DETROIT – A Dearborn resident was convicted by a federal jury at the moment within the Japanese District of Michigan on prices of offering and conspiring to supply materials assist to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), a chosen international terrorist group, and attending an ISIS coaching camp.
The convictions have been introduced by Assistant Legal professional Common for Nationwide Safety Matthew G. Olsen, U.S. Legal professional Daybreak N. Ison of the Japanese District of Michigan, and James A. Tarasca, Particular Agent in Cost of the Detroit, Michigan, workplace of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Ibraheem Izzy Musaibli, 32, of Dearborn, Michigan, was convicted after a 9-day trial carried out earlier than United States District Decide David M. Lawson in Detroit. The jury deliberated lower than 4 hours earlier than returning their responsible verdicts.
Musaibli, a natural-born U.S. citizen, was convicted on prices of offering and trying to supply materials assist to ISIS, conspiring to supply materials assist to ISIS, and attending an ISIS coaching camp.
Proof supplied in the course of the trial established that Musaibli, born in Detroit, started wanting into ISIS whereas in Michigan in 2015. He then traveled to Yemen in April 2015 and continued to analysis ISIS—together with downloading ISIS propaganda and an ISIS e-book on tips on how to get into Syria. From Yemen, he traveled to Syria within the fall of 2015 the place he attended an ISIS-run non secular coaching camp earlier than present process ISIS navy coaching the place he realized to shoot, carry, and in any other case deal with an AK-47 assault rifle. Upon commencement from the ISIS navy coaching camp, Musaibli swore allegiance to ISIS and its chief. Musaibli remained with ISIS for over two and a half years. Musaibli was finally apprehended by Syrian Democratic Forces in 2018, turned over to the FBI, and flown again to america to face terrorism prices.
Musaibli faces a statutory most penalty of fifty years in jail when he’s sentenced on Could 11, 2023.
“Ibraheem Musaibli traveled midway world wide and joined a vicious, brutal, and violent terrorist group identified—and pleased with—its barbaric acts of terror,” mentioned U.S. Legal professional Daybreak N. Ison. “Right now’s verdicts highlights the dedication of this workplace, together with our legislation enforcement companions, in pursuing anybody who poses a hazard to america—regardless of the place they’re situated.”
“This defendant willingly traveled to Syria, joined ISIS, and attended a terrorist coaching camp,” mentioned James A. Tarasca, Particular Agent in Cost of the FBI’s Detroit Area Workplace. “Right now’s verdict demonstrates to anybody who would search to contribute to ISIS’s terrorist actions that the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Activity Pressure will likely be unwavering in its mission to guard the American folks by figuring out, disrupting, and bringing them to justice.”
This case was investigated by the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Activity Pressure. The case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Hank Moon and Michael Martin of the Japanese District of Michigan with help from the Nationwide Safety Division’s Counterterrorism Part.
