'Jihadist' charged in plot to kill US forcesA man was charged Wednesday with conspiring to attack US and allied forces in Iraq and seeking training in militant jihad jihad: see Islam. jihad In Islam, the central doctrine that calls on believers to combat the enemies of their religion. According to the Qur'an and the Hadith, jihad is a duty that may be fulfilled in four ways: by the heart, the tongue, the hand, camps in the Middle East and elsewhere abroad, officials said. Tarek Mehanna, 27, a resident of Massachusetts, also allegedly sought with co-conspirators to obtain weapons to carry out a random attack on a shopping mall, acting US attorney Michael Loucks said in a statement. Mehanna is accused of conspiring with a man named Ahmad Abousamra and others from 2001 to May 2008 "to kill, kidnap, maim maim v. to inflict a serious bodily injury, including mutilation or any harm which limits the victim's ability to function physically. Originally, in English Common Law it meant to cut off or permanently cripple a bodily member like an arm, leg, hand, or foot. or injure To interfere with the legally protected interest of another or to inflict harm on someone, for which an action may be brought. To damage or impair. The term injure is comprehensive and can apply to an injury to a person or property. Cross-references Tort Law. persons or damage property in a foreign country and extraterritorial ex·tra·ter·ri·to·ri·al adj. 1. Located outside territorial boundaries: fishing in extraterritorial waters. 2. homicide of a US national," the statement said. 
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