{"id":2408116,"date":"2025-02-28T17:59:01","date_gmt":"2025-02-28T22:59:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-us-navy-member-pleads-guilty-to-plotting-iranian-terror-attack-against-america\/"},"modified":"2025-02-28T18:01:33","modified_gmt":"2025-02-28T23:01:33","slug":"former-us-navy-member-pleads-guilty-to-plotting-iranian-terror-attack-against-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-us-navy-member-pleads-guilty-to-plotting-iranian-terror-attack-against-america\/","title":{"rendered":"Former US Navy Member Pleads Guilty to Plotting Iranian Terror Attack Against America"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fformer-us-navy-member-pleads-guilty-to-plotting-iranian-terror-attack-against-america%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2408116&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A former Navy sailor, Xuanyu Harry Pang, has pleaded guilty\u200c to attempting to \u2062orchestrate an attack on \u200bthe Great Lakes Naval\u2062 Station in North Chicago, Illinois, as part of a plot \u200blinked to Iranian terrorism.\u200c Pang, 38, conspired with\u2062 Iran&#8217;s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, motivated by\u200b a desire for \u200cretaliation following\u200b the U.S.assassination of General\u2064 Qasem Soleimani in 2020. The plea was revealed recently after being filed earlier in November. <\/p>\n<p>Pang engaged with an individual\u200c based in Colombia\u2063 to\u2064 further the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nearly-500-million-in-afghanistan-costs-were-called-into-question-by-oversight-agency-audits\/\" title=\"Nearly 0 Million In Afghanistan Costs Were Called Into Question By Oversight Agency Audits\">attack plan<\/a>, which \u2062involved targeting military \u2064locations in Chicago. an \u2062undercover FBI agent was introduced into the scheme, and Pang provided detailed details \u2062about the Naval Station, including uniforms for the attack and a cell phone \u2063intended for detonator testing. He faces a\u200b potential \u2064sentence of up to 20 years in prison. Discussions regarding the plot also included talks of smuggling radioactive materials and weapons \u2062into the U.S. to \u2062execute the attack.Pang had previously been stationed at the Naval Station and was arrested in October 2022.this incident is part\u2062 of a wider pattern of Iranian-backed plots against \u200bthe U.S.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>A former Navy sailor has pleaded guilty to charges he sought to attack Great Lakes Naval Station in North Chicago, Illinois, as part of an Iranian terror attack.<\/p>\n<p>Xuanyu Harry Pang, 38, of North Chicago, Illinois, pleaded guilty to &ldquo;conspiring to and attempting to willfully injure and destroy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-vowed-to-elect-more-women-they-did-just-that\/\" title=\"Republicans Vowed To Elect More Women...They Did Just That\">national defense<\/a> material, national defense premises, and national defense utilities, with the intent to injure, interfere with, and obstruct the national defense of the United States,&rdquo; according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/opa\/pr\/former-navy-sailor-pleads-guilty-plotting-attack-naval-station-great-lakes-north-chicago\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news release<\/a> from the Justice Department.<\/p>\n<p>The plea was unsealed Thursday after being made on Nov. 5, the release said.<\/p>\n<p>The Justice Department said that Pang was working with Iran&rsquo;s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, which was seeking revenge for the assassination of Gen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-trump-reveals-left-direct-orders-will-trigger-iran-assassinates\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Qasem Soleimani<\/a>, who was killed by the U.S. military in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Pang began working with a Colombian-based individual in 2021, the news release said.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>A covert FBI employee was inserted into the plot, and connected to Pang by the individual in Colombia.<\/p>\n<p>Naval Station Great Lakes and other locations in and around Chicago were considered as targets.<\/p>\n<p>During one meeting as the plot moved forward, Pang showed informants photos and videos on his phone of multiple locations inside the Naval Station.<\/p>\n<p>Pang later provided the FBI&rsquo;s covert agent with two U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-president-trump-gives-pardons-to-73-individuals-and-commutes-another-70-sentences-steve-bannon-is-included\/\" title=\"BREAKING: President Trump Gives Pardons to 73 Individuals and Commutes Another 70 Sentences \u2013 Steve Bannon Is Included\">military uniforms<\/a> to wear inside the base during an attack and a cell phone to use as a detonator test.<\/p>\n<p>Pang could be sentenced to as many as 20 years in prison.<\/p>\n<p>According to an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/usao-ndil\/media\/1391116\/dl?inline\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">affidavit<\/a> in support of the charges against Pang, during the discussions between &ldquo;Pang and Individual A, they discussed a variety of criminal activities, including, as discussed below, a plot to smuggle radioactive polonium into the United States to further an Iranian plan to conduct an attack in the United States to avenge the death of IRGC General Soleimani.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The affidavit further said, &ldquo;Pang and Individual A discussed a plan to smuggle weapons on behalf of Iranian buyers and to also smuggle and\/or give payment in gold.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Pang was recorded at one <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">meeting showing photos<\/a> of Michigan Avenue and telling them, &ldquo;You guys are looking for max damage, right?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-embed\"> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ex-Navy sailor pleads guilty in alleged plot to attack Great Lakes Naval Station, downtown Chicago\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zFx3aKnbY5o?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Elsewhere, he was recorded as having said, &ldquo;So think about it like if you have one guy just walking down the street, all of a sudden&rdquo; and then making a noise resembling a gun firing rapidly.<\/p>\n<p>The affidavit said Pang had been assigned to the Great Lakes Naval Station in February 2022 as a new recruit. The affidavit in support of Pang&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/us-chief-petty-officer-charged-espionage\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">arrest<\/a> came in October of that year.<\/p>\n<p>Iran has been behind other efforts to attack the United States.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Last year, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/doj-announces-murder-hire-charges-iranian-plot-kill-donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Justice Department<\/a> announced that Iran sought to have President Donald Trump assassinated last fall.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Three people were arrested in connection with Iranian-backed assassination efforts: Farhad Shakeri, 51, of Iran; Carlisle Rivera, also known as Pop, 49, of Brooklyn, New York; and Jonathon Loadholt, 36, of Staten Island, New York, according to a Justice Department <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/opa\/pr\/justice-department-announces-murder-hire-and-related-charges-against-irgc-asset-and-two\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">release<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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He pleaded guilty to conspiring to harm national defense resources and obstruct U.S. defense efforts. Pang was reportedly collaborating with Iran&#8217;s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in retaliation for the assassination of General Qasem Soleimani by the U.S. military in 2020. His involvement began in 2021 with a Colombian associate, and he later provided military uniforms and a cell phone intended for use during the attack. Pang faces up to 20 years in prison for his actions, which included discussions about smuggling radioactive materials and weapons into the U.S<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2408117,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Ex-sailor-pleads-guilty-in-terror-plot.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[32750,3823,50611,6039,32466],"class_list":["post-2408116","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-guilty-plea","tag-iran","tag-national-security-2","tag-terrorism","tag-us-navy"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Ex-sailor-pleads-guilty-in-terror-plot.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2408116","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2408116"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2408116\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2408124,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2408116\/revisions\/2408124"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2408117"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2408116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2408116"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2408116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}