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Ohio man pleads guilty to joining Al-Qaeda in Syria | |||
2017-06-30 | |||
[RT] A Somali-born resident of Columbus, Ohio, has admitted to training and fighting alongside the al-Nusra ...formally Jabhat an-Nusrah li-Ahli al-Sham (Support Front for the People of the Levant), also known as al-Qaeda in the Levant. They aim to establish a pan-Arab caliphate. Not the same one as the Islamic State, though .. ... Front, an al-Qaeda affiliate in Syria. He also admitted to planning an attack in the US upon his return from Syria. Abdirahman Sheik Mohamud, 25, is a Somali-born naturalized citizen of the US. In 2014, he traveled to ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... where he crossed the border into Syria, court documents show. While in Syria, Mohamud received training from the al-Nusra Front, a terrorist organization affiliated with al-Qaeda, prosecutors said. "After returning to the US, Mohamud planned to obtain weapons in order to kill military officers or other He was jugged Drop the heater, Studs, or you're hist'try! in the US in 2015. Mohamud’s brother also fought with al-Nusra,
Federal prosecutors said Mohamud researched places to carry out the attacks and had booked a flight to Texas. It's unclear why almost two years have passed since his guilty plea and the unsealing of the documents. The Department of Justice said the plea was sealed because of an ongoing investigation. | |||
Posted by:Fred |
#2 He was being considered for a Cabinet-level post? |
Posted by: Frank G 2017-06-30 20:42 |
#1 It's unclear why almost two years have passed since his guilty plea and the unsealing of the documents. Who was President two years ago? |
Posted by: Pappy 2017-06-30 07:36 |