A Pakistani living legally in the United
States has been charged with attempting to join an al- Qaeda in Syria
after falling for an FBI sting, the Justice Department said,
Basit Javed Sheikh, 29, contacted an undercover FBI agent, believing him to be a member of Jabhat al-Nusra, which the State Department identifies as a terrorist organisation.
According to the US attorney's office in North Carolina, where Sheikh was charged last week, he expressed his wish to go to Syria "to help the mujahideen...in any way I can."
Asked how he planned to help, Sheikh responded "logistics, media, fight too, God willing," according to the statement.
According to a 25-page affidavit from FBI agent Jason Maslow, Sheikh told him in an online voice call that he was ready to "be a martyr" for the struggle.
The agent also described how, starting in April 2013, the Pakistani posted several times on Facebook in support of Jabhat al-Nusra..
[AFP]
Basit Javed Sheikh, 29, contacted an undercover FBI agent, believing him to be a member of Jabhat al-Nusra, which the State Department identifies as a terrorist organisation.
According to the US attorney's office in North Carolina, where Sheikh was charged last week, he expressed his wish to go to Syria "to help the mujahideen...in any way I can."
Asked how he planned to help, Sheikh responded "logistics, media, fight too, God willing," according to the statement.
According to a 25-page affidavit from FBI agent Jason Maslow, Sheikh told him in an online voice call that he was ready to "be a martyr" for the struggle.
The agent also described how, starting in April 2013, the Pakistani posted several times on Facebook in support of Jabhat al-Nusra..
[AFP]
