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FBI Arrests Five in Michigan Over Alleged ISIS-Inspired Halloween Plot

FBI Arrests Five in Michigan Over Alleged ISIS-Inspired Halloween Plot

FBI Arrests Five in Michigan Over Alleged ISIS-Inspired Halloween Plot
Above: Members of the FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force search a home in Dearborn, Michigan, on Oct. 31, 2025. Image copyright: JEFF KOWALSKY/AFP/Getty Images

The Spin

Thanks to FBI Director Kash Patel and Michigan law enforcement, a potentially deadly ISIS-inspired attack over Halloween weekend was stopped before it could reach U.S. communities. The arrests in Dearborn and Inkster demonstrate the bureau’s proactive surveillance and undercover work effectively disrupting international terrorist plots. This operation underscores that strong, coordinated federal and local law enforcement action is essential to keeping Americans safe.

Dearborn’s Muslim-majority population has repeatedly surfaced in ISIS-inspired extremist plots, highlighting how concentrated foreign-born communities can be exploited by international terrorist networks. This latest Halloween attack plot, along with past cases in the area, reveals how extremists use local networks and online chatrooms to plan violence. These incidents underscore the ongoing threat such communities can harbor and the need for focused vigilance to protect Americans.

The FBI’s “Halloween terror plot” in Dearborn was a manufactured entrapment operation designed to create headlines rather than stop a real threat. Ammar Abdulmajid-Mohamed Said and other young wannabes were guided and monitored by multiple undercover agents for over a year, with no shots fired or danger to the public. The operation was timed and framed under Director Patel to boost optics and distract from real ISIS cells while presenting a media spectacle.


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