Ibraheem Musaibli
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Ibraheem Musaibli is an American who was apprehended by a Kurdish militia in wartorn Syria.[1][2][3][4][5]
Indictments he faces assert he was providing material support to Daesh, since 2015.[6][2] He was indicted on July 19, 2018.[7]
Family members disputed the Government indictment, saying Musaibli had been tricked into entering Daesh territory, traveling the Syria to study Islam.[2] His father said they had been working with the Federal Bureau of Investigation to help Musaibli escape from a Daesh prison.
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- ↑ Rukmini Callimachi, Eric Schmitt and Charlie Savage (2018-07-19). "American Accused of Being ISIS Fighter in Syria Faces Prosecution in U.S.". The New York Times: p. A7. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/19/world/middleeast/islamic-state-us-detainee.html. Retrieved 2018-10-30. "Last September, the same militia captured another American at a checkpoint in the battle zone, but the Justice Department decided there was insufficient admissible evidence to prosecute him."
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Robert Snell, Sarah Rahal (2018-07-24). "Dearborn man captured in Syria charged in terror case". Detroit News. https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/detroit-city/2018/07/24/dearborn-man-captured-syria-charged-isis-terror-case/829235002/. Retrieved 2018-10-30. "The indictment, dated July 19, was unsealed five days after it was reported that Ibraheem Musaibli, 28, was taken into custody by coalition-backed forces this month while trying to flee the Middle Euphrates River Valley in northern Syria, according to the New York Times, which first reported his capture."
- ↑ Ann Zaniewski (2018-07-24). "Dearborn man charged with supporting ISIS". Detroit Free Press. https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/detroit/2018/07/24/dearborn-man-charged-supporting-isis/829978002/. Retrieved 2018-10-30. "Federal authorities say Ibraheem Izzy Musaibli, 28, served and provided material support to the terrorist organization from April 2015 through June 2018, according to an indictment unsealed Tuesday."
- ↑ Jeff Mordock (2018-07-24). "American captured on ISIS battlefield faces charges in U.S.". Washington Times. https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/jul/24/ibraheem-musaibli-american-captured-isis-battlefie/. Retrieved 2018-10-30.
- ↑ Tresa Baldas (2018-07-27). "Dearborn terror suspect agrees to be jailed, but maintains innocence". Detroit Free Press. https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/detroit/2018/07/27/dearborn-terror-suspect/846200002/. Retrieved 2018-10-30. "If convicted, he faces a possible 20-year-prison sentence."
- ↑ Robert Snell, Sarah Rahal (2018-07-20). "Suspected ISIS soldier tricked into joining fight, family says". Detroit News (Dearborn). https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/wayne-county/2018/07/20/suspected-isis-fighter-ibraheem-musaibli-tricked-into-traveling-syria/806698002/. Retrieved 2018-10-30. "Though Musaibli was captured overseas, he could be prosecuted in Detroit, the federal jurisdiction which covers his hometown of Dearborn, said Peter Henning, a Wayne State University law professor and former federal prosecutor. The Times reported that it is likely Musaibli has been charged in a sealed federal court filing."
- ↑ "The Islamic State’s suspected inroads into America". Washington Post. 2018-07-26. Archived from the original on 2018-10-30. https://web.archive.org/web/20181030201846/https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/national/isis-suspects/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.3cf3c090877d. Retrieved 2018-10-30.
