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Rochester Man Accused of ISIS terrorism May Plead Guilty
WGRZ ^ | December 12 2015 | Rochester Democrat & Chronicle

Posted on 12/18/2015 11:06:01 AM PST by Steven Tyler

A naturalized U.S. citizen originally from Yemen, Elfgeeh ... was arrested in 2014 on terrorism-related charges... Federal prosecutors also allege that Elfgeeh wanted to buy handguns to kill returning American troops and Shi'ite Muslims living in the area.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: elfgeeh; isis; islam; terrorist; yemen
A naturalized U.S. citizen originally from Yemen, Elfgeeh ran a convenience store and pizza shop on North Clinton Avenue. He was arrested in 2014 on terrorism-related charges, allegedly working to recruit individuals to join the lslamic State of Syria, or ISIS. Federal prosecutors also allege that Elfgeeh wanted to buy handguns to kill returning American troops and Shi'ite Muslims living in the area.

The case against Elfgeeh was built on his expansive use of social media and his conversations with men whom he did not know to be FBI informants. Prosecutors allege that he tried to recruit three men for ISIS; two of them were FBI informants.

At one point, the FBI had four agents translating his thousands of pages of instant and Twitter messages and 200 videos found on his telephone.

But the FBI and prosecutors have alleged that he was at work to find individuals willing to travel overseas and fight with ISIS, also known as ISIL. Authorities alleged he recruited others to "travel overseas to engage in violent jihad" with ISIS.

1 posted on 12/18/2015 11:06:02 AM PST by Steven Tyler
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To: Steven Tyler

As we pick them off and continue to announce it in the media, more will be willing to activate sooner rather than later.

Why mention the arrest? Dangerous and counterproductive.


2 posted on 12/18/2015 11:08:46 AM PST by Eddie01 (uh oh)
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To: Eddie01

Someone is calling the shots . . . and likely that person knows when one of his sacrificial goats is neutralized. He just calls the next cell on his cell.


3 posted on 12/18/2015 11:16:16 AM PST by Pilgrim's Progress (http://www.baptistbiblebelievers.com/BYTOPICS/tabid/335/Default.aspx D)
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To: Eddie01

Arrested Sept 2014.

He plead guilt this week


4 posted on 12/18/2015 11:18:44 AM PST by Steven Tyler
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To: Steven Tyler

Saw an ISIS hunting permit sign on a vehicle yesterday.


5 posted on 12/18/2015 11:24:35 AM PST by bgill (CDC site, "We still do not know exactly how people are infected with Ebola")
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To: Steven Tyler

Naturalized.... SOB should rot in jail and when that sentence is served, sent back to Yemen.


6 posted on 12/18/2015 11:33:03 AM PST by b4its2late (A Liberal is a person who will give away everything he doesn't own.)
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