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(CNN) -- A Massachusetts man charged Wednesday with conspiring to provide material support to terrorists abroad distributed a video that he said showed the "mutilation and abuse" of the bodies of U.S. personnel in Iraq, an FBI agent says.
Tarek Mehanna, 27, of Sudbury, Massachusetts, could face 15 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
The video file was stored on a computer authorities took from the bedroom of Tarek Mehanna, 27, of Sudbury, Massachusetts, said Heidi Williams, an FBI special agent in Boston.
Mehanna sent the video to associates, explaining that it showed the aftermath of retaliation against U.S. personnel after a report of a rape committed by a serviceman, Williams said in an affidavit supporting three search warrants.
"The computer revealed that Mehanna and others reveled in the death of United States servicemen overseas," she said.
Mehanna faces one count of conspiracy, the acting U.S. attorney for Massachusetts said Wednesday at a news conference.
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Michael K. Loucks said Mehanna, of Sudbury, Massachusetts, traveled overseas, sought training from the Taliban, wanted to kill U.S. soldiers in Iraq and hoped to kill one or two members of the executive branch of the U.S. government.
He did not name those potentially threatened, but said they never were in danger.
Mehanna appeared in court Wednesday to hear the charge against him. CNN was unable to reach his attorney, J.W. Carney Jr. [Read more]
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