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title: "Texas Tech Student found guilty in bomb plot"
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date: "2026-07-30T21:06:15+00:00"
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#  Texas Tech Student found guilty in bomb plot

 Written by S Johnson on 27 June 2012.

Khalid Ali-M Aldawsari was arrested in Feb 2011 after bomb-making chemicals, wiring, a hazmat suit and clocks were found in his apartment. The materials were matched with a hanwritten arabic journal which suggested he had been planning a terror attack for years.

While the full story is available at the Huffin[Huffington Post](https://cbrneworld.com/%5C%22http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/27/khalid-alim-aldawsari-tex_n_1630276.html%5C%22) the story merits some additional comment.

This incident was a key example of a tip off being made by a chemical company over a purchase valuing just $434, and being further verified by the freight company seperately reporting it as suspicious. Both Carolina Biological Supply of Burlington, and Con-way freight deserve commendation for their observation over relatively minor amount of money and show an excellent level of diligence.

The UK has a similar program - know your customers - which hopefully is equally observant although there have yet to be arrests made which have cited the use of tip offs in such a way.

 [Chemical](https://cbrneworld.com/component/tags/tag/chemical), [Biological](https://cbrneworld.com/component/tags/tag/biological)

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