A Canadian national has admitted to plotting the murder of Americans by helping suicide bombers get into Iraq.
A Canadian national has admitted to plotting the murder of Americans by helping suicide bombers get into Iraq.
Faruq Khalil Muhammed ‚Isa helped funnel jihadist fighters from Edmonton, Canada, where he was living, to Iraq.
On Tuesday, ‚Isa, 50, pleaded guilty in Brooklyn Federal Court to conspiracy to murder U. S. nationals. The plea deal calls for ‚Isa to receive a 26-year sentence.
Isa’s terror-bent handiwork led to one April 2009 attack in Mosul where five American soldiers were killed by a truck bomb. The explosion left a 60-foot crater.
„While no amount of jail time can make up for the loss of a family member, the government believes that the agreed-upon sentence provides a fair and just resolution to the very serious charges brought against the defendant,“ Assistant U. S. Attorney Peter Baldwin said Tuesday, with members of the fallen servicemen watching.
He said authorities met with the families to discuss the plea deal.
The soldiers hailed from places like Kentucky, Missouri and California. They ranged in age from 20 to 32.
‚Isa was extradited from Canada in 2015. He’ll be shipped back to Canada once he does his time.
Judge Roslynn Mauskopf said she’s reserving her own decision on the plea terms, including the potential 26-year sentence.
