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American who fought for ISIS facing charges
Source: CNN
American who fought for ISIS facing charges
By Ryan Browne
Updated 1939 GMT (0339 HKT) June 9, 2016
Washington (CNN) - An American who joined ISIS will be charged in federal court Thursday for providing support to the terror group.
Mohamad Jamal Khweis, 26, is the son of Palestinian immigrants and grew up in Virginia. While a number of Americans have been charged with seeking to join ISIS, Khweis is the first ISIS-affiliated American to have been captured on the battlefield.
After being captured by Kurdish anti-ISIS forces, he said he renounced the terror group and described it as not representative of Islam, calling life under the organization "really, really bad" in a television interview.
Khweis, who will face charges in federal court in Alexandria, Virginia, has previously said he joined the terror group because of a woman.
The FBI interviewed Khweis while he was in Kurdish custody in Iraq, according to the criminal complaint.
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By Ryan Browne
Updated 1939 GMT (0339 HKT) June 9, 2016
Washington (CNN) - An American who joined ISIS will be charged in federal court Thursday for providing support to the terror group.
Mohamad Jamal Khweis, 26, is the son of Palestinian immigrants and grew up in Virginia. While a number of Americans have been charged with seeking to join ISIS, Khweis is the first ISIS-affiliated American to have been captured on the battlefield.
After being captured by Kurdish anti-ISIS forces, he said he renounced the terror group and described it as not representative of Islam, calling life under the organization "really, really bad" in a television interview.
Khweis, who will face charges in federal court in Alexandria, Virginia, has previously said he joined the terror group because of a woman.
The FBI interviewed Khweis while he was in Kurdish custody in Iraq, according to the criminal complaint.
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Read more: http://edition.cnn.com/2016/06/09/politics/isis-american-charged/index.html