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Volume 26
On August
July 24,
2018:
2018
Edition
Ali Saleh, 25, of
Queens, New York,
pleaded guilty to
attempting to
provide material
support to ISIS.
Saleh attempted to
travel to join the
terrorist group,
funded the travel of
(Learn More. 23-year-old West Oakland resident Amer Sinan Alhaggagi has pleaded guilty in
federal court to providing material support to ISIS. Courtesy of ABC7 News Bay Area and You-
other fighters, and
Tube. Posted on Jul 18, 2018.)
disseminated
On July 18, 2018: Amer Sinan
bomb-making instructions.
Alhaggagi, 23, of Oakland, California,
pleaded guilty to attempting to provide Saleh faces up to 35 years in prison.
material support to ISIS.
Alhaggagi knowingly created several online
identities for ISIS sympathizers, including
social media and email accounts.
ISIS IN THE WEST
Recent Developments
One of the
individuals he
assisted was a
member of the
terrorist
organization.
Ali Saleh (at right)
allegedly tried mul-
tiple times to travel
to the Middle East to
join ISIS and posted
on Twitter that he
was “ready to die for
the Caliphate,” say
authorities..
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