US Man Charged for Material Support to ’Daesh’ Group

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A US man was charged on Tuesday for allegedly providing material support to so-called "Daesh" [ISIL] by recruiting members for the extremist group.

Mufid Elfgeeh, a US citizen and resident of New York, attempted to draft three individuals into the services of the extremist group Daesh.

He sent $600 to an individual in Yemen for travel to Syria to join the Daesh group.

Elfgeeh encouraged and helped prepare the two confidential sources "to travel overseas to engage in violent [extremism]" in 2013 and early 2014, according to a statement from the US Department of War.

"Elfgeeh attempted to assist all three individuals in traveling to Syria to join and fight on behalf of ISIL," the Department of War said, using an alternate acronym for the IS group, which also goes by ISIL.

He was also charged with one count of attempted murder of current and former US military, having plotted to shoot and kill members returned from Iraq, according to the indictment.

The seven-count indictment additionally included charges for possession of firearms equipped with silencers for furtherance of a violent crime, and two counts for receipt and possession of unregistered firearm silencers.

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