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| Queens ISIS wannabe pleads guilty to attacking FBI agent with a knife in the name of the terror group | ||||
| 2017-02-11 | ||||
Munther Omar Saleh, 21, pleaded guilty in Brooklyn Federal Court to planning to aid the organization and scheming to attack law enforcement. He was enjugged Drop the rosco, Muggsy, or you're one with the ages! , armed with knives and charging at a federal officer tailing him. His co-defendant, Fareed Mumuni,
The agent, helping execute a search warrant at Mumuni's house, was protected by body armor. Saleh, the one-time Queens college student, said Friday he spoke with others about traveling to join ISIS. He said he got hiking boots for a co-conspirator trying to get to Syria, and passed along contact information for someone he thought was an ISIS recruiter. The group of terror wannabes included several New Jersey men. If Saleh opted for trial, Assistant U.S. Attorney Alexander Solomon said the government would've shown Saleh was in contact with "attack controller" Junaid Hussain.
Hussain, a hacker with a big role in ISIS online recruitment, was killed in an August 2015 U.S. air strike in Syria. As Brooklyn Federal Judge Margo Brodie made sure Saleh understood what he was doing by pleading, she asked if anyone threatened or forced him to plead. Saleh paused before saying yes. The judge noted the hesitation and asked again if he'd been pushed into the plea. "Partly. More like, my counsel said, between a rock and a hard place," he said. Both Saleh and Mumuni are scheduled for May 16 sentencing. Saleh faces up to 53 years and Mumuni could get a maximum 85 years. "In the name of ISIS's false and hateful ideology, these defendants attacked the law enforcement officers who work tirelessly to preserve the safety of our communities," said U.S. Attorney Robert Capers. Saleh's lawyer, Deborah Austern Colson, and Saleh's parents did not comment after the plea.
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| Posted by:trailing wife |
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| Posted by: Kofi Ghibelline3576 2017-02-11 20:21 |
| #1 The Daily Mail has more here. Not to be found in the reading list of the American judiciary. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2017-02-11 09:10 |