SOMALIAN REFUGEES ARRESTED ‘FOR CONSPIRING TO PROVIDE MATERIAL SUPPORT TO ISIS,” DOJ SAYS
The Department of
Justice on Monday released a statement announcing it had arrested two men who
had conspired to assist ISIS.
The two men, who
originally came to the U.S. as refugees from Somalia, had spoken with an
undercover FBI agent “whom they believed was a supporter of ISIS ideology,” the
DOJ press release said.
“These communications
revealed the defendants’ desire to travel overseas in order to fight on behalf
of ISIS or to conduct an attack within the United States if they were unable to
travel. Ultimately, the defendants purchased airline tickets to travel to
Egypt, with the intention to travel on to Sinai and join ISIS,” the DOJ said.
The two men, Ahmed
Mahad Mohamed, 21, and Abdi Yemani Hussein, 20, were arrested on July 26 after
they checked in at the Tucson International Airport for their flight to Egypt.
While both men came to the U.S. as refugees, Mohamed “had obtained lawful
permanent resident status and Hussein remained a refugee,” the release said.
Special Agent Mike
Mutari provided the affidavit in support of an application for a criminal
complaint, alleging the two men planned to join ISIS once they left the U.S. He
wrote in the affidavit that the investigation into Mohamed began in August 2018
“based on information which indicated Mohamed had a desire to provide material
support to a foreign terrorist organization, that is, ISIS.”
On August 13, 2018,
Mohamed initiated correspondence with an FBI Online Covert Employee whom he
believed was located overseas. Mohamed allegedly sent messages to this person
saying he supported ISIS and wanted to make “hijrah” to join ISIS. As the FBI
noted in a footnote in the affidavit, hijrah “in the context of this
investigation, is an Arabic phrase referring to a foreign fighter’s journey
from his/her country of origin to join and fight in terrorist-held
territories.”
Mohamed also told the
undercover FBI agent: “I love jihad so much wallahi. I give my life jihad, I
only think about jihad everywhere I go but my father and mom they don’t like
jihad if they knew me I want to make hijrah they would spy me.”
“Wallahi” is an Arabic
phrase for “I swear by Allah.”
In December 2018,
Mohamed was introduced to another undercover FBI agent and reached out to say
the same. He told this agent he had saved about $2,000 to travel to join ISIS.
He told the agent that he was worried his family would call the police if they found
out what he was planning. Over the next month, Mohamed told this undercover
agent that he wanted to kill people on behalf of ISIS, possibly using a truck.
He also referenced the September 11, 2001 terror attacks on New York City as
inspiration.
“The best wake up call
is Islamic State to get victory or another 911,” he allegedly wrote to the FBI
agent.
On March 12, 2019,
Mohamed met with the undercover FBI agent in person, bringing Hussein with him,
according to the affidavit. Hussein said he also supported Al-Shabaab and would
travel with Mohamed to fight for ISIS. The two made travel arrangements and
received travel visas to go to Egypt and then on to Sinai to join ISIS. They
were arrested before they boarded their flight.
Source: The Daily Wire
– 31 July 2019
By: ASHE SCHOW
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