in Ellaboudy uu la xiriiray dadka warbixinta u sameeya, kuwaas oo ka mid ahaa midka la sheegay inuu yahay ciyaaraha barwaaqo-sooranka, isagoo u sheegay inuu u baahan yahay inuu la socdo Yaman, balse ma aysan awoodin inuu gaaro caasimadda Sanaa.
Isku dayga taageerada iyo khariidadaha
Maamulka FBI-ga ayaa sheegay in Ellaboudy uu isku dayay inuu taageero u fidiyo kooxda Houthi, iyadoo uu helayo khariidadaha iyo qalabka loo isticmaalo hubka. Waxaa sidoo kale la sheegay inuu la xiriiray dadka warbixinta u sameeya, kuwaas oo ka mid ahaa midka la sheegay inuu yahay ciyaaraha barwaaqo-sooranka, isagoo u sheegay inuu u baahan yahay inuu la socdo Yaman, balse ma aysan awoodin inuu gaaro caasimadda Sanaa.
Waxaa sidoo kale la sheegay in Ellaboudy uu helayo khariidadaha iyo qalabka loo isticmaalo hubka, isagoo la sheegay inuu la xiriiray dadka warbixinta u sameeya, kuwaas oo ka mid ahaa midka la sheegay inuu yahay ciyaaraha barwaaqo-sooranka, isagoo u sheegay inuu u baahan yahay inuu la socdo Yaman, balse ma aysan awoodin inuu gaaro caasimadda Sanaa.
Qoraalka maamulka iyo xaaladda Yaman
John Eisenberg, oo ka tirsan maamulka wasaaradda aduunka, ayaa sheegay in khariidadaha Ellaboudy uu helayo ay yihiin kuwo aad u adag, isagoo sheegay inay yihiin kuwo aad u adag, isagoo sheegay inay yihiin kuwo aad u adag.
Dagaalka Yaman ayaa bilowday sanadkii 2014, kadib markii kooxda Houthi ay gacanta ku dhigtay caasimadda Sanaa, taasoo keentay in dowladda Yaman ay ka baxdo dalka Saudi Arabia, iyadoo dagaalku uu sii socdo ilaa maanta.
A 51-year-old electrical engineer from the U.S. Department of Energy has been arrested on charges of providing material support to the Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen, including purchasing chemicals for homemade explosives and traveling to the country to assist the group's communications capabilities.
Arrest and Court Appearance
Ashton Hamed Ellaboudy, 51, of Richland, Washington, was taken into custody on Thursday and is scheduled to appear in court for the first time on Friday. No attorney has been listed in court records to speak on his behalf at this time.
Ellaboudy is charged under a federal law that criminalizes providing material support to groups designated as foreign terrorist organizations by the United States, a designation that includes the Houthis.
Investigation Details and Deception
Upon returning to the United States, Ellaboudy told Customs and Border Protection officials he was traveling back from Oman on a work trip and was part of a U.S. government mission to inspect defense facilities. However, investigators interviewed his supervisor, who reported having no knowledge of any international travel or an Energy Department missile inspection program that Ellaboudy would have been part of.
Ellaboudy was recorded telling FBI informants that he had to be smuggled into and out of Yemen and that he had hoped to reach the country's capital to make government-level connections. He was ultimately unable to make it to Sanaa.
Charges and Broader Context
The FBI says investigators began looking into Ellaboudy after learning that he had purchased precursor chemicals commonly involved in the construction of homemade explosive devices, including acetone and sodium bisulfate, as well as parts used for drones. During the course of the investigation, he communicated with multiple informants, including one who purported to be a Houthi colonel, and provided advice and assistance on communications equipment.
John Eisenberg, an assistant attorney general in charge of the Justice Department's National Security Division, said: 'These allegations are so deeply disturbing that they almost defy imagination.' The Houthis and Saudi-backed government forces are now engaged in renewed violence that has killed hundreds and displaced tens of thousands.
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