On September 29, 2015, the U.S. House of Representatives Homeland Security Committee released a bi-partisan “Final Report of the Task Force on Combating Terrorist and Foreign Fighter Travel.” This report includes a list of American “foreign fighter aspirants and recruits,” in Appendix II of the report, on pages 58-59. Responsible for Equality And Liberty (R.E.A.L.) has excepted the original alphabetically sorted list from the original Adobe Acrobat PDF format file, into Microsoft Excel, and sorted the list of 58 names by state.
We have provided the results of these American recruits (in this report) and listed them by state. We do not believe this is the entire listing of all ISIS recruits, but is a subset of ISIS American recruits whose cases are so well-publicized that the U.S. House of Representatives Homeland Security Committee felt it was appropriate to list their names in this public listing. We are confident the actual listing is significantly larger and widespread than this listing. However, in this list of 58 American foreign fighter recruits, which includes ISIS recruits as well as recruits to other organizations.
It does show that foreign fighter recruits in 19 states, ages from 15 to 44 years old, the majority male (49) but also including females (9), and the largest concentrations in California (6) and Minnesota (15). States represented in this listing of American foreign fighter recruits include: Alabama (1), Arizona (1), California (6), Colorado (4), Florida (1), Georgia (1), Illinois (3), Massachusetts (1), Michigan (1), Minnesota (15), Missouri (1), Mississippi (2), North Carolina (3), New Jersey (3), New York (4), Ohio (2), Pennsylvania (2), Texas (4), Wisconsin (1).
From the individuals in this table, it shows 58 Americans, and of those 50 are ISIS-related, and the remaining eight are Al-Qaeda affiliates. Of the 58, nine are women, and of those nine, eight are ISIS-related. So the overwhelming majority are related to ISIS. From the individuals listed in this table, it shows ISIS in Alabama, California, Colorado, Georgia, Illinois, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, North Carolina, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Texas, Wisconsin.
This short list is simply one of accused “foreign fighters,” but does not include many others. For example, R.E.A.L. is well aware of other high-profile cases which inexplicably are not on this list (perhaps because they weren’t considered enough of a “foreign fighter), whose goal is primarily to conduct ISIS terrorist attacks WITHIN the United States, such as our report on Cincinnati, Ohio American ISIS terrorist Christopher Cornell, who plotted a mass murder attack on the U.S. Capitol and also confessed to a plot against the Israeli Embassy.
The challenge remains that the American people need a CENTRAL REPOSITORY or report of the threat of ISIS terrorists to and from the U.S. homeland, which provides updates on the status of this struggle. But this does not seem to be a political priority for too many in the U.S. Government. The American people should expect more than individually hunting down random news reports to understand the status and progress of our national and homeland security, whether it is politically convenient for some leaders or not. We urge responsible leaders to take this to heart.
Furthermore, the September 29, 2015 Homeland Security Committee indicates that the relatively few American ISIS that are arrested represent just a small fraction of American ISIS who successfully reach the Middle East for training and/or terrorist activity. The report also states that “Intelligence officials estimate more than 250 Americans have tried or succeeded in getting to Syria and Iraq to fight with militant groups. This includes individuals who were stopped before traveling, who made it to the conflict zone and are still there, who were killed, and others who have come back. Some have been arrested on terror charges, though most have not. Americans are being recruited in growing numbers and continue to attempt to migrate to jihadist battlefields in Syria and beyond, posing a serious counterterrorism challenge for the United States.” (page 15). The report also states “The majority of aspiring foreign fighters have managed to make it out of the United States without being stopped. Of the 250-plus Americans who have joined or tried to join extremists in Syria and Iraq, we were able to identify only 28 cases in which U.S. authorities apprehended suspects before they departed for the Middle East.”‘
So when you look at the numbers, essentially, almost 90 percent of Americans are making it to the Middle East to join ISIS or other terrorist organizations.
Of the 58 representative recent “foreign fighters,” in the U.S. Congressional report, R.E.A.L. has taken this report and added additional information on Affiliation, Status, and Link (hyperlink for more information.) This custom version of this report was generated by R.E.A.L. in Microsoft Excel, and is available for distribution in MS Excel format (email us at usa@realcourage.org).
Responsible for Equality And Liberty (R.E.A.L.) provides more on ISIS recruits in America on our “American ISIS” series of reports. (UPDATE Note: on December 1, 2015 – the George Washington University Program on Extremism issued a report “ISIS in America” which supports many of these points and provides other information.)
Name |
Age |
Gender |
State |
Affiliation |
Status |
Link |
Hoda Muthana |
20 |
F |
AL |
ISIS |
20 yo Woman Went to Syria to Join ISIS Terror Group |
http://bit.ly/fto-034 |
Eric Harroun |
30 |
M |
AZ |
AQ |
Died of Drug Overdose |
http://bit.ly/fto-026
|
Adam Dandach |
20 |
M |
CA |
ISIS |
In Custody Charged with Terrorist Crimes |
http://bit.ly/fto-010A |
Douglas McArthur McCain |
33 |
M |
CA |
ISIS |
Reported Dead |
http://bit.ly/fto-025 |
Mohamad Saeed Kodaimati |
24 |
M |
CA |
ISIS |
Pleaded Guilty to Terrorism |
http://bit.ly/fto-039 |
Muhanad Badawi |
24 |
M |
CA |
ISIS |
In Custody Indicted for Terrorist Crimes |
http://bit.ly/fto-045 |
Nader Elhuzayel |
24 |
M |
CA |
ISIS |
In Custody Indicted for Terrorist Crimes |
http://bit.ly/fto-045 |
Nicholas Teausant |
20 |
M |
CA |
ISIS |
Pleaded Guilty to Terrorism |
http://bit.ly/fto-047 |
Sinh Vinh Ngo Nguyen |
24 |
M |
CA |
AQ |
Sentenced to 13 Years Prison for Terrorist Crimes aka Hasan Abu Omar Ghannoum |
http://bit.ly/fto-054 |
Colorado Teenager #1 |
15 |
F |
CO |
ISIS |
Questioned and Released |
http://bit.ly/fto-021 |
Colorado Teenager #2 |
15 |
F |
CO |
ISIS |
Questioned and Released |
http://bit.ly/fto-021 |
Colorado Teenager #3 |
17 |
F |
CO |
ISIS |
Questioned and Released |
http://bit.ly/fto-021 |
Shannon Maureen Conley |
19 |
F |
CO |
ISIS |
Sentenced to 4 Years Prison for Terrorist Crimes |
http://bit.ly/fto-053 |
Moner Abu-Salha |
22 |
M |
FL |
AQ-Al-Nusrah Front |
Died in Suicide Bombing Terrorist Attack May 2014 |
http://bit.ly/fto-043 |
Leon Nathan Davis |
37 |
M |
GA |
ISIS |
Sentenced to 15 Years Prison for Terrorist Crimes |
http://bit.ly/fto-037A |
Abdella Ahmad Tounisi |
21 |
M |
IL |
AQ – Jabhat al-Nusra |
Pleaded Guilty to Terrorism |
http://bit.ly/fto-001 |
Hasan Edmonds |
22 |
M |
IL |
ISIS |
In Custody Charged with Terrorist Crimes – Plot Crimes Attack to Paris |
http://bit.ly/fto-033 |
Mohammad Hamzah Khan |
19 |
M |
IL |
ISIS |
Pleaded Guilty to Terrorism |
http://bit.ly/fto-041 |
Ahmad Abousamra |
32 |
M |
MA |
ISIS |
Reported Dead – Last Seen in Syria on FBI Most Wanted List |
http://bit.ly/fto-012 |
Nicole Lynn Mansfield |
33 |
F |
MI |
AQ |
Reportedly died in fighting in Syria |
http://bit.ly/fto-048 |
“H.M.” |
M |
MN |
ISIS |
At Large – Believed in Syria |
http://bit.ly/fto-028 |
|
Abdi Nur |
20 |
M |
MN |
ISIS |
Reported Dead |
http://bit.ly/fto-002 |
Abdirahmaan Muhumed |
29 |
M |
MN |
ISIS |
Reported Dead |
http://bit.ly/fto-004 |
Abdirahman Yasin Daud |
21 |
M |
MN |
ISIS |
In Custody Charged with Terrorist Crimes |
http://bit.ly/fto-005 |
Abdullahi Yusuf |
18 |
M |
MN |
ISIS |
In Custody Awaiting Sentence for Terrorist Crimes |
http://bit.ly/fto-008 |
Adnan Abdihamid Farah |
19 |
M |
MN |
ISIS |
In Custody Charged with Terrorist Crimes |
http://bit.ly/fto-011 |
Guled Ali Omar |
20 |
M |
MN |
ISIS |
In Custody Charged with Terrorist Crimes |
http://bit.ly/fto-027 |
Hamza Naj Ahmed |
19 |
M |
MN |
ISIS |
In Custody Charged with Terrorist Crimes |
http://bit.ly/fto-029 |
Hanad Abdullahi Mohallim |
18 |
M |
MN |
ISIS |
Reported Dead |
http://bit.ly/fto-030A |
Hanad Mustafe Musse |
19 |
M |
MN |
ISIS |
In Custody Charged with Terrorist Crimes |
http://bit.ly/fto-032 |
Mohamed Abdihamid Farah |
21 |
M |
MN |
ISIS |
In Custody Charged with Terrorist Crimes |
http://bit.ly/fto-040 |
Mohamud Mohamed Mohamud |
20 |
M |
MN |
ISIS |
Reported Dead |
http://bit.ly/fto-042 |
Yusra Ismail |
20 |
F |
MN |
ISIS |
At Large – Believed in Syria |
http://bit.ly/fto-056 |
Yusuf Jama |
21 |
M |
MN |
ISIS |
Reported Dead |
http://bit.ly/fto-057 |
Zacharia Yusuf Abdurahman |
19 |
M |
MN |
ISIS |
In Custody Charged with Terrorist Crimes |
http://bit.ly/fto-058 |
Abdullah Ramo Pazara |
M |
MO |
ISIS |
Assumed Killed in Syria – Bosnian Native refugee to USA |
http://bit.ly/fto-006 |
|
Jaelyn Delshaun Young |
20 |
F |
MS |
ISIS |
In Custody Charged with Terrorist Crimes – Plot to Join ISIS |
http://bit.ly/fto-035 |
Muhammad Oda Dakhlalla |
22 |
M |
MS |
ISIS |
In Custody Charged with Terrorist Crimes |
http://bit.ly/fto-044 |
Akba Jihad Jordan |
22 |
M |
NC |
ISIS |
Pleaded Guilty to Terrorism |
http://bit.ly/fto-013 |
Avin Marsalis Brown |
21 |
M |
NC |
ISIS |
In Custody Indicted for Terrorist Crimes |
http://bit.ly/fto-018 |
Basit Javed Sheikh |
29 |
M |
NC |
AQ-Al-Nusrah Front |
In Custody Indicted for Terrorist Crimes |
http://bit.ly/fto-019 |
Donald Ray Morgan |
44 |
M |
NC |
ISIS |
Sentenced to 20 Years Prison for Terrorist Crimes |
http://bit.ly/fto-024 |
Nader Saadeh |
20 |
M |
NJ |
ISIS |
In Custody Charged with Terrorist Crimes |
http://bit.ly/fto-046 |
Samuel Rahamin Topaz |
21 |
M |
NJ |
ISIS |
Pleaded Guilty to Terrorism |
http://bit.ly/fto-051 |
Tairod Nathan Webster Pugh |
47 |
M |
NJ |
ISIS |
In Custody Indicted for Terrorist Crimes – USAF Veteran |
http://bit.ly/fto-055 |
Abdurasul Juraboev |
23 |
M |
NY |
ISIS |
In Custody – Pled Guilty to Terror Plot – Resident from Uzbekistan planned Coney Island Plot |
http://bit.ly/fto-010 |
Akhror Saidakhmetov |
19 |
M |
NY |
ISIS |
In Custody Charged with Terrorist Crimes |
http://bit.ly/fto-014 |
Arafat Nagi |
44 |
M |
NY |
ISIS |
In Custody Indicted for Terrorist Crimes |
http://bit.ly/fto-016 |
Nihad Rosic |
26 |
M |
NY |
ISIS |
In Custody Charged with Terrorist Crimes aka Yahya AbuAyesha Mudzahid |
http://bit.ly/fto-049 |
Abdifatah Aden |
M |
OH |
AQ-Al-Nusrah Front |
Reported Dead |
http://bit.ly/fto-003 |
|
Abdirahman Sheik Mohamud |
23 |
M |
OH |
AQ-Al-Nusrah Front |
In Custody Charged with Terrorist Crimes – Plot Against US Base |
http://bit.ly/fto-004A |
Amir Farouk Ibrahim |
32 |
M |
PA |
ISIS |
Pittsburgh Man Reported Dead in Syria |
http://bit.ly/fto-015 |
Keonna Thomas |
30 |
F |
PA |
ISIS |
In Custody Indicted for Terrorist Crimes – aka Fatayat Al Khilafah |
http://bit.ly/fto-037 |
“S.R.G.” |
M |
TX |
ISIS |
Reportedly working with ISIS in Syria |
http://bit.ly/fto-050 |
|
Asher Abid Khan |
20 |
M |
TX |
ISIS |
In Custody Charged with Terrorist Crimes |
http://bit.ly/fto-017 |
Bilal Abood |
37 |
M |
TX |
ISIS |
Pleaded Guilty to Terrorism |
http://bit.ly/fto-020 |
Michael Wolfe |
23 |
M |
TX |
ISIS |
Sentenced to 7 Years Prison for Terrorist Crimes |
http://bit.ly/fto-038 |
Joshua Van Haften |
34 |
M |
WI |
ISIS |
In Custody Charged with Terrorist Crimes – Plot to Join ISIS |
http://bit.ly/fto-036 |
As always, any individuals not convicted, but charged with crimes are always to be considered innocent until proven guilty.
Responsible for Equality And Liberty (R.E.A.L.) believes that our commitment for human rights must also include a commitment to the halt of anti-human rights terrorist organizations, with a goal to undermine human rights, spread hatred and intolerance, and to promote violence and death.
Responsible for Equality And Liberty (R.E.A.L.) stands in support of our universal human rights for all, and we stand in defiance against those, including terrorist and hate groups, which seek to attack such universal human rights, dignity, and security for all.
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