Army private admits bizarre plot to attack his unit on deployment

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Army private admits bizarre plot to attack his unit on deployment
By Larry Neumeister, The Associated Press
Jun 25, 10:55 AM
Paratroopers from the 173rd Airborne Brigade board an aircraft to deploy to Latvia, Feb. 23-24, 2022. (Graigg Faggionato/Army)

NEW YORK (AP) — A U.S. Army private assigned to the 173rd Airborne Brigade pleaded guilty Friday to charges that he plotted to murder members of his unit in an attack that he planned to carry out in 2020 on behalf of a group that promotes extreme violence to bring about the demise of Western civilization, authorities said.

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