Suspected Terror Plotter's Targets Included Home of George W. Bush

A 20-year-old Saudi man studying in Texas has been arrested and accused of amassing bomb components and compiling a list of possible targets, including nuclear power plants and the Dallas home of former President George W. Bush.

Khalid Ali-M Aldawsari, who attended South Plains College near Lubbock, was charged with attempting to build and use a weapon of mass destruction, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday.

The FBI said Aldawsari apparently has no links to international terrorist organizations. He is in the U.S. on a 2008 student visa.

Aldawsari allegedly kept a detailed journal outlining plans for attacks and listed the home addresses of three former U.S. military officers from Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq, where inmates were tortured, according to an FBI affidavit cited in The Los Angeles Times.

He allegedly listed hydroelectric and reservoir dams in California and Colorado, described nuclear power plants as "nice targets," and disparaged Bush's Texas home as the "tyrant's house," the Times said.

The FBI said Aldawsari bought chemicals and other bomb-making materials, including wiring, clocks and lab equipment, over the Internet.

Aldawsari is scheduled to appear in federal court in Lubbock on Friday and faces up to life in prison if convicted.