THREE LANSING AREA MEN HAVE BEEN ARRESTED FOR CONSPIRING TO PROVIDE MATERIAL SUPPORT TO ISIS.
ACCORDING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, MUSE ABIKADIR MUSE, MOHAMUD ABDIKADIR MUSE AND MOHAMAD HAJI WERE ARRESTED BY THE FBI TERRORISM TASK FORCE. ALL ARE NATURALIZED US CITIZENS WHO WERE BORN IN KENYA. MUSE ABDIKADIR MUSE WAS ARRESTED AT THE GERALD FORD AIRPORT IN GRAND RAPIDS. HE WAS CHECKING IN FOR A FLIGHT THAT WOULD ULTIMATELY HAVE BROUGHT HIM TO SOMALIA. THE INDICTMENT ALLEGES THE OTHER TWO MEN HELPED BUY THE AIRLINE TICKET AND DROVE MUSE TO THE AIRPORT KNOWING HE WAS GOING TO JOIN ISIS.
THE FBI SAYS ALL THREE PLEDGED ALLEGIANCE TO ISIS THROUGH VIDEOS THEY RECORDED THEMSELVES.
THE CHARGES ARE PUNISHABLE BY UP TO 20 YEARS IN PRISON.