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Home Front: WoT
Hawaii soldier arrested for alleged ties to terror group, FBI says
2017-07-11
[CBS] A U.S. Army soldier on active duty in Hawaii has been charged with providing material support to 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 Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems....
of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), the FBI said.

FBI officials identified the soldier to CBS News as 34-year-old Ikaika Erik Kang. According to the FBI, Kang allegedly attempted to provide military documents, and training, to ISIS.

His service record indicates he was deployed to Afghanistan in 2013 and Iraq in 2011 and was highly decorated, CBS News' Paula Reid reports. According to CBS affiliate KGMB, Kang was awarded the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal.

Kang was nabbed
Drop the rod and step away witcher hands up!
on Saturday and is expected to appear in court on Monday afternoon. The FBI said Kang was the subject of a year-long, joint investigation by the FBI and the U.S. Army.

According to the criminal complaint, Kang swore allegiance to ISIS. The FBI said it believes Kang worked as a lone actor and was not associated with others who present a threat to Hawaii.

KGMB reports that Kang graduated from Kaiser High School in Honolulu. He was stationed at Schofield Barracks in Honolulu.

Kang's father, Clifford Kang, told KGMB that he is "shocked" about the allegations against his son.

"I'm just in shock. He's a great kid. He's not real outgoing, he's never been, but neither was I," Kang told KGMB. "But other than that he's a great kid, a normal kid who grew up in Waimanalo."

Kang said he believes his son may be suffering from PTSD from his tours overseas.
Update at 6:30 a.m. EDT:
The younger Kang's court-appointed defense attorney, Birney Bervar, said it appears his client may suffer from service-related mental health issues the government was aware but neglected to treat. Bervar declined to elaborate.

Sergeant First Class Ikaika Erik Kang: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know
Key details about the nice boy who chose to become a very nasty man:
  • Sgt. 1st class in the 25th Infantry Division, Level IV Tactical Combat Instructor

  • Current assignment as an air traffic control operator at Wheeler Army Airfield

  • Affidavit: He was reprimanded on several occasions for threatening to hurt or kill other service members, and for arguing pro-ISIS views while at work and on-post

  • Gave classified military documents to an undercover FBI agent to pass on to ISIS
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