AWOL soldier arrested with bomb items near Ft. Hood

AWOL soldier arrested with bomb items near Ft. Hood
An AWOL soldier from the U.S. Army has been arrested, and bomb-making materials discovered in his motel room, near Fort Hood, Texas.
by KWTX.com, CBS News

Army Pvt. Nasser Jason Abdo, 21, who was AWOL from Fort Campbell, Kentucy, was arrested on Wednesday in Killeen, Texas, on an outstanding child pornography warrant.

Abdo was assigned to the 101st Airborne Division's Company E at the time of his arrest.

Killeen police arrested Abdo Wednesday afternoon at America's Best Value Inn on South Fort Hood Street after responding to a report of a suspicious man.

FBI spokesman Erik Vasys said Thursday that firearms and "items that could be identified as bomb-making components, including gunpowder" were removed from his motel room.

Abdo, who's from Garland, joined the Army in March 2009. He went AWOL on July 4, on the eve of his first deployment to Afghanistan.

A law enforcement official told CBS News that Abdo had asked how to build explosives at a gun store near Fort Hood. His questions about explosives made the gun store worker suspicious and contact police, the official said.
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AWOL soldier arrested with bomb items near Ft. Hood