Texas man pleads guilty to attempt to join ISIS
Source: LA Times
A 23-year-old Texas man admitted Friday that he had been practicing military maneuvers and planned to travel to Syria to join ISIS, the terror group that has claimed thousands of lives in a violent march through Iraq in recent weeks.
Michael Wolfe, a.k.a. Faruq, of Austin, Texas, pleaded guilty to one count of attempting to provide support and resources to a foreign terrorist organization, according to a statement issued by the U.S. attorney's office in San Antonio.
He was arrested 10 days ago when he tried to board a flight out of Houston. Another man, 23-year-old Rahatul Ashikim Khan, was arrested the same day at his house in Round Rock, Texas, and was charged with trying to recruit men to join terrorist organizations, federal authorities said.
A spokesman for the U.S. attorney's office would not say if Khan attempted to recruit Wolfe specifically.
Read more: http://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-texas-isis-20140627-story.html
C Moon
(12,221 posts)Michael Wolfe said, "Time to leave texas for a while....time to really get paid.......im out"
Whatever that meant. It sounds like, obviously, they promised him good money.
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I heard that the pay is less than that of most common jobs there. Those people don't do it for the money, so not surr what this guy was referring to.
C Moon
(12,221 posts)but he also posted the message on June 22, which was the day he and his cohort were picked up at the airport.
Also, this guy has a son. Pretty screwed up if he has a son and was doing that. Poor kid.
TexasTowelie
(112,370 posts)Two men charged in Austin with providing support to terrorists
http://www.democraticunderground.com/107818928
Follow-up: Austin man pleads guilty to aiding overseas terrorists
http://www.democraticunderground.com/107819179
Crowquette
(88 posts)rug
(82,333 posts)Cryptoad
(8,254 posts)Ash_F
(5,861 posts)And when is the FBI going to arrest John McCain?
excringency
(105 posts)to promise a land where "open carry" is accepted, even in the Mosul Chipotle.