Americans’ participation in islamic extremism

Al-Awlaki was born in New Mexico in 1971 to parents

from Yemen, while his father, Nasser al-Awlaki,

was doing graduate work at US universities.

Allegiance: al-Qaeda

Anwar al-Awlaki also spelled al-Aulaqi, al-Awlaqi; Arabic: أنور العولقي Anwar al-‘Awlaq ; ī

A Muslim with Jewish grandparents, Gadahn was born in California, moved to Pakistan in 1998. He served as Osama bin

Laden’s media adviser and spokesman. Allegiance: al-

Qaeda

Adam Gadahn

Hamdi was born in Louisiana in 1980, while

his Saudi father worked in the oil industry there. He grew up in Saudi Arabia.Allegiance: al-Qaeda

Yaser Esam Hamdi

Jose Padilla, a former Chicago gang member and a convert to Islam who is being held as an enemy combatant amid allegations he sought to detonate a radiological "dirty

bomb" and blow up apartment buildings in the

United States.Allegiance: al-Qaeda

José Padilla, also known as Abdullah al-Muhajir or Muhajir Abdullah

Published on Mar 21, 2013

Had a history of recruiting American terrorists. Born in

Alabama to a Southern Baptist mother and a Sunni Muslim from

Syria. Allegiance: Al-Shabaab

Omar Hammami, was known as Abu Mansoor al-Amriki, or “the American.”

Jehad Mostafa is being sought for his alleged terrorist

activities and acting as an operating member of al-

Shabaab, a Somalia-based terrorist organization, as a

training camp instructor and a leader of foreign

fighters. Born: December 28, 1981 (age 33),Waukesha, WI.

Allegiance: Al-ShabaabJehad Mostafa, Aliases: Emir Anwar

Ahmed Gurey, Anwar al-Amriki, "Ahmed" , "Anwar"

Published on September 23, 2013 Published on January 3, 2014

David Coleman Headley is an American terrorist of

Pakistani origin, and a spy who conspired with the

Lashkar-e-Taiba Islamist organization and Pakistani

intelligence officers in plotting the 2008 Mumbai

attacks. Allegiance: Lashkar-e-Tayyiba (LT)

David Coleman Headley, born Daood Sayed Gilani, 55

Abdirahman Sheik Mohamud, 23, U.S citizen

born in Somalia, and traveled last year to Syria where he met up with the

Nusra Front. The goal was to follow in his big brother's footsteps.

Allegiance: al Nusra

Abdirahman-Sheik-Mohamud

A naturalized American citizen living in Saudi

Arabia, was charged with attempting to provide

material support to Nusra in Syria by

facilitating the recruitment of

experienced fighters from al Qaeda's Somali

affiliate to travel to Syria.Allegiance: al Nusra

Gufran Ahmed Kauser Mohammed, 31

Sinh Vinh Ngo Nguyen, who changed his name to

Hasan Abu Omar Ghannoum when he

converted to Islam is an American citizen from

southern California, pleaded guilty to a charge of attempting to provide

material support to al Qaeda.

Allegiance: al NusraSinh Vinh Ngo Nguyen

North Carolina man, was arrested in

November 2013 at Raleigh-Durham

International Airport in North Carolina

while allegedly trying to fly to Lebanon in order to join Nusra.

He awaits trial.Allegiance: al Nusra

Basit Sheikh

Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan was sentenced to death Wednesday for killing 13 people

and wounding 32 others in a 2009

shooting rampage at Fort Hood, Tex., the worst mass murder at a military installation

in U.S. history. Allegiance: UnknownNidal Hasan, 43

Amir Meshal, who Homeland Security identifies as a terror

suspect who is on the “No Fly” list, now has his Class A commercial license, which will allow him to drive semi-trucks. The $4,000 tuition was

paid for through the state workforce program.

Allegiance: UnknownAmir Meshal

Witnesses saw Abdulazeez spray a hail of bullets at the

glass doors of a military recruiting center in a strip

mall. He rammed into a gate at some point during his shooting

rampage and was eventually killed by police, a U.S. official

said. Allegiance: Unknown

Mohammad Youssuf Abdulazeez

“Eric Harroun became a jihadist just after 10 PM on

a crisp January night in 2013. The 30-year-old

American was in northern Syria, Eric's role in the battle

lasted 10 minutes. A few months later, Eric would be sitting in a Virginia prison

informed the US government planned to put him to death for what he'd

done.”Eric Harroun, 30

March 2013

From California, was arrested in March 2014 while allegedly traveling

to join ISIS. Teausant pleaded not guilty and

awaits trial.Allegiance: ISIS/ISIL

Nicholas Teausant, 20

If he ever gets out of jail, the 20-year-old Green

Township man accused of plotting to plant pipe

bombs in the U.S. Capitol “would put bullets in

President Obama's head.”Allegiance: ISIS/ISIL

Christopher Cornell, 20

NEW YORK, NY - MARCH 18: An armed

U.S. Marshal stands outside of a U.S. Federal

court during the arraignment of Tairod

Pugh, a former U.S. Air Force mechanic accused of attempting to join the

terrorist organization ISIS, on March 18, 2015

in New York City.Allegiance: ISIS/ISIL

Tairod Nathan Webster Pugh, 47

A former resident of Bergen County, New

Jersey, was arrested this morning for allegedly

conspiring and attempting to provide material support to the

Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.

Allegiance: ISIS/ISIL

Nader Saadeh

JULY 29, 2015

Posted “selfies” on Facebook wearing the

dark head and face scarves favored by Islamic State fighters. According to court filings, they were

captioned: “Which assassin am I, or am I all

of them?” Allegiance: ISIS/ISIL

Samuel Topaz

He began scouting out New York City

landmarks and tourist sites. They said he was

planning on assembling a deadly

pressure cooker bomb.


Munther Omar Saleh, 20

Described by neighbors as a quiet,

friendly guy who “never talked about

politics or anything,” before he came at

federal agents with a kitchen carving knife when they

showed up to arrest him.

Allegiance: ISIS/ISILFareed Mumuni, 21

Rahim posed an imminent threat to public safety, the FBI claimed,

pointing out he was brandishing a large knife at the time he was shot.Allegiance: ISIS/ISIL

Usaama Rahim, 26

Was arrested today at John F. Kennedy

International Airport in New York, where he was attempting to

board a flight to Istanbul.


Akhror Saidakhmetov, 19

March 2015

“I am in USA now … But is it possible to

commit ourselves as dedicated martyrs

anyway while here? What I’m saying is, to shoot Obama and then

get shot ourselves, will it do? That will strike fear in the hearts of infidels.”Allegiance: ISIS/ISIL

Abdurasul Hasanovich Juraboev, 24

March 2015

Habibov was arraigned in Jacksonville, Florida. His

alleged accomplices appeared in federal court

in Brooklyn.

All three were detained.


Abror Habibov, 30

March 2015

First American suicide bomber known to have died in Syria.


Moner Mohammad Abu-Salha

Was arrested at John Wayne Airport while

allegedly attempting to travel to join ISIS.


Adam Dandach, 20

Mar 23, 2015

Pleaded guilty to attempting to provide material support to a

foreign terrorist organization by

traveling to Syria to fight with ISIS.


Michael Todd Wolfe, 23

February 2, 2014

Yusuf was stopped by the FBI from boarding a flight to

Turkey from Minneapolis/Saint Paul

Airport in May. Yusuf and Abdi Nur were charged in late November

with conspiring to aid ISIS.

Abdullah Yusuf, 18

With Abdullah Yusuf, Abdi Nur, was charged in

absentia, because he is believed to be currently

fighting for the terror group ISIS in Syria.


Abdi Nur, 20

The Stoughton, Massachusetts, man was first placed on the FBI

terror list for 2009 crimes but since has been

suspected of joining ISIS, officials said.Ahmad Abousamra, 33

Jun 3, 2015

American Douglas McAuthur McCain

Dies Fighting for ISIS in Syria. McCain is the

first American known to have been killed while

fighting for ISIS. Allegiance: ISIS/ISIL

Douglas McAuthur McCain, 33

Morgan attempted to travel from Lebanon to Syria to join ISIS and used social media to

express his support for the terrorist group, authorities said.


Donald Ray Morgan, AKA Nasser Abdul Raheem, 44

Elfgeeh said he wanted the guns to carry out

shootings and suggested he might also

targets U.S. military personnel returning

from the Middle East Allegiance: ISIS/ISIL

Mufid A. Elfgeeh

Was arrested at Denver International Airport as she was about to embark on a journey to Germany and

eventually to an ISIS camp near the Turkish border.

Shannon Maureen Conley, 19

From Michigan to a violent death in SyriaMansfield, a Michigan

woman, was killed in Syria in 2013, reportedly during

a military clash.

Nicole Mansfield, 33

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