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alp227

(32,015 posts) Sat Jun 28, 2014, 02:02 AM Jun 2014

Texas man pleads guilty to attempt to join ISIS

Source: LA Times

A 23-year-old Texas man admitted Friday that he had been practicing military maneuvers and planned to travel to Syria to join ISIS, the terror group that has claimed thousands of lives in a violent march through Iraq in recent weeks.

Michael Wolfe, a.k.a. Faruq, of Austin, Texas, pleaded guilty to one count of attempting to provide support and resources to a foreign terrorist organization, according to a statement issued by the U.S. attorney's office in San Antonio.

He was arrested 10 days ago when he tried to board a flight out of Houston. Another man, 23-year-old Rahatul Ashikim Khan, was arrested the same day at his house in Round Rock, Texas, and was charged with trying to recruit men to join terrorist organizations, federal authorities said.

A spokesman for the U.S. attorney's office would not say if Khan attempted to recruit Wolfe specifically.

Read more: http://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-texas-isis-20140627-story.html

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Texas man pleads guilty to attempt to join ISIS (Original Post) alp227 Jun 2014 OP

Found them on FaceBook... C Moon Jun 2014 #1

Odd... Helen Borg Jun 2014 #3

I of course could be wrong: maybe there's another guy with the same name that looks like him C Moon Jun 2014 #7

I have some more info in this thread: TexasTowelie Jun 2014 #2

Is this another story about John McCain (R) ? Crowquette Jun 2014 #4

"attempting to provide support and resources to a foreign terrorist organization" rug Jun 2014 #5

Thank you NSA,,,,,,,, nt Cryptoad Jun 2014 #6

The NSA had what to do with this arrest? Ash_F Jun 2014 #10

Their successful recruiting technique in Texas is excringency Jun 2014 #8

If it's not 'Florida man,' it's Texas man. nt onehandle Jun 2014 #9

C Moon

(12,212 posts)

1. Found them on FaceBook...

Reply to alp227 (Original post)

Sat Jun 28, 2014, 02:26 AM

Jun 2014

Michael Wolfe said, "Time to leave texas for a while....time to really get paid.......im out"
Whatever that meant. It sounds like, obviously, they promised him good money.
:/

Helen Borg

(3,963 posts)

3. Odd...

Reply to C Moon (Reply #1)

Sat Jun 28, 2014, 04:34 AM

Jun 2014

I heard that the pay is less than that of most common jobs there. Those people don't do it for the money, so not surr what this guy was referring to.

C Moon

(12,212 posts)

7. I of course could be wrong: maybe there's another guy with the same name that looks like him

Reply to Helen Borg (Reply #3)

Sat Jun 28, 2014, 01:22 PM

Jun 2014

but he also posted the message on June 22, which was the day he and his cohort were picked up at the airport.
Also, this guy has a son. Pretty screwed up if he has a son and was doing that. Poor kid.