U.S. charges Canadian man, alleging he’s an Islamic State fighter, propagandist By Reuters
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: The flag and crest of the US Division of Justice (DOJ) is seen at their headquarters in Washington, D.C., U.S., Could 10, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. prosecutors on Saturday mentioned they charged a Saudi-born Canadian man for aiding the Islamic State militant group, alleging he tossed grenades in battle and labored with propagandists who publicized the beheading of hostages together with U.S. journalist James Foley.
The Division of Justice described the person, recognized as Mohammed Khalifa, as a “main determine” within the English-language media unit of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, also called ISIS.
The division mentioned Khalifa narrated English-language recruitment movies and was a battlefield fighter earlier than he was captured in 2019 by the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces, a militia group that controls components of Syria.
He was just lately arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and on Saturday, costs towards him have been unsealed within the U.S. District Court docket for the Japanese District of Virginia.
Islamic State gained world notoriety after releasing movies in 2014 of the beheading of U.S. journalists Foley and Steven Sotloff, and of British help staff Alan Henning and David Haines. U.S. prosecutors allege Khalifa labored within the unit that publicized the movies.
If convicted, Khalifa faces as much as life in jail.
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