The perp and a supportive member of his family.
Posted on 04/09/2015 2:23:26 PM PDT by markomalley
A 34-year-old man from Madison, Wisc. was arrested Wednesday and charged with attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
Joshua Ray Van Haften's arrest at Chicago's O'Hare Airport marks at least the 11th case of Americans charged with trying to join or help the Islamic State in 2015.
Van Haften has been in custody in Turkey since October, however, and his criminal complaint remained sealed until he was sent back to the United States.
According to an FBI affidavit, Van Haften wanted to travel to into Syria via Turkey to wage jihad with ISIL forces. Turkey's 248-mile open border with Syria provides an attractive point of entry for several jihadi wannabes seeking to join the Islamic State.
Van Haften posted and "liked" radical comments on his Facebook page, the affidavit said. While in Turkey last October, he posted, "It's calling, I can smell it's [sic] perfume! Allah!!!" The post linked to a "Tour of Jannah Paradise video" by now-deceased radical Yemeni cleric Anwar al Awlaki. The video "describes what paradise looked like for worthy Muslims who went there in the afterlife." Awlaki's teachings have inspired several Westerners to wage terrorist attacks.
Van Haften was also Facebook "friends" with extremists, including Adouw At-Taghout who lived in Raqqah, Syria, an ISIL stronghold. At-Taghout posted a photo showing the Islamic State's beheading of American journalist James Foley. Haften commented on the post: "Yet, their cursed secular laws are worse than the laws of Islam, and they want to say Shari'ah is worse than their secular laws. A bunch of morons sucking on melons ... If the goddam Americans and sons of satan, Israeil [sic] wanna mutilate the dead, s*** we get an eye for an eye fool. Grow a set of nuts! Climb that f***in tree and getcha some."
Van Haften left for Turkey last August but ran out money and his jihadi handlers abandoned him before he could meet up with the Islamic State. He complained in a Facebook post: "And all the boys supposed to help me wanted money too! And I didn't have anything left as the man who was supposed to help me cross for free as he supposedly help those on the path to mujahideen wanted my last lira. So when these young brothers took me into the country dropped me off telling me someone was gonna come & I waited 3 hours with no one showing up in the middle of nowhere." Another man who was "totally against Dawlah" [a reference to the Islamic State], helped fund Haften's way back into Turkey.
If convicted, Van Haften could face a maximum 15-year prison sentence.
What is it about WISCONSIN and ISIS???
Let me guess, this guy is from Madison..yep just answered my own question he’s from Madison..how much of an idiot must this guy be that even ISIS wouldn’t take him
They should have let ISIS get their hands on him.
The perp and a supportive member of his family.
I'd rather Jihad John deal with them, rather than the US taxpayer.
Release him to ISIS........from 5000 feet.......without a parachute.
“If convicted, Van Haften could face a maximum 15-year prison sentence.”
Nah. This is, ‘The People’s Republik of Madistan.’ They’ll welcome him back as a returning HERO, much as they did Karlton Armstrong, one of the Sterling Hall Bombers.
“I waited 3 hours with no one showing up in the middle of nowhere.”
He sounds like a complainer. Did he expect allahoha to roll out the red carpet for him?
Shhhhh...
Don’t tell Holder. He’ll dismiss all charges
They’re both big government fans?
Take him out behind the barn and shoot him.
Can we spell LOSER, children? That’s what Islam attracts, because it is amoral and its highest value is killing. It makes horrible creatures like this guy feel legitimized and powerful.
‘What is it about WISCONSIN and ISIS?’
Isn’t there an enclave of Somalis’ there?
First the Scandinavians - oof da, then the Somalis - - - oof.
Can understand the Scandy’s in a cold state, but Somali’s in a cold state - ?
Must have been some sort of charity on the state’s part. Regrettable now -
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