A former Pennsylvania Air National Guard member already accused of defacing Jewish religious property in Squirrel Hill has been indicted on new charges of possessing homemade pipe bombs and lying during a federal background check for top-secret clearance.

US-Lebanese citizen Mohamad Hamad allegedly acquired bomb-making materials to target Jewish sites in Pittsburgh; self loathing, far-left Jew Talya Lubit, charged as his accomplice, accused of vandalizing synagogue and Jewish center with pro-Hamas graffiti.

Mohamad Hamad, 23, a dual Lebanese/ US citizen and a member of the US Air Force Pennsylvania Air National Guard, is accused of lying to get a top secret security clearance. He is also charged with a bomb threat plot to attack Jews.

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An examination of Hamad’s cell phone found messages in which he referred to himself as a “Hamas operative,” a photo of him wearing a headband with the Hamas logo and texts with another person referring to building an explosive device as well as video of a “test detonation” in July.

Investigators say Hamad and another person, whom authorities did not identify, detonated three explosive devices in July at Rothrock State Forest in State College.

According to the indictment, throughout last summer, and while he was undergoing his top-secret security clearance investigation with the Air National Guard, Hamad purchased items to make the homemade bombs and talked to Collins about building them.

A U.S. AIRMAN — someone trusted with top-secret clearance and military training — has been charged in a plot to build bombs to target Jewish buildings in Pittsburgh. This isn’t a rumor. This is in a federal indictment.

HE CALLED HIMSELF A HAMAS OPERATIVE.
He said his goal in life is to die a martyr and that his loyalty is to Lebanon and “Palestine” — not America. He joined the U.S. military not to defend this country, but to gain combat skills for use against Jews.

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Let that sink in:
The U.S. Air Force had an active member who was building bombs and planning domestic terror attacks while swearing allegiance to a foreign terror group.

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A U.S. AIRMAN — someone trusted with top-secret clearance and military training — has been charged in a plot to build bombs to target Jewish buildings in Pittsburgh. This isn’t a rumor. This is in a federal indictment.

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Service member, two others charged in bomb plot, Jewish religious buildings vandalism

By: Brad Matthews, The Washington Times, April 23, 2025

A group of three Pittsburgh-area suspects was charged Tuesday in a case involving a bomb plot and the vandalism of Jewish buildings.

Two of the suspects, Talya Lubit, 24, of Pittsburgh, and Mohamad Hamad, 23, of suburban Coraopolis, had previously been indicted for conspiracy and defacing a religious building, and accused of spray painting “Jews 4 Palestine,” and an inverted red triangle on the Chabad of Squirrel Hill synagogue in July.

The red triangle is a symbol used by the militant group Hamas to designate buildings for destruction and to mark out targeted Israeli soldiers in propaganda videos.

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In a new superseding indictment, Mr. Hamad, a member of the U.S. Air Force Pennsylvania Air National Guard, is also accused of lying to the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency in his attempts to secure a top secret security clearance.

He told DSCA personnel that he was 100% loyal to the United States, but expressed in messages to others that Lebanon and Palestine came first, that he only joined the military to learn skills to protect those places and referred to himself as a terrorist and “Hamas operative.”

According to the indictment, Mr. Hamad also wrote to Ms. Lubit that “my ultimate goal in life is shaheed, everything else doesn’t matter nearly as much … I don’t see myself living long … My heart yearns for being with my brothers overseas.” Shaheed is a Muslim religious term referring to martyrdom.

Mr. Hamad is also accused of partnering with Micaiah Collins, 22, of Pittsburgh, to create and possess homemade explosives.

Mr. Hamad purportedly bought combustible Indian black aluminum powder, the oxidizing chemical potassium perchlorate KCIO4 and other materials to make multiple homemade pipe bombs.

Ms. Collins asked Mr. Hamad in one chat if a design featuring a pipe bomb and multiple spray paint cans could “rlly take bros ankles … concrete gon blow?” The indictment did not make clear who the “bro” Ms. Collins refers to could be.

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Accused Hamas sympathizer from Moon charged with having pipe bombs, lying to U.S.

By: TribLive Wed, Apr 23, 2025:

A former Pennsylvania Air National Guard member already accused of defacing Jewish religious property in Squirrel Hill has been indicted on new charges of possessing homemade pipe bombs and lying during a federal background check for top-secret clearance.

The latest indictment, filed under seal Tuesday in federal court in Pittsburgh, names Mohamad Hamad, 23, of Coraopolis and Talya A. Lubit, 24, of Pittsburgh, both of whom were previously charged.

It also identifies a third defendant, Micaiah Collins, 22, of Pittsburgh. She is charged with conspiracy to commit an offense against the United States.

The indictment accuses Collins of talking with Hamad about building the bombs and detonating them.

Investigators say Hamad and another person, whom authorities did not identify, detonated three explosive devices in July at Rothrock State Forest in State College.

According to the indictment, throughout last summer, and while he was undergoing his top-secret security clearance investigation with the Air National Guard, Hamad purchased items to make the homemade bombs and talked to Collins about building them.

“‘Some [stuff] came in the mail today,’” he wrote to her on the Signal messaging app on June 18, according to the indictment. “Can’t wait to have some fun with you.’”

On June 29, the indictment said, he wrote to her that the “big shells came in.

“I made that big shell.

“It’s way bigger than I expected.

“I’m actually scared of it a bit.’”

Collins, according to prosecutors, responded: “cuz wen we do the THING .. w the THING oh yeaaaaa its OVERRR’ and ‘bros ankles GONE!!!’

Praising Hamas

According to the indictment, unsealed Wednesday, Hamad constructed two pipe bombs and a third explosive device using M80-style shell tubes and spray paint cans.

Investigators said he traveled to State College from Pittsburgh on July 18 and took the three devices with him.

Hamad and the unidentified person then drove to Rothrock State Forest and, shortly after midnight on July 19, detonated the explosives, according to the indictment.

Fragments were recovered at the park, the indictment said.

In a video of the detonation, Hamad can be heard acknowledging that the device would create metal shrapnel, the indictment alleged.

Investigators also said that on July 6, Hamad picked Collins up at her home around 10:45 p.m.

The next evening, according to the indictment, Collins wrote to him, “‘I keep watchin the video!’ Hamad immediately responded, ‘Hell yeah. That [stuff] ws a blast.’ At approximately 6:41 p.m., Collins sent a video of an explosion, to which Hamad responded, ‘Hell yeah.’”

The indictment also alleges that messages Hamad wrote to friends and posted on social media were filled with references to being a martyr for Hamas and praising its members.

Hamad, who authorities previously identified as an American and Lebanese citizen, frequently wrote that he wanted to join the fighting.

“Ya Allah, I can’t take this anymore, I want to fight and die. I don’t want to live here anymore. I’m jealous of these fighters.”

Later he wrote, “‘To be clear I want to go over there in Palestine. And help. Fight.”

‘Palestine on top’

Hamad was posting those messages at the same time he was undergoing his investigation for a top secret security clearance for his work with the Air National Guard.