Post by Deleted on Dec 26, 2015 16:48:58 GMT 7
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — As Syrian rebels hunkered down, trying to maintain control of the city of Homs while under assault from the forces of President Bashar Assad, a Rochester pizza shop owner more than 5,000 miles away tried to do what he could for the besieged rebel army.
There was another insurgent army that could come to the rescue of the rebels, Mufid Elfgeeh believed, according to federal court records unsealed Wednesday. And that army was the Islamic State, also known as ISIS or ISIL.
When Elfgeeh pleaded guilty in federal court last week to trying to recruit two men for ISIL, he acknowledged how he tried through social media to be a liaison between a rebel commander at Homs and ISIL forces. But the documents unsealed Wednesday show that the negotiations were much more extensive than previously acknowledged by federal officials or in court records.
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There was another insurgent army that could come to the rescue of the rebels, Mufid Elfgeeh believed, according to federal court records unsealed Wednesday. And that army was the Islamic State, also known as ISIS or ISIL.
When Elfgeeh pleaded guilty in federal court last week to trying to recruit two men for ISIL, he acknowledged how he tried through social media to be a liaison between a rebel commander at Homs and ISIL forces. But the documents unsealed Wednesday show that the negotiations were much more extensive than previously acknowledged by federal officials or in court records.
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