Ex-Roommate: Terror Suspect 'Lonely and Suicidal'
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A former roommate of the suspect in a failed bomb plot in Dallas says his friend was lonely and suicidal in recent months.
Joshua Childress told WFAA-TV that he was worried about 19-year-old Hosam Maher Husein Smadi, a Jordanian who lives in Italy, Texas.
Childress, who lived with Smadi last year, says the pair would talk for hours and Smadi "wasn't happy" being away from his family.
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Smadi was arrested Thursday after federal officials say he put what he thought was a bomb-filled truck in a garage beneath a Dallas skyscraper.
Smadi is being held on charges of trying to use a weapon of mass destruction. A judge on Friday appointed an Arabic translator and a lawyer for Smadi. His next court appearance is schedule for Oct. 5.