(Chicago Sun-Times) The FBI wanted Adel Daoud to understand the destruction he could cause — and the number of lives that would be lost — if he followed through with his plan in 2012 to blow up a downtown Chicago bar.
The feds handed him a 1,000-pound inert car bomb that year as its months-long investigation of Daoud neared its end. However, an undercover agent said he also told Daoud to view videos of car bombs online to “visualize and understand that this will be a devastating explosion.”
If Daoud had gotten cold feet, that agent testified Tuesday, “we were ready until the last moment to walk away.”
Instead, Daoud said a prayer on Sept. 14, 2012. He parked the inert car bomb in front of the Cactus Bar and Grill. Then, Daoud pressed the detonator button and was quickly arrested.
