Brooklyn, New York, Resident Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Provide Material Support to Terrorists
And what was the conspiracy and act in furtherance of it that resulted in this charge?
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According to previous court filings, in August 2014, Juraboev posted a threat on an Uzbek-language website to kill President Obama in an act of martyrdom on behalf of ISIL. In subsequent interviews by federal agents, Juraboev stated his belief in ISIL’s terrorist agenda, including the establishment by force of an Islamic caliphate in Iraq and Syria. Juraboev stated that he wanted to travel to Syria to fight on behalf of ISIL but lacked the means to travel. He stated that if he were unable to travel, he would engage in an act of martyrdom on U.S. soil if ordered to do so by ISIL, such as killing the President or planting a bomb on Coney Island, New York. During the next several months, Juraboev and a co-conspirator discussed plans to travel to Syria to fight on behalf of ISIL, culminating in Juraboev’s purchase on Dec. 27, 2014, of a ticket to travel from John F. Kennedy International Airport in Queens, New York, to Istanbul, departing on March 29, 2015.
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The longer the “war on terrorism” lasts the more absurd the government’s conduct.
You may be interested to learn that despite being interviewed by FBI agents, twice about his desire to either join the Islamic State of the Iraq and Syria or commit a terrorist act in the United States, nothing was done to discourage Juraboev from such actions. As a matter of fact, a paid informant later makes contact with Juraboev and it is only after the appearance of the confidential informant, that the case begins to look like more than random talk.
Murtaza Hussain has a great recounting of the chain of events in Confidential Information Played Key Role in FBI Foiling its Own Terror Plot.
Terrorists are so scarce in the United States that the FBI has to pay informants to encourage people to cross over the line into criminal behavior.
That should give you some idea of how much a non-problem terrorism is in the United States.