Kifah Wael Jayyousi, arrested Sunday at an airport in Detroit, Michigan, was chief facilities director for public schools in Washington from 1999 to 2001. But in the years running up to that high-profile position, he supported "violent jihad" in Bosnia, Kosovo, Chechnya and Somalia, according to a criminal complaint unsealed Monday.
. . . announced today that a Fourth Superseding Indictment was returned by a federal grand jury in Miami, Florida, charging defendant, Kifah Wael Jayyousi, with conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 2339A and 371; providing material support to terrorists, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 2339A; and conspiracy to murder, kidnap, and maim individuals in a foreign country, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 956(a)(1). Two (2) . . .
According to the Fourth Superseding Indictment, Jayyousi, Hassoun, and Youseff conspired to fund and support overseas violent jihad conflicts involving acts of murder and kidnaping in several foreign locations. Those locations include Bosnia, Chechnya, Kosovo, and Somalia.