On October 4, 2014, the FBI arrested American ISIS recruit Mohammed Hamzah Khan, a 19 year old man, in the Chicago, IL suburb of Bolingbrook, for allegedly attempting to travel overseas to join a foreign terrorist organization operating inside Iraq and Syria.
On January 8, 2015, a federal grand jury indicted Mohammed Hamzah Khan, who was charged with attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in a single-count indictment. The FBI reports: “According to the complaint affidavit, a roundtrip ticket was purchased for Khan on Sept. 26 to travel from Chicago to Istanbul, departing on Saturday, and returning later this week. Law enforcement agents observed Khan passing through the security screening checkpoint Saturday afternoon at O’Hare’s international terminal. Federal agents then executed a search warrant at Khan’s residence and recovered multiple handwritten documents that appeared to be drafted by Khan and/or others, which expressed support for ISIL, the affidavit alleges. Some of those documents, including travel plans and materials referencing ISIL and jihad, are described in the complaint affidavit. Khan was initially approached by U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers and was later interviewed later by FBI agents at the airport.”
On October 29, 2015 ,American ISIS recruit Mohammed Hamzah Khan pleaded guilty to one count of attempting to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization. The U.S. Department of Justice reported: “Beginning no later than approximately February 2014, Khan used the Internet to obtain introductions to ISIL members in Syria and to assist him with traveling there to join the terrorist group, according to the plea agreement. Khan spoke with ISIL members to coordinate the logistics of his admission into ISIL-controlled territory, the plea agreement states. Khan admitted in the plea agreement that he knew ISIL had been designated by the United States as a foreign terrorist organization. Upon arriving in Syria, according to the plea agreement, Khan intended to work under the direction and control of ISIL, and be required to take any assignment ISIL gave him.”
The UK Guardian reports that: “His 17-year-old sister and 16-year-old brother were also arrested at O’Hare international airport as he tried to board a plane to Vienna en route to Istanbul, but were not charged. Khan, who lived with his parents, was described by neighbors as a polite teenager. But he left a letter expressing disgust: ‘We are all witness that the western societies are getting more immoral day by day,’ he wrote. ‘I do not want my kids being exposed to filth like this.’ ”
A sentencing hearing has been scheduled for December 3, 2015.
American ISIS recruit Mohammed Hamzah Khan, Bolingbrook, IL (Source: Facebook)
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