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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Ben Makuch

‘You are next’: online posts show Islamic State interest in attacks on US ahead of election

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Islamic State militants pass an IS checkpoint in Kirkuk, Iraq, in 2014. Photograph: Hadi Mizban/AP

After the FBI arrested an Afghan man in Oklahoma planning an election day shooting on behalf of the Islamic State, the terrorist organization re-entered what has become one of the most chaotic news cycles leading up to a November vote.

Nasir Ahmad Tawhedi, 27, of Oklahoma City admitted to investigators he and a co-conspirator expected to die as IS martyrs as they opened fire on crowds on election day, according to charging documents.

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