U.S authorities arrested three men accused of plot to aid ISIS’ fight

Thursday 26 Feb 2015 - 14:01 Makkah mean time-7-5-1436

U.S authorities arrested three men accused of plot to aid ISIS’ fight (Google image) US Police Commissioner William J. Bratton at a news conference on Wednesday

Brooklyn, New York (IINA) - Three men from Brooklyn, New York, were arrested on Wednesday with conspiring to support ISIS militant, including two who planned to travel to Syria to fight on behalf of the radical group, U.S. authorities said, news agencies reported.

One of the men had offered to kill President Barack Obama if the militants asked him to, authorities said.

Federal prosecutors in Brooklyn identified the men as Abdurasul Juraboev, 24, Akhror Saidakhmetov, 19, and Abror Habibov, 30. Juraboev and Habibov are Uzbek citizens, and Saidakhmetov is a citizen of Kazakhstan, the prosecutors said.

The news agency noted that, Juraboev and Saidakhmetov plotted to travel to Turkey and then to Syria to wage extremist operation, and Habibov helped pay for the plan, the prosecutors said. Saidakhmetov was arrested at John F. Kennedy International Airport as he tried to board a flight to Istanbul.

All three were charged with attempt and conspiracy to provide material support to ISIS. Each faces up to 15 years in prison.

Juraboev attracted the attention of law enforcement in August when he posted on a pro-ISIS website, the prosecutors said. In the posting, he offered to kill Obama if ISIS asked him to, they said. His plans also included planting a bomb on Coney Island, the FBI said.

Meanwhile Saidakhmetov expressed an intention to shoot police officers and FBI agents if he couldn't join ISIS in Syria, the prosecutors said.

The news agencies noted that the investigators recorded conversations between the two men using a confidential informant who approached Juraboev at a mosque, posing as a sympathizer.

The men discussed how to carry out attacks in the United States, according to the complaint.

"I will just go a buy a machine gun, AK-47, go out and shoot all police," Saidakhmetov said during one conversation, the complaint said.

It is noteworthy that the Department of Justice has charged roughly 20 people in the past year with planning to travel to the Middle East to fight alongside militants like ISIS group, who controls parts of Syria and Iraq.

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