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Home Front: WoT
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 Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...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 babus government employees or people in uniform. Evidence seized by the FBI indicates that Mohamud researched places in the US to carry out such plans," the Justice Department said in a statement.

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,
...that would be Abdifatah Aden, who with only two names clearly was not the favourite son...
and he was killed in Syria, according to US prosecutors.
Mr. Mohamud returned to America two days after his brother's death in June, 2014, carrying his marching orders in his head.
Two years ago, a federal grand jury charged Mohamud with one count of attempting to provide and providing material support to terrorists, one count of attempting to provide and providing material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization ‐ namely, the al-Nusra Front ‐ and one count of making false statements to the FBI involving international terrorism. He pleaded guilty to all charges brought against him.
Ynet adds:
Abdirahman Sheik Mohamud pleaded guilty two years ago to terrorism charges, according to court documents unsealed Thursday.

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  

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