Saudi Student Arrested in TX for Plotting Terrorist Attack Against GW Bush
- Posted on February 24, 2011 at 11:33am by
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WASHINGTON (AP) — A young college student from Saudi Arabia studying chemical engineering in Texas purchased explosive chemicals over the Internet as part of a plan to hide bomb materials inside dolls and baby carriages to blow up dams, nuclear plants or the Dallas home of former President George W. Bush, the Justice Department said Thursday.
“It is war … until the infidels leave defeated,” the student wrote in online postings.
One of the chemical companies, Carolina Biological Supply of Burlington, N.C., reported suspicious purchases by Khalid Ali-M Aldawsari, 20, of Lubbock, Texas, to the FBI on Feb. 1. Within weeks, federal agents had traced his other online purchases, discovered extremist posts he made on the Internet and secretly searched his apartment, computer and e-mail accounts and read his diary, according to court records.
Aldawsari, who was legally in the U.S. on a student visa, was expected to appear in federal court on Friday. He was charged Thursday with attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction. Aldawsari entered the U.S. in October 2008 from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, to study chemical engineering at Texas Tech University, then transferred earlier this year to nearby South Plains College.
The terrorism case against Aldawsari was significant because it demonstrated that radicalized foreigners can live quietly in the U.S. heartland without raising suspicions from neighbors, classmates, teachers or others. But it also showed how quickly U.S. law enforcement can move when tipped that a terrorist plot may be unfolding.
The White House said President Barack Obama was notified about the plot prior to Aldawsari’s arrest Wednesday. “This arrest once again underscores the necessity of remaining vigilant against terrorism here and abroad,” White House spokesman Nick Shapiro said in a statement Thursday.
In e-mails Aldawsari apparently sent himself, he listed the names of 12 reservoir dams in Colorado and California. He also wrote an e-mail that mentioned “Tyrant’s House” with the address of President Bush’s home. The FBI’s affidavit said he considered using infant dolls to hide explosives and was possibly targeting a nightclub with a backpack filled with explosives.
The FBI said the North Carolina company reported the attempts to purchase phenol, a chemical that can be used to make the explosive trinitrophenol, also known as TNP, or picric acid. Aldawsari falsely told the supplier he was associated with a university and wanted the phenol for “off-campus, personal research,” according to court records. But frustrated by questions, Aldawsari canceled his order and later e-mailed himself instructions for producing phenol. Prosecutors said that in December 2010, he successfully purchased concentrated nitric and sulfuric acids that are combined to make TNP.




















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gillfish
Posted on February 24, 2011 at 11:57amno other religion on earth teaches hatred like islam, we need to call it like it is EVIL
Report Post »silentwatcher
Posted on February 24, 2011 at 12:03pmBush did,,,,he called it the ‘axis of evil.‘ Maybe that’s why they targeting him.
Report Post »DashRipRock
Posted on February 24, 2011 at 12:12pmthat funny SILENTLIAR
I dont remeber SAUDI ARABIA
being in the axis of evil
so trot on back to your leaders an tell them you messed up
Report Post »13th Imam
Posted on February 24, 2011 at 12:44pmCan see Silent’s noggin steamin away
Report Post »Let’e see. Saudi Arabia Somewhere near the middle east. I’ve heard of that place Yeah,Saudi Arabia Axis of Evil That’s the ticket
mrlogan3
Posted on February 24, 2011 at 1:08pmWhy would Saudi Arabia not be in the Axis of Evil? Most of the 9/11 highjackers were from Saudi Arabia.
Report Post »UMMAH GUMMAH
Posted on February 24, 2011 at 1:17pm.
hey S-Liar: he called a trio of countries the “axis of evil”. Since when is North Korea a moslem country. He called the CULT of islam which poses as something else a “religion of peace” right after 911.
There, I fixed it for ya!
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Report Post »AKMIIKEUS
Posted on February 24, 2011 at 7:28pmHow quickly the ignorant idiots on the Blaze forget about Timothy McVeigh.
Report Post »If you are muslim and want to blow up someone or something you are a terrorist.
I guess if you are white and blow up something you are just a kid playing with a chemistry set.
KL
Posted on February 24, 2011 at 11:57amYes, lets just let anyone from any country come to America and study. Wonder who picked up that academic tab. The moron couldn’t go and try to kill a creep in his own area of the world (Lybias president comes to mind, or the creep that was let out of jail for bombing the jet liner over Scotland), he has to come here to try and do something to a much beloved president. Makes me sick!!
Report Post »ginger100
Posted on February 24, 2011 at 11:57amI didn’t see “hate crime” charges in there
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on February 24, 2011 at 12:54pmAccording to the law, you can’t hate a hetero, protestant, white male. I’m pretty sure Holder will back me up on that.
Report Post »TrueGrit
Posted on February 24, 2011 at 1:38pmFor a Muslim to hate is normal for them.
I just love the ‘ legal student visa’.
There are many thousands here and some drop out never
to be found.
Wolverine
Report Post »ENTITLEMENTSBLOW
Posted on February 24, 2011 at 11:56amStop giving these people scholarships and secure the border!
Report Post »temple62
Posted on February 24, 2011 at 11:56amThis terrorist need not worry. With Napolitano and Holder’s “Catch and Release Program” this muslim will be out on the streets buying more C-4 by Friday!
Report Post »kickagrandma
Posted on February 24, 2011 at 11:56amThe AMERICAN PEOPLE want our country back. All foreigners,please go home. Fix your own countries and leave us alone. Take the impostor in the WH with you and all the people he has appointed. If you don’t want them in your countries, drop them off somewhere, just not here. Let the blacks in this sordid group go back to Africa you seem to love so much and start over there from scratch. Latinos, go back to your homes and fix your countries, please. They need your help. muslimes and middle easterners, your home countries are wrecks. They need your help. Go home. Fix your countries. Take the union jackwagons that want to be “brothers and sisters” and let them help you fix your countries. We’ll be happy to loan them to you for a few hundred years. Did I miss anybody????
All foreign student visas to the USA should be canceled forthwith beginning today.
Report Post »WHITE LOTUS2x
Posted on February 24, 2011 at 9:03pmKICK: I second that, let the migrations begin.
Report Post »sacklunch
Posted on February 24, 2011 at 11:54amKeep the rag head in Lubbock! Turn him loose and let the good folks there know who he is. His a$$ will be buried out in the cotton fields by sundown.
Report Post »kickagrandma
Posted on February 24, 2011 at 11:58am@SACKLUNCH Looks like it’s coming to that, doesn’t it?
Report Post »daverag
Posted on February 24, 2011 at 11:52amBy “saudi student” I assume you mean he was “a muslim” ?
Report Post »RKade
Posted on February 24, 2011 at 12:51pmAn likely Islamic!
A member of the Religion of Peace!
Maybe we have it all wrong maybe lost in translation…it is The religion of PIECES!
Report Post »SoCalWalt
Posted on February 24, 2011 at 11:50amAnd we keep letting these animals come to our country because…?
Report Post »UMMAH GUMMAH
Posted on February 24, 2011 at 1:13pm.
..because we’ve been hollowed out from within. We even have a Muslimchurian in the White House.
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Report Post »Showtime
Posted on February 24, 2011 at 1:17pm@UMMAH GUMMAH
Report Post »Posted on February 24, 2011 at 1:13pm
…because we’ve been hollowed out from within. We even have a Muslimchurian in the White House.
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God only knows what we have in the White House.
reckless
Posted on February 24, 2011 at 11:49amYou got to admit, that guy has some single-minded determination. SEIU could use some more like him.
Report Post »I see that he apparently slipped through the TSA / Homeland Security net. Good job FBI…
Azmodious
Posted on February 24, 2011 at 11:48amany country with brains would have put a stop to any of these bastards being able to come here.
Report Post »grannyjojo
Posted on February 24, 2011 at 11:48amI thank the Lord they caught this guy before he could carry out his plan and I pray that they have discovered the whole plot. They should really keep a closer eye on the people coming to the states on “scholarships”. There has been so much infiltration its unreal. They really really need to tighten the rules for entering into the US.
God bless President Bush (both of them) and their family. Please keep them in your prayers, apparently they are STILL under attack.
Every knee will bow and every tongue confess. God bless all
Report Post »13thGenerationAmerican
Posted on February 24, 2011 at 4:31pmYou really think that? because if that’s true, where was the Lord on 9/11
Report Post »mm47
Posted on February 24, 2011 at 11:47amHow about one more middle easterner makes a threat and we get to start profiling
Report Post »xm-1774u
Posted on February 24, 2011 at 11:47ampeaceful islam
Report Post »ForgivenWretch
Posted on February 24, 2011 at 6:47pmWhat was wrong with “Lan Astaslem”? Even if you are Muslim, I’d just be passed off as a “dirty dog/infidel”.
Report Post »ForgivenWretch
Posted on February 24, 2011 at 6:55pmLook here:
Report Post »http://michellemalkin.com/2010/09/11/911-remembrance-set-your-alarms-and-steel-your-resolve/
RightPolitically
Posted on February 24, 2011 at 11:47amI tell you, the day will come when we either shove all of them out of the country, jail them or kill them in the ultimate battle for civilization. The weakness being shown now by our president and his advisors has ignited a resurgence of violent Islamic fascism!
Report Post »LadyLibertykicksASS
Posted on February 24, 2011 at 12:21pmGod will take care of them in good time…Trust Him!
Report Post »integrican
Posted on February 24, 2011 at 2:30pmI see nothing wrong with “Helping God” He’s pretty busy, ya know. ; )
Report Post »RoguePatriot
Posted on February 24, 2011 at 11:47amNo really, we need to step up the searches of White men in their 70‘s and 80’s that are disabled and children between the ages of 2 and 8.
Report Post »silentwatcher
Posted on February 24, 2011 at 12:01pmyea, they are the real dangers in the U.S. Maybe that is a good reason for the death panels.
Report Post »integrican
Posted on February 24, 2011 at 11:45amJust another example of us gullible Americans “educating” our enemies.
Report Post »WHEN are we going to WAKE UP!!!!
Have a good time in Guantanamo, Khalid Ali-M Aldawsari
silentwatcher
Posted on February 24, 2011 at 12:00pmI wonder who was paying for the scholarship?
Report Post »mrlogan3
Posted on February 24, 2011 at 1:06pmDidn’t see any mention of a scholarship
Report Post »integrican
Posted on February 24, 2011 at 2:01pmThis story has been superseded. The story that occupied this space DID mention that the man arrested was attending college on a scholarship.
Report Post »miles from nowhere
Posted on February 24, 2011 at 11:45amHow long before America wakes-up to the fact thhat we are under assalt by Muslim terrorist by any means to get to the US. I am so tired of the bleeding heart society in our country I could throw up.
Report Post »JohnQTaxpayer
Posted on February 24, 2011 at 4:50pmHow long before America wakes-up to the fact that we are under assault by Muslim terrorist?
When the terrorist are kicking in their front doors, then the sleepers will have a “depends moment”
Report Post »Anitabreak
Posted on February 24, 2011 at 11:44amSurely, Obama will have him to the capitaol to bestow “The Medal of Freedom” on him the same way he di John Sweeney
Report Post »jinx83
Posted on February 24, 2011 at 11:44amOKAY people what MORE proof do you need ?? IMPEACH NOW and take care of BUSINESS
Report Post »silentwatcher
Posted on February 24, 2011 at 11:58amimpeach for what?
Report Post »ProgressiveLiberalMarine
Posted on February 24, 2011 at 12:08pmYou just opened the floodgates.
Report Post »DashRipRock
Posted on February 24, 2011 at 12:13pmI say Impeach him for no other reason
than you like him SILENT LIAR
Report Post »karaokeed
Posted on February 24, 2011 at 12:16pmHow about “Treason”!
Report Post »13th Imam
Posted on February 24, 2011 at 12:29pmRichard Nixon _Watergate Break In ,, No stolen money
Barry Barack Hussein Obama Soetoro- US Treasury Break In Over One Trillion Dollars stolen. No job’s Money missing, No job‘s Open Borders No Jobs Thugs union’s using money stolen to fuel chaos in America and abroad. No jobs
Report Post »ProgressiveLiberalMarine
Posted on February 24, 2011 at 12:47pmLoL
Report Post »13th Imam
Posted on February 24, 2011 at 1:05pmProg LM
Thanks for your service
How did you come to be a Prog, Lib? Seems to be a Double Oxymoron
God Bless America
Report Post »davecoolworld
Posted on February 24, 2011 at 1:10pmObama has violated his Oath of Office. Impeachable offense.
Report Post »OneFootRandy
Posted on February 24, 2011 at 1:17pmImpeach him for sedition, for aid and comfort to our enemies, for failing to comply with court orders, for manipulating the justice department into a political arm instead of a law enforcement vehicle, and yeah, because he still hasnt proven his citizenship………….yeah, I said it.
Report Post »TERMLIMITSNOW
Posted on February 24, 2011 at 2:36pmfor being dumb, and black….and white
Report Post »jinx83
Posted on February 24, 2011 at 11:44amOkay people time to impeach and get this crap under freaking control !
Report Post »Teapartywoman
Posted on February 24, 2011 at 11:42amI’m sure the President will comment on this (NOT).
Report Post »13th Imam
Posted on February 24, 2011 at 12:07pmYes he will
Report Post »Let’s see Bad Childhood
Pending late delivery of his Welfare check
Christians invading Islamic lands
Israel building settlements
WI republicans ramming thru a bill without reading it
Waterboarding using Grey Goose Bacon Favored Vodka
HonorJC
Posted on February 24, 2011 at 12:18pmHe can’t today…there is a White house party to celebrate Motown…maybe tomorrow…no rush to judgment…all facts must be looked at first….no an Egypt moment don’t you know….
http://detnews.com/article/20110216/ENT04/102160391/1022/rss10
Report Post »Welcome Black Carter
Posted on February 24, 2011 at 12:37pmThe word will come down through Eric Holder via Barry –
“We are no longer prosecuting muslim on Republican crimes”
Not much of a stretch is it…
Report Post »mrlogan3
Posted on February 24, 2011 at 1:04pmWhy should he comment on it, nothing happened, there are much bigger issues to be handled.
Report Post »OneFootRandy
Posted on February 24, 2011 at 1:04pmOh, if he comments, it will be to lecture us about not being biggoted against Muslims and to try and understand what oppression they live under that forces them to do this.
ANy bets?
Report Post »southernloyalty
Posted on February 24, 2011 at 11:41amOh No!!!!! This isn’t suppose to be happening. Diversity is supposed to be enriching all our lives and making us so strong as a nation. Somebody has been lying to us about diversity, its not working. Its looking to be the worst thing ever brought to this country. The diversity wants to kill us. Oh No!!!
Report Post »saneasylum
Posted on February 24, 2011 at 1:31pmWe got plenty of diversity coming across our Arizona border… forget about the students we know about… Jihadists’-Hezbalah who knows what kind of diversty is entering our borders.
Report Post »bassist237
Posted on February 24, 2011 at 11:40amOh gee. Why am I all of the sudden, not surprised. Where are the background checks on these middle-eastern visa holders? I know not all of the Arabic cultured people are like this. I just don’t get it, what is wrong with these people? Brainwashing starts with the parents, and the culture………
Report Post »Insipid
Posted on February 24, 2011 at 11:56amYeah, I did notice his name wasn’t Hans Guessford or the like.
Report Post »KICKILLEGALSOUT
Posted on February 24, 2011 at 12:53pmBackground checks? Forget it! Why are we even allowing record numbers of foreign nationals to enter our country anyways?! Our government is allowing a full scale invasion of our country and is doing nothing to stop it, instead they continue to loosen policies every year allowing even more in every year. Our colleges are almost foreign countries now and they talk about supporting American competitiveness? Multiculturalism is DEAD! Ban Islam in the USA! This Criminal ideology directly assaults my rights to Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness and is a Criminal Threat to all Americans!
Report Post »GODBLESSOURCOUNTRY
Posted on February 24, 2011 at 12:59pm“A young college student from Saudi Arabia studying chemical engineering in Texas…”
So let me get this straight, he is in AMERICA, learning chemical engineering at one of our universities and plotting to use his knowledge to murder innocent Americans (“infidels” according to him)?
Gee, I‘d be really disappointed to find out he wasn’t getting a FREE EDUCATION too…
Report Post »kaydeebeau
Posted on February 24, 2011 at 2:03pmWell gee whiz – you only have to fill out some form with check boxes and answer no to all the questions asking whether you are involved in illegal or terrorist activities. You know those with a nefarious purpose will always answer truthfully so we should not be concerned at all……(note sarcastic typing)
Report Post »QuietTexan
Posted on February 24, 2011 at 10:17pm@Godblessourcountry – the report I heard about this on the radio stated that he received an Islamic scholarship while in Saudi Arabia with the express intent that he come to America, learn chemical engineering and commit himself to jihad while here.
Report Post »BurntHills
Posted on February 24, 2011 at 11:40amthat kid was just one more obama happy meal away from a WMD attack HERE.
Report Post »UMMAH GUMMAH
Posted on February 24, 2011 at 11:57am.
Sounds like the Chickens Coming Home to Roost. Bush allowed the “student” programs from SOWdi Barbaria to continue after 911.
Maybe if the politicians started to experience a bit of personal jihad this might cause them to THINK.
meanwhile in Oklahoma:
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/02/23/oklahoma-police-captain-refuses-attend-islamic-event/
The enemy is in the Heartland!
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Report Post »jimdevy
Posted on February 24, 2011 at 11:59amArrested and not shot?! Wow.
Report Post »CyberJocky
Posted on February 24, 2011 at 12:08pm@BurntHills
Report Post »Yeah, and they still haven’t found the owner of that Suicide Bomber Manual they found near the border. But, I’m sure there is nothing to worry about Janet Napolitano has it all under control, just ask her. 8-}
Creestof
Posted on February 24, 2011 at 12:08pmI’m curious about the chain of the investigation and how it lead to an arrest. I don’t doubt the FBI is flagging anyone researching such things, but when/how did they get this diary? Was he recruiting? Bragging? Inciting?
Did he get flagged, researched, discovered to be a Saudi, search warrant executed (on what grounds), diary discovered and read, questioned and arrested?
Just curious how all this went down.
Report Post »jamesctheman
Posted on February 24, 2011 at 12:09pmJust let us deal with him. Let us know when you let him out & we‘ll handle in in Good ’ol Texans style. We don’t take too kindly to terrorists wanting to kill our former President/Govenor around here. Extremists don’t seem to grasp that attacking Texas will get you killed. We already have enough right wing loonies & loony leftists in Austin to deal with. If you come here with that motive we’ll deal with you in a much more harsh fashion.
bmanjamz
Posted on February 24, 2011 at 12:25pmUmma you are correct, but the then attack media (before they became cheerleaders for OBlunder) would have protested that Bush was being mean not letting in future terrorists, I mean students.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on February 24, 2011 at 12:25pm@BURNTHILLS
. .. how true that is .. and I wonder how many more of “him” are out there?
Will Obama speak out on this ??? I didn’t think so ….
Report Post »Venom
Posted on February 24, 2011 at 12:30pm@Creestoff He was flagged by a vendor, who he purchased IED making material from.
Report Post »Curator_JDR
Posted on February 24, 2011 at 12:31pmI’m glad these “misunderstanders of Islam” keep getting caught in America, despite our POTUS and his Department of Injustice. Americans are waking up.
This historic Israel National Radio interview exposes the real roots of Islam.
Report Post »http://www.marcrubin.com/judean-eve.ivnu
mrlogan3
Posted on February 24, 2011 at 1:02pmYou’d think that a Saudi kid would be grateful to GWB for not attacking Saudi Arabia as he should have after 9/11.
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on February 24, 2011 at 1:10pm@Creestof
Posted on February 24, 2011 at 12:08pm
I’m curious about the chain of the investigation and how it lead to an arrest. I don’t doubt the FBI is flagging anyone researching such things, but when/how did they get this diary? Was he recruiting? Bragging? Inciting?
Did he get flagged, researched, discovered to be a Saudi, search warrant executed (on what grounds), diary discovered and read, questioned and arrested?
Just curious how all this went down.
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The story says:
Report Post »“One of the chemical companies, Carolina Biological Supply of Burlington, N.C., reported suspicious purchases by Khalid Ali-M Aldawsari, 20, of Lubbock, Texas, to the FBI on Feb. 1. Within weeks, federal agents had traced his other online purchases, discovered extremist posts he made on the Internet and secretly searched his apartment, computer and e-mail accounts and read his diary, according to court records.”
Showtime
Posted on February 24, 2011 at 1:13pmAnd nothing to worry about here, huh, BurntHills? He was the only radical Islamic terrorist in the United States. We know this because the TSA touches all AMERICANS’ STUFF at airports! And, Secretary of Homeland Security knew all about him before the chemical company in Burlington, NC, reported him to the FBI.
What a relief that we are all safe again.
Report Post »Creestof
Posted on February 24, 2011 at 1:19pmThanks VENOM & SHOWTIME,
Report Post »THe original story here on the Blaze was about 2 paragraphs and had no sucj details. They’ve expanded it now and it makes a lot of sense. I’m glad they were on the ball…and thanks for the info!
grandmaof5
Posted on February 24, 2011 at 2:31pmI finished his book and I have the same question after reading it as before I read it: “Why, when Bush was so concerned in the safety of the US, recognized the borders were an issue, didn’t he seal the borders? Especially after 9/11.
Report Post »stifroc
Posted on February 24, 2011 at 2:52pmIt’s high time Islam reaps what it sows.
Report Post »va_magoo
Posted on February 24, 2011 at 3:41pmThe sad truth…..is that the youth of today rely on the internet and “google” to find their answers. In my youth, we learned how to make gunpowder and explosives in the library and chemistry class.
Report Post »Had he staid off the internet, the FBI would never have found him…….
I guess on second thoughts, I am glad he used the internet.
pajamash
Posted on February 24, 2011 at 4:18pmA good example of why it was a good thing to extend the patriot act. It would have been much more difficult for the authorities to get into this young mans “head” so to speak without the patriot act.
Report Post »avenger
Posted on February 24, 2011 at 4:24pmaha..another religious fruitcake… http://thereligionofpeace.com
Report Post »JJ Coolay
Posted on February 24, 2011 at 4:35pmJohnny Government on the Spot!
TSA and Homeland grope American travelers at the airport and there are muslim extremists in our back yard.
Report Post »Way to go fellas! Keep up the great work!! You’re catching …..hmm, let’s see…. you’re catching….. ahh…. you’re catching…. wait, no, American citizens are catching the bad guys while you dick around with lame protocol.
JJ Coolay
Posted on February 24, 2011 at 4:40pm2 words: Racial Profiling.
Yeah, I’m ok with it.
Report Post »Jim S
Posted on February 24, 2011 at 5:03pmAlright, another Saudi terrorist,just like ALL the 9-11 terrorists…lets invade Chad…maybe Costa Rica..anywhere but Saudi Arabia….WHERE ALL THE TERRORISTS COME FROM !!!
Report Post »mill
Posted on February 24, 2011 at 5:26pmkill him and any associated with him.
Report Post »> don’t <put him in a prison so that he can influence anyone else to his twisted ways
Celtat
Posted on February 24, 2011 at 8:30pmWaiting to hear what the administration calls him..
Any bets on ‘Suspected participant in planning of Man-made Disaster’ ?
Report Post »RepubliCorp
Posted on February 24, 2011 at 10:52pmThe student visa program needs a hard look…….For starts, making sure they actually are going to school. If Americans have to be groped at the airport, than foreign students should expect no right to privacy while attending school in this country. A full background check with DNA samples, cost pay for by the student.
Report Post »https://www.usimmigrationsupport.org/f1-student-visa.html
riseandshine
Posted on February 25, 2011 at 1:41amjim s……the 9/11 terrorists were saudis? nano-thermite took down the towers. it’s ok jim…i bought it for years also
Report Post »nosycophant
Posted on February 25, 2011 at 8:14amWhy cant FOX even mention he is MUSLIM are they in the PC business now.
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