Wednesday, July 6, 2016

Former National Guardsman Planned to Join IS; Charged with Plotting to Carry Out US Terorism

A former Virginia National Guardsman has been charged with plotting to carry out a terrorist attack in the U.S. in the name of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), the Clarion Project website reports today (July 6, 2016).

Mohamed Bailor Jalloh -- a naturalized U.S. citizen originally from Sierra Leone in West Africa -- was arrested July 3 and the charges were announced on July 5.

According to federal prosecutors, Jalloh made contact with IS operatives in Nigeria during a six-month trip there last year. At that time, he allegedly considered fighting for IS in Libya.

If convicted, he faces up to 20 years in prison. He was ordered jailed without bond.

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