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 Christopher Cornell, 20, told Cincinnati's FOX 19 WXIX TV that if
he had not been arrested by FBI agents in January, he would have
carried out an alleged plot to plant pipe bombs on the Capitol and
at the Israeli Embassy.
"What would I have done? I would have took my gun, I would have put
it to Obama's head and I would have pulled the trigger," Cornell, of
Cincinnati, said in a telephone interview from the Boone County,
Kentucky, jail aired on Friday.
"Then I would have released more bullets on the Senate and the House
of Representative members, and I would have attacked the Israeli
Embassy and various other buildings full of kafir (a Muslim term for
infidel) who want to wage war against us Muslims and shed our blood.
That's what would happen," he said.
 Cornell was arrested after he researched how to make pipe bombs,
purchased a rifle and ammunition and made plans to travel to
Washington to carry out the plot, according to court testimony from
an FBI informant.
He is being held without bail. The charges include attempted murder
of government officials, possession of a firearm to commit a crime
and solicitation to commit a violent crime.
“I got orders from the brothers overseas because I'm with the
Islamic State. My brothers over there, in Syria and Iraq, gave me
specific orders to carry out jihad in the West, so I did so,”
Cornell said.
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Islamic State militants rule a self-proclaimed caliphate in parts of
Iraq and Syria. The Federal Bureau of Investigation and the
Department of Homeland Security warned police on Thursday about U.S.
youths wanting to join the Islamic State in the Middle East.
Cornell began plotting the attack in August, according to his
indictment. He was arrested after he posted on Twitter that he
supported Islamic State.
According to court documents, Cornell met with an FBI informant to
discuss his plans.
(Reporting by Ian Simpson; Editing by Mohammad Zargham)
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