Editor of ISIS propaganda magazine 'was a computer scientist from Boston who died in an airstrike in January'
More background on this story from a few days ago because we wondered who he was. | [DailyMail] - Ahmad Abousamra, 35, was killed in early January when a missile struck a house where he was staying north of the Syrian city of Tabqa
- Abousamra, born in Gay Paree, reared in an exclusive Boston suburb, set up publications including magazines Dabiq and Rumiyah
- He travelled to Yemen, Pakistain and Iraq before returning to the US but fled after his plans for an armed attack with two accomplices on US soil were uncovered
- In Syria he joined Al Nusra before transferring allegience to ISIS
Posted by: trailing wife 2017-04-10 |