Minnesota has been the source for 15 of the 58 American ISIS recruits, according to a report by the U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security, referenced by the news media. In September 2015, the Committee released a bi-partisan “Final Report of the Task Force on Combating Terrorist and Foreign Fighter Travel,” which provided a list of ISIS American (and some other groups) “foreign fighter aspirants and recruits,” in Appendix II of the report, on pages 58-59. [See also Star-Tribune: “From the Heartland to Jihad”, and MPRNews: “Called to fight: Minnesota’s ISIS recruits” ]
In this listing, of those 58 “foreign fighter aspirants and recruits,” 15 are identified as Minnesotans: Abdi Nur, Abdirahmaan Muhumed, Abdirahman Yasin Daud, Abdullahi Yusuf, “H.M.”, Hanad Abdullahi Mohallim, Adnan Abdihamid Farah, Guled Ali Omar, Hamza Naj Ahmed, Hanad Mustafe Musse, Mohamed Abdihamid Farah, Mohamud Mohamed Mohamud, Yusra Ismail, Yusuf Jama, Zacharia Yusuf Abdurahman.
Abdi Nur
1. Abdi Nur, 20 — At Large Reported Dead
— MPRNews Report
— “From Minneapolis to ISIS: An American’s Path to Jihad” – March 21, 2015 – New York Times
— November 24, 2014 – FBI reports: “Assistant Attorney General for National Security John P. Carlin and United States Attorney for the District of Minnesota Andrew M. Luger today announced a criminal complaint charging Abdi Nur, 20 with conspiracy to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization, namely, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). Nur is additionally charged with providing material support to a foreign terrorist organization.” “According to the criminal complaint and documents filed in court, Abdi Nur departed from the Minneapolis/Saint Paul airport for Istanbul, Turkey on May 29, 2014. Prior to his departure, on April 24, 2014, Nur obtained an expedited U.S. passport. On May 24, 2014, Nur made an ATM deposit of $1,540 in cash to his checking account. On May 27, 2014, Nur purchased an airline ticket for $1,619.30, using a debit card associated with the same checking account. Like Yusuf, Nur was unemployed when he purchased his airline ticket. Nur successfully boarded a flight for Turkey on May 29, 2014. He was scheduled to return to the United States on June 16, 2014, but did not. According to the criminal complaint and documents filed in court, Nur had become ‘much more religious,’ in the two months preceding his departure, including talking about how his family needed to pray more and wear more traditional clothing. Nur began to talk about jihad during this time period. According to the criminal complaint and documents filed in court, Nur has communicated via Facebook with an individual in the United States after his departure for Turkey. During those communications, Nur stated that he has gone ‘to the brothers,’ and that we ‘will see each other in the afterlife inshallah,’ and ‘im not coming back’ (sic). Nur has also communicated with a separately charged defendant, Mohamed Abdullahi Hassan, aka “Miski.’ According to the criminal complaint and documents filed in court, after asking Nur if he knew ‘Duale’ (a U.S. citizen known to have traveled to Syria), Miski advised Nur ‘…Being connected in Jihad make you stronger and you can all help each other by fulfilling theduties that Allah swt (sic) put over you…Like us in Somalia the brothers from mpls are well connected so try to do the same….It is something we have learned after six years in Jihad.'”
Abdirahmaan Muhumed
2. Abdirahmaan Muhumed, 29 — Believed Dead – aka Abdifatah Ahmed
— MPRNews Report – also linked with Douglas McAuthur McCain – “Abdirahmaan Muhumed was one of the first Minneapolis men to enlist with ISIS. He was in his late 20s when he left toward the end of 2013.:
3. Abdirahman Yasin Daud, 21 – In custody; charged with conspiracy and attempt to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization
— MPRNews Report
— Scheduled for Trial in February 2016
— October 2015 – charged with a new count of conspiracy to commit murder outside the United States
— May 2015 – Seven Minnesota Men Indicted For Conspiracy To Provide Material Support To The Islamic State Of Iraq And The Levant:
Conspiracy to Provide Material Support to a Designated Foreign Terrorist Organization (the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant), 1 count; Attempting to Provide Material Support to a Designated Foreign Terrorist Organization, 1 count
Abdullahi Yusuf
4. Abdullahi Yusuf, 18 — Terror Suspect Released To Halfway House Kept Box Cutter Under Bed
— Intercepted by federal agents at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport; in custody, cooperating with the government, and awaiting sentencing on a terror-conspiracy charge
— November 2014 – FBI Report: “Two Minnesotans Charged with Conspiracy to Provide Material Support to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant “
— MPRNews Report
5. “H.M.” — At Large in Syria
NBC: Prosecutors say Yusuf, a Somali American, obtained a passport and then bought a $1,417.05 airline ticket from Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport, intending to travel to Istanbul, Turkey, on May 28. He was arrested at the airport shortly before his flight. Investigators say Yusuf is associated with another Minnesota man who’s now believed to be fighting in Syria. He is referred to in court documents only as “H.M.”
Hanad Abdullahi Mohallim
6. Hanad Abdullahi Mohallim, 18 –– “From MN suburbs, they set out to join ISIS” – Hanad Abdullahi Mohallim is believed to be dead ”
— MPRNews report
Adnan Abdihamid Farah, (Sherburne County Sheriffs Office )
7. Adnan Abdihamid Farah, 19 — In custody; charged with conspiring to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization
—Minnesota mother shocked that 2 sons face terror charges
— MPRNews Report
— Scheduled for Trial in February 2016
— October 2015 – charged with a new count of conspiracy to commit murder outside the United States
— May 2015 – Seven Minnesota Men Indicted For Conspiracy To Provide Material Support To The Islamic State Of Iraq And The Levant:
Conspiracy to Provide Material Support to a Designated Foreign Terrorist Organization (the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant), 1 count
Guled Omar, (Sherburne County Sheriffs Office )
8. Guled Ali Omar, 20 – In custody; charged with conspiracy and attempt to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization
— MPRNews Report
— Scheduled for Trial in February 2016
— October 2015 – charged with a new count of conspiracy to commit murder outside the United States
— May 2015 – Seven Minnesota Men Indicted For Conspiracy To Provide Material Support To The Islamic State Of Iraq And The Levant: Conspiracy to Provide Material Support to a Designated Foreign Terrorist Organization (the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant), 1 count; Attempting to Provide Material Support to a Designated Foreign Terrorist Organization, 1 count
Hamza Naj Ahmed
9. Hamza Naj Ahmed, 19 — In custody; intercepted by federal agents at John F. Kennedy International Airport; charged with conspiracy to provide material support to a foreign terrorist group and attempting to provide support to ISIS
— MPRNews Report
— Scheduled for Trial in February 2016
— October 2015 – charged with a new count of conspiracy to commit murder outside the United States
— May 2015 – Seven Minnesota Men Indicted For Conspiracy To Provide Material Support To The Islamic State Of Iraq And The Levant: Conspiracy to Provide Material Support to a Designated Foreign Terrorist Organization (the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant), 1 count; Attempting to Provide Material Support to a Designated Foreign Terrorist Organization, 1 count; False statement, 1 count; Financial aid fraud, 1 count
Hanad Mustafe Musse
10. Hanad Mustafe Musse, 19 — In custody; charged with conspiracy and attempt to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization
— Hanad Musse pleaded guilty
— MPR News Report
— May 2015 – Seven Minnesota Men Indicted For Conspiracy To Provide Material Support To The Islamic State Of Iraq And The Levant: Conspiracy to Provide Material Support to a Designated Foreign Terrorist Organization (the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant), 1 count; Attempting to Provide Material Support to a Designated Foreign Terrorist Organization, 1 count; Financial aid fraud, 1 count
Mohamed Abdihamid Farah
11. Mohamed Abdihamid Farah, 21 — In custody; charged with conspiracy and attempt to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization
— MPR News Report
— Minnesota mother shocked that 2 sons face terror charges
— Scheduled for Trial in February 2016
— October 2015 – charged with a new count of conspiracy to commit murder outside the United States
— May 2015 – Seven Minnesota Men Indicted For Conspiracy To Provide Material Support To The Islamic State Of Iraq And The Levant: Conspiracy to Provide Material Support to a Designated Foreign Terrorist Organization (the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant), 1 count; Attempting to Provide Material Support to a Designated Foreign Terrorist Organization, 2 countsFalse statement, 1 count
Mohamud Mohamed Mohamud
12. Mohamud Mohamed Mohamud, 20
— Believed Dead – September 2014
— “Mohamud’s father in Minneapolis told the Voice of America’s Somali service that his son disappeared without warning after saying he was going to a mosque for Friday prayers.”
— MPR News Report
Yusra Ismail (Source: High School Class Photo, Flickr)
13. Yusra Ismail, 20 — At large; charged with stealing and misusing a passport
— Criminal Complaint — Star-Tribune: “St. Paul woman charged with stealing passport to travel to Syria”
— “Gone to Syria: Family fears woman latest Minnesotan drawn to war-torn region”
— MPR News Report
— December 20, 2014 – Minnesota Woman Charged with Stealing Passport to Travel to Syria (FBI). Yusra Ismail is not a U.S. Citizen, but lived as a resident in Minnesota. The FBI reports: “According to the complaint and documents filed in court, on August 18, 2014, Yusra Ismail visited a friend and asked to see her passport. Before leaving her home on that day, Yusra Ismail surreptitiously took the passport and subsequently left her friend’s home. According to the complaint and documents filed in court, three days later, Yusra Ismail asked a different friend to drive her to Minneapolis/Saint Paul airport, from which she departed on a flight bound for Amsterdam, the Netherlands. She later traveled from Amsterdam to Oslo, Norway. According to the complaint and documents filed in court, Yusra Ismail contacted members of her family on August 24, 2014, and told one or more of them that she was in “Sham,” which is a term commonly used to describe the area within Syria and Iraq where the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) is attempting to establish a caliphate. There is no record that Yusra Ismail, who is not a United States citizen, has lawfully returned to the United States. Yusra Ismail is charged with stealing and misusing a passport. Ismail departed the United States on a stolen passport and told her parents she was in ‘Sham,’ a term used to describe the area within Syria and Iraq where the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) is attempting to establish a caliphate.”
Yusuf Jama (Source: Star-Tribune)
14. Yusuf Jama, 21 – At Large – Believed dead
— MPRNews Report
— Reported dead in Somalia (Star-Tribune: “From the Heartland to Jihad” – “Another One Gone”) – in June 2014 “he bought a round-trip airline ticket from JFK airport to Istanbul. After taking a Greyhound bus to New York, he was gone. A little more than a week after he disappeared, Jama called home. He was using the same Turkish telephone number Nur had used. ‘He called me, but he didn’t tell me where is he,’ his mother, Alia Salim, tearfully recounted. ‘I don’t know if it’s Syria, I don’t know if it was somewhere else, but he called me. He said, ‘Mom, I left the country and I don’t want to come back.’ Months later, she got a call from her other son living in Somalia. Jama was dead, he told her.’ ”
Zacharia Yusuf Abdurahman
15. Zacharia Yusuf Abdurahman, 19 – Pleaded guilty, In custody; charged with conspiracy and attempt to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization
— MPRNews Report
— Zacharia Abdurahman pleaded guilty
— May 2015 – Seven Minnesota Men Indicted For Conspiracy To Provide Material Support To The Islamic State Of Iraq And The Levant: Conspiracy to Provide Material Support to a Designated Foreign Terrorist Organization (the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant), 1 count; Attempting to Provide Material Support to a Designated Foreign Terrorist Organization, 1 count
—“Abdurahman’s [guilty] plea is particularly interesting because, in recordings gathered by an FBI informant, he allegedly said efforts to de-radicalize this group of ISIS recruits are ‘hopeless.’ ‘With me, all of us, we’re hopeless, we’re not gonna be in a program, bro,’ Abdurahman told another recruit. ‘We will straight up serve time. They know they cannot change you. Because you’re an adult, you know.'”
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Surely American children deserve more attention and concern then such half-hearted treatment by the major mainstream media?
ISIS America – ISIS Recruits from Minnesota
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