SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - One of five men from the same suburban mosque arrested earlier this year was indicted Thursday on federal charges alleging he intended ``to wage jihad in the United States.''Hamid Hayat, 23, was already charged with lying to the FBI about attending a terrorist training camp. The new indictment accuses him of also providing material support to terrorists, the most serious charge that could be filed absent an actual terrorist act, prosecutors said. ``Whatever was taking shape in Lodi isn't going to happen now,'' U.S. Attorney McGregor Scott said.
Scott said doesn't know exactly what was planned in Lodi, an agricultural town of 62,000 about 35 miles south of Sacramento, but he believes that indicting Hayat and deporting two Islamic leaders connected to the mosque put a stop to it. The government never charged the two religious leaders, but it has alleged the two intended to set up a terror training camp as part of a planned religious school in Lodi. During an immigration hearing last month, an FBI agent testified that at the camp, ``individuals would be taught ... to commit acts of violence against the U.S.''
The indictment handed up in Sacramento on Thursday alleges Hayat provided support and resources for carrying out acts of terror between March 2003 and June 2005, when he was arrested shortly after returning to the United State from Pakistan. Hayat ``intended, upon receipt of orders from
If convicted of all charges, he could face up to 31 years in prison.
The indictment Thursday repeats the charges against Hayat and his father of lying to the FBI, but it does not add the more serious charges for Hayat's father. Both Hayats are being held without bond pending a hearing Friday.