Former National Guardsman accused of plotting attack to support ISIS
Source: Washington Post
A former member of the Army National Guard living in Sterling, Va., is accused of trying to plan an domestic terror attack on behalf of the Islamic State.
Mohamad Bailor Jalloh was arrested Sunday and charged with attempting to provide material support to the terrorist organization, according to papers filed in federal court in the Eastern District of Virginia.
Jalloh, a native of Sierra Leone, is a U.S. citizen. He quit the National Guard after listening to the lectures of deceased radical Muslim cleric Anwar al-Aulaqi, according to court documents, and became involved in planning a terrorist attack on U.S. soil.
After hearing Aulaqi say that it was a duty of every able Muslim to resist the American presence and activity in Iraq and Afghanistan, Jalloh told a like-minded associate that he “understood this was the reality,” according to court papers. He later said he would like to carry out an attack in the style of Nidal Hasan, who killed 13 people in a 2009 shooting rampage at Fort Hood, Tex. He also suggested that someone known for organizing contests for cartoons of the prophet Muhammad would make a good target, according to the affidavit filed in federal court.
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