California men charged in ISIS plot to kill Special Forces with grenades and drones
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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