In "Pentagon Jihadis," I listed eight American soldiers and sailors associated with jihad against the United States. As their numbers continue to grow, here is an additional listing of jihadis as they appear.
(Also, see my related weblog entry, "Islamists Infiltrate Law Enforcement, as well as a discussion of this problem by Hugh Fitzgerald, "Why should we take a chance? Muslims in the armed forces.")
Ryan G. Anderson, also known as Amir Abdul Rashid, was charged today with three counts of helping Al-Qaeda, as an unnamed federal law enforcement official explained, "by wrongfully attempting to communicate and give intelligence" to it. (February 12, 2004) May 13, 2004 update: In an undercover tape shown at his Article 32 hearing (comparable to a grand jury in the civilian legal system), reports the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, "Anderson gives Jordanian ancestry on his mother's side of the family as a motivation for defecting, claiming he was sickened when fellow soldiers denigrated Arabs and Muslims without reprimand." Sep. 3, 2004 update: Anderson was convicted of trying to aid Al-Qaeda and sentenced to life in prison.
Hammad Abdur-Raheem, 35, of Falls Church, Va., was convicted today of conspiracy for using his U.S. army-gained expertise to train others for jihad through the paintball games they played in the woods in Virginia. (Mar. 4, 2004)
 Hassan Abujihaad (original name: Paul R. Hall), arrested for terrorism. |
Yusuf Khalil Jackson, a civilian who worked for a contractor in the Department of Defense, admits making fake military identity cards at Fort Myer in Virginia. In a televised confession to Andrea McCarren broadcast on WJLA-ABC, Jackson ascribed his motive to poverty and desperation and said the thirty or so real military I.D. cards sold to non-military personnel were sold only to underaged people who wanted to get into bars. But the I.D.s would work at any U.S. base and court records indicate the U.S. Park Police seized one of his faked cards from a Pakistani national, and that the identity of the card was that of an American soldier in Afghanistan.(Mar. 16, 2005)
Sadeq Naji Ahmed, 25, an Air Force sergeant. I provide details on him at "Islamists Infiltrate Law Enforcement." (Mar. 25, 2005) May 18, 2005 update: Testimony at Ahmed's trial has revealed two points: that he wrote in March 2001 that the United States is "the terrorist" and bin Laden "a righteous holy man"; and that, according to his attorney, the Air Force repeatedly promoted and decorated Ahmed, despite his anti-American record .
Rafat Jamal Mawlawi, 54, a Syrian national and naturalized U.S. citizen, served in the Navy for 12 years and was honorably discharged. While Mawlawi is in a Memphis, Tennessee jail, one of four Muslim men of Middle Eastern origins (the others being Mhammed Kabouchi, Omran Omer, and Karim Ramzi) awaiting trial for operating a marriage scam, the Joint Terrorism Task Force raided his house. It found, reports John Branston in the Memphis Flyer,
a hidden stash of loaded weapons and ammunition clips, $34,000 in cash, two pictures of Mawlawi shouldering a rocket-propelled grenade launcher, a gruesome videotape of war casualties with Arabic text and voiceover, and more than 20 passports to Morocco, Syria, Iran, and other Middle Eastern countries.
The weapons included a shotgun, a .9-millimeter Glock handgun, a .32-caliber pistol, and a .38-caliber revolver. The guns were loaded with loaded ammunition magazines nearby. The 20 to 30 passports—both current and expired—were made out to Mawlawi, his wife, and their children. Stamps in his passports indicated Mawlawi had traveled to Iran and Pakistan, though he had told law enforcement agents he had only visited the Balkans. Two pictures showed Mawlawi with a rocket-propelled grenade launcher on his shoulder. In one picture, the end-cap is removed, rendering the weapon ready to fire. The videotape, with an Arabic voiceover, starts with the words "al Mujahadeen" and pictures of a firearm; it shows graphic images of dead people with injuries that appear to be from combat wounds. (Apr. 15, 2005)
 Daniel James, corporal in the British army. |
One email told Colonel Mohammed Hossein Heydari that forces were setting up a camp on the Iran-Iraq border near al-Amara and added: "Take care of that side." It finished by adding: "Any other work that you may have, I am at your service" and was signed "Esmail the interpreter." On December 16, during a visit to Britain to take some language exams, Cpl James emailed Col Heydari promising him "a very good present." The corporal flew to Amsterdam for the night and Col Heydari emailed back the next day saying: "Thank you for your present." He was arrested later the same day at RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire where he was waiting for a flight back to Kabul.
Nidal Hasan, the U.S. Army major and Ft. Hood mass killer is an Islamist; I establish this today at "Maj. Hasan's Islamist Life." (November 20, 2009)
Eric Harroun, 30, a U.S. Army veteran Muslim who convert to Islam and boasted of his jihadi exploits on Facebook, was killed while helping the Al-Qaeda-linked Jabhat al-Nusra rebels in Syria, according to a video posted by Syria Tube, a pro-Assad regime website. Other reports indicate he had helped overthrow Mubarak in Egypt and had plans to join Palestinians in their fight against Israel. (March 15, 2013)
A dozen ex-French soldiers: A source in the French defense ministry indicates that twelve or so veterans have gone over to ISIS and other groups. (January 22, 2015)
Tairod Nathan Webster Pugh, a former U.S. Air Force mechanic, has been charged with trying to cross into Syria to join ISIS, attempting to provide material support to a terror organization and obstruction and attempted obstruction of an official proceeding. (March 17, 2015)
