Posted on 06/07/2026 9:39:14 AM PDT by DFG
Two California men have been charged over an ISIS terror plot to kill US Special Forces operatives with grenades and drones.
Bereen Dzayee, 25, of Lakeside, near San Diego, and Elias Shamsaldeen, 21, of Porterville in Tulare County were arrested Friday alongside Bisaam Ghafoor, 21, from Leawood, Kansas.
Prosecutors allege the three paid $2,000 to someone they thought was from the jihadi group to buy rocket-propelled grenades and UAVs for the attack.
According to a criminal complaint filed in federal court in Kansas, the three men allegedly spent more than a year communicating about extremist plans, including discussions about leaving the US to join ISIS.
Dzayee allegedly proposed using drones to target Special Forces personnel while Shamsaldeen is accused of expressing a desire to carry out a knife attack against a US serviceman.
The DOJ alleges Ghafoor made a series of violent statements, including saying it would be “sick” to have his name placed on a drone used in an attack.
Prosecutors also claim he spoke about beheading a female soldier and stated that he wished he could kill 300 million Americans.
Pentagon officials have not confirmed Dzayee’s military status but neighbors and a former classmate told NBC 7 he served in the Navy and identified photos showing him in a sailor’s uniform.
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“If I had a rocket launcher...”
Navy sailor...............Is there any other kind?..........
Navy pilot?
Where were they going to go to find Special Forces to use the weapons on?
what country did these guys immigrate in from
No comment.
OK, one comment. When I was a boy I used to listen to By Saam announce the Phillies games with Ritchie Ashburn as color. I wonder if Bisaam's father used to listen to the same broadcasts, and named his son after the announcer.
Even a pilot is still a sailor...........
ICWYDT
IIRC, the US Army does not refer to boat operators (landing craft, etc) as sailors.
Dzayee, Shamsaldeen, Ghafoor
Those sound like 100% good ol american names right there.
Sound like good ole ‘Murican names. 😠
Commercial sailor?
Guess I should have read down a few more comments. 😂👍🇺🇸
Now bring out their entire families too.
They were not BORN with that hate. They were systematically taught.
I heard they need target holders at the machine gun range. I volunteer these three.
Keelhaul him
More future members of Congress...
Hang the illegal alien muzzie commie biatch. Foreigners have no business being in our military, our Congress, our Federal Civilian jobs, our medical system, our banks or our homes. They are greedy, America hating scum.
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