FBI arrests 3 men who allegedly pledged allegiance to ISIS, funded drone attacks targeting US troops overseas

The FBI arrested 3 men Friday successful Kansas and California aft they allegedly conspired to supply worldly enactment to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), a designated overseas violent organization.

Bisaam Ghafoor, 21, of Leawood, Kansas; Elias Shamsaldeen, 21, of Porterville, California; and Bereen Dzayee, 25, of Lakeside, California, were arrested connected a ailment filed successful the District of Kansas aft allegedly conspiring to supply worldly enactment to coercion aft collectively providing much than $2,000 to a idiosyncratic they understood to beryllium a subordinate of ISIS, according to a quality merchandise from the Department of Justice (DOJ).

FBI Director Kash Patel said the suspects allegedly swore allegiance to ISIS, plotted aggregate attacks and targeted U.S. work members.

"This FBI stopped them cold," Patel said. "The occurrence of this op shows erstwhile again this FBI’s continued grounds of stopping violent attacks earlier they happen, simply the champion mode to support the homeland — and shows we’ll halt astatine thing to support Americans from those who question to bash america harm. I privation to convey our teams successful Kansas City, San Diego, Sacramento, Newark and Richmond, and the Counterterrorism Division for their outstanding efforts connected this probe and committedness to mission."

FILE - FBI Director Kash Patel touted the arrests of 3 suspects pursuing a multi-state probe tied to ISIS. (FBI)

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Officials said that from February 2025 to astir June 2026, the suspects communicated astir respective plans to enactment ISIS, including done the proviso of personnel, services and money.

Through Discord chats, dependable calls and different messaging platforms, they allegedly pledged allegiance to ISIS and its leader, according to the complaint. They are besides accused of exchanging messages successful societal media groups promoting unit successful furtherance of ISIS.

Ghafoor allegedly said it would beryllium "sick" if his sanction could beryllium written connected the drone utilized successful an onslaught connected Americans, portion Dzayee allegedly suggested that targets of drones should see U.S. Special Forces, according to the DOJ.

FILE - The suspects are accused of targeting U.S. subject work members, according to the Department of Justice. (Sarah Crabill/Getty Images)

In different exchanges, tribunal documents enactment Shamsaldeen "expressed a desire" to stab and injure a U.S. work member, and Ghafoor confessed to having ever wanted to termination a pistillate worker by beheading, adding, "I privation I could termination 300,000,000 Americans." 

Officials said Ghafoor’s sanction was written connected a projectile of a rocket-propelled grenade which terrorists were readying to usage successful an overseas onslaught to termination U.S. work members.

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Shamsaldeen allegedly provided fiscal resources for the intent of purchasing drones to onslaught and termination U.S. work members deployed overseas, according to the complaint.

The DOJ claimed the suspects, on with others, besides communicated their desires to question extracurricular the U.S. to combat connected behalf of ISIS. 

In immoderate of the communications, officials said they expressed a willingness to dice connected behalf of ISIS.

FILE - The suspects are accused of having pledged allegiance to ISIS and its leader, according to DOJ officials. (Pictures from History/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

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"This medication has enactment terrorists, cartels, and gangs connected notice," Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche wrote successful a statement. "Today’s apprehension of 3 individuals who allegedly conspired to supply worldly enactment to ISIS makes wide our committedness to taking down violent networks — anywhere. Thanks to the vigilance of the FBI, their alleged strategy was dismantled and further acts of unit against U.S. work members were prevented."

U.S. Attorney Ryan Kriegshauser for the District of Kansas added that for years, the DOJ has been encouraging Americans that if they spot suspicious activity, they should study it to instrumentality enforcement.

"That’s due to the fact that agelong gone are the days wherever violent threats and attacks are incidents that lone instrumentality spot acold distant connected overseas soil," Kriegshauser said. "Unfortunately, we indispensable look the world of atrocious actors surviving wrong our borders clandestinely conspiring connected ways to make fearfulness and havoc. The lone mode to basal retired and forestall coercion plots is done collaboration among each levels of instrumentality enforcement and crossed jurisdictions. Collaboration is which is what facilitated the arrests of these 3 suspects."

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The FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force successful the Kansas City, San Diego and Sacramento tract offices investigated the cases, with assistance from FBI tract offices successful Richmond and Newark.