Posted on 06/09/2015 2:46:57 AM PDT by markomalley
Two Orange County men accused of conspiring to aid Islamic State militants fighting in Iraq and Syria pleaded not guilty in federal court Monday.
Nader Elhuzayel and Muhanad Badawi, both 24, allegedly conspired “to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant,” according to a criminal complaint filed in U.S. District Court in Orange County.
Federal authorities said the men drew the attention of counter-terrorism agents with inflammatory comments on social media, prompting an investigation that led to their arrests last month. They are due back in court July 6 and are scheduled to go to trial July 28.
Details of a call between the two men before their capture were contained in an FBI agent’s affidavit.
According to the document, on the last Friday of April, after prayer services at a mosque in Orange County, Elhuzayel and Badawi spoke enthusiastically about Islamic State.
One allegedly proclaimed his wish to join the group and die a martyr on a battlefield. Although Yemen was attractive for its natural beauty, the men allegedly agreed they’d prefer to fight in Syria. They would drink wine together in the paradise that awaited them after they were killed, they reportedly said.
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Orange County? Where are the REALLY from?
So far, it’s just talk. And talk is protected under the 1st amendment.
They better have more than “These two ute’s were talking...”
There’s a.45 caliber cure for what ails them.....
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