The FBI arrested three men Friday, including a Lakeside man, for allegedly conspiring to support ISIS, including by providing funds they believed would go toward a plot to kill U.S. servicemembers overseas.
Bereen Dzayee, 25, of Lakeside, is charged along with Bisaam Ghafoor, 21, of Leawood, Kansas, and Elias Shamsaldeen, 21, of Porterville, in Tulare County, all of whom were arrested in San Diego, Sacramento, and Kansas City on Friday morning, according to the Department of Justice.
Prosecutors allege the men collectively gave $2,000 to someone they believed was a member of ISIS, with the belief that the money would go towards purchasing rocket-propelled grenades and drones.
A complaint filed in Kansas federal court alleges the men exchanged messages over the course of more than a year detailing their intentions, which included traveling out of the country to fight for ISIS, the DOJ alleges.
Prosecutors said Dzayee suggested U.S. Special Forces be targeted by drones in an attack, while Shamsaldeen allegedly said he wanted to stab and injure a U.S. servicemember.
The DOJ also claimed Ghafoor said it would be “sick” if his name was written on a drone used in an attack, allegedly said he wanted to behead a female solider, and said, “I wish I could kill 300,000,000 Americans.”
