Two Islamist terrorists were convicted in Texas due to efforts by the FBI:

Mohammed Ibrahim Ahmed

Mohamed Ibrahim Ahmed, 45, an Ethiopian national born in Eretria, was already in prison for terror offenses and convicted on additional charges of recruiting fellow inmates to join ISIS, training them in prison and planning future terrorist attacks for them to carry out.

Ahmed recruited at least five inmates to join ISIS and to conduct terrorist acts in the United States after their release from prison, telling them that he was aligned with ISIS and also supported al-Shabaab and al-Qaeda.

From prison, he celebrated the suicide bombing at the Ariana Grande concert in Manchester, England in May 2017, which killed 22 and wounded 59.

Ahmed wanted the inmates he was recruiting to either travel abroad to join ISIS, or create “sleeper cells” within the United States to carry out attacks.

He provided would-be recruits with a training manual on how to carry out violent jihad. The manual covered topics including “How to carry out guerilla war,” “Selection of human targets” and “How to carry out assassinations.”

Ahmed held physical training exercises with inmates in the prison yard to get them in shape to carry out the acts of terror he was plotting. Ahmed also discussed a plot with fellow inmates to bomb the Federal Detention Center in New York City as revenge for his prosecution there.

Ahmed was found guilty in 2013 of providing material support to a foreign terrorist organization. He attended an al-Qaeda camp in Afghanistan in 1996 where he received military training.

Ahmed was also a member of the Brandbergen Mosque network, a group which provided financial and logistical support to other terrorist groups.

Ahmed was originally sentenced to 111 months in prison and was serving his term in Beaumont, Texas when he committed the additional terror offenses. He faces up to 25 additional years in federal prison.

Said Azzam Mohamad Rahim

Said Azzam Mohamad Rahim, a 42-year-old U.S. citizen and convenience store owner from Dallas, was sentenced to 30 years in prison for multiple terrorism offenses.

Despite living a comfortable life in the U.S., Rahim spread violent messages online and ultimately planned to join ISIS in Syria.

According to evidence presented at his trial, Rahim moderated a social media channel dedicated to recruiting fighters for ISIS and spent years on Zello’s “State of the Islamic Caliphate” channel where he promoted violence in ISIS’s name, writing:

“Kill and do not consult anyone”

“Kill by any means, smash his head on the wall, spit in his face, burn — I mean anything, anything – poison, anything”

“Brothers! What are you waiting for?”

“Mobilize and perform jihad for the cause of Allah…. Some of the brothers mobilized from this channel, they were amongst us.”

He praised several terrorist attacks, including the truck attack in Nice, France in which 86 people were killed. “I was happy for this act. Those dogs,” he wrote.

Rahim was arrested at the Dallas Fort Worth International Airport attempting to board a flight to Amman, Jordan. Authorities believe from there he was planning to cross into Syria and join ISIS.

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