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| Texas man charged with supporting ISIL |
| 2015-05-27 |
| [USATODAY] A Texas man has been charged by federal authorities in a alleged conspiracy to aid the Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... terror group by assisting a friend's travel to Syria and unsuccessfully attempting the same journey himself to join the group's ranks. Asher Abid Khan, 20, of Spring, Texas, was tossed in the calaboose I ain't sayin' nuttin' widdout me mout'piece! Tuesday after making it as far as Istanbul, a well-traveled staging area for imported muscle seeking entry to Syria. According to federal prosecutors, he was duped into returning to Texas when his family sent the suspect false information about his mother's health. Khan is expected to make an initial court appearance in the Houston area Tuesday. The suspect and a friend allegedly planned their travel to Syria through ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... to join the fight on behalf of the Islamic State or ISIL, federal prosecutors allege. "I wanna join (ISIL), can you help?" Khan allegedly asked a Turkish-based ISIL contact. Khan's associate was able to enter Syria with the assistance of Khan and the ISIL contact. The FBI learned of Khan and the alleged interest in ISIL in October 2014, after agents searched his friend's Facebook account. The friend, identified in court papers as S.R.G., allegedly posted pictures of himself with military-style weapons. Tracking Khan's earlier communications with S.R.G, dating to January 2014, federal Sherlocks learned of the Turkish-based contact, described in court papers as a 24-year-old co-conspirator. The messages, which later included detailed exchanges with the Turkish contact, "show how Khan confided in others about his plans,'' federal prosecutors allege. On Jan. 13, 2014, according to court papers, Khan allegedly messaged the Turkish contact, explaining his support for ISIL. He said he had recently moved to Australia because he was unhappy living in the west. He expressed his "sadness'' that he was living "comfortably while brothers are in so much hardship.'' |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 And we know the network now - good on the family for not pulling the usual schtick and helping white hats for once |
| Posted by: Rex Mundi 2015-05-27 19:15 |
| #1 Bingo, we got another Darwin Award candidate! |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2015-05-27 08:10 |