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American Citizen Indicted as ISIS Sniper

ISIS sniper
September 4, 2019
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NEW YORK – A 43-year-old man from Brooklyn, N.Y., who reportedly became an ISIS sniper and then a high-ranking emir in the terror organization has been indicted for aiding the group in Syria, Department of Justice officials announced Wednesday.

Ruslan Maratovich Asainov, a naturalized U.S. citizen born in Kazakhstan, was charged with conspiracy to provide and providing material support to ISIS, including weapons training for recruits and advising the militant group, the statement said. Moreover, the Brooklyn man was also charged with obstruction of justice.

  • COURAGEOUS LEADERSHIP SEMINAR

Asainov traveled to Istanbul, Turkey in late 2013 and crossed the border into Syria, where he joined the terrorist organization. He rose through the ranks and became an “emir,” overseeing the training of other ISIS recruits in the use of weapons, according to prosecutors.

ISIS sniper
ISIS fighters. (File photo)

He is also accused of attempting to entice an informant working with the NYPD’s intelligence division to join ISIS in Syria. Asainov told the informant he’d help get him a job, housing, food and $50 a month, according to a complaint unsealed in Brooklyn federal court in July, reported Fox News.

  • THE PECULIAR WORLD OF A GRAVEYARD COP

Furthermore, in March 2015 he requested $2,800 from an informant to purchase a riflescope, sending photographs, boasting about the group’s barbarity and declaring his wish to die on the battlefield. Instead, the U.S-backed Syrian Democratic Forces later detained him.

Asainov, also known as “Suleiman Al-Amriki” and “Suleiman Al-Kazakhi,” was transferred into FBI custody in July.

Consequently, he faces a maximum sentence of life in prison if convicted. His will be arraigned at a later date.

(Feature image: Flickr)

 


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