Soldier Planned Attack On Fort Campbell
A soldier accused of plotting to kill troops at Fort Hood in Texas told a Tennessee television station he was originally planning an attack on his home base of Fort Campbell.
Pfc. Naser Abdo told WSMV-TV in Nashville his target at the base on the Kentucky-Tennessee line was a high-ranking official he did not name
Abdo’s interview with the station was his first since his arrest in July at a Killeen, Texas, motel near Fort Hood. He was absent without leave from Fort Campbell, and authorities allege he planned to detonate two bombs in a restaurant full of Fort Hood soldiers and then shoot anyone who survived.
He pleaded not guilty Thursday to six new charges for a total of nine federal charges.
The military cannot comment due to a gag order in the case.
