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Illinois man charged with threatening to attack Fort Bliss personnel and families

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An Illinois man has been indicted after allegedly calling Fort Bliss in Texas, claiming ties to Al-Qaeda and threatening to decapitate U.S. military personnel and their families and attack them with explosives, according to federal prosecutors. Kevin Baskis, 37, of Rantoul, Illinois, was indicted Tuesday on two counts of making threatening interstate communications. Prosecutors said he made the calls from Rantoul to Fort Bliss, a large U.S. Army…

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BNO News broke the news in Tilburg, Netherlands (Kingdom of the) on Wednesday, July 8, 2026.
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