US citizen accused of becoming ISIS sniper and training fighters in Syria, federal prosecutors say
A U.S. citizen, originally from Kazakhstan and living in New York, was a sniper who trained ISIS fighters in Syria, federal prosecutors said Friday.
From Turkey, he traveled to Syria and became an ISIS fighter and sniper, according to a criminal complaint. Asainov tried to convince the informant to join ISIS, telling him that he would help him get from Turkey to Syria, where he would be provided with a job, housing, food and a stipend after joining ISIS. He told the informant that because he was fluent in English, he would be helpful to ISIS' media relations.
"The defendant rose through the ranks to become an ISIS 'emir' in charge of training other ISIS members in the use of weapons," and was in charge of training other ISIS fighters in the use of weapons, the court documents said.
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