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Feb 8 • 6 tweets • 5 min read
NEW: Guilty verdict for a #Brooklyn #NewYork man who joined #ISIS, rising through the ranks to become one of the terror group's emirs

Ruslan Maratovich Asainov, now 46, was convicted yesterday on all 5 counts against him, per @TheJusticeDept
Asainov had been charged with:

-conspiracy to provide material support to ISIS
-providing ISIS expert advice/assistance/weapons
-receipt of military-type training
-obstruction of justice
-material support to #ISIS that resulted in the death of 1 or more person
Asainov "was so committed to the terrorist organization’s evil cause that he abandoned his young family...to make an extraordinary journey to the battlefield" per US Atty Breon Peace

"... & even after being captured still pledged his allegiance to ISIS’ murderous path"
Per @TheJusticeDept, Asainov traveled to #Turkey in December 2013 in order to enter #Syria & join #ISIS

He fought for ISIS in #Kobani #Tabqa #Raqqa #DeirEzzor & at the terror group's last stand in #Baghuz
The guilty verdict for Asainiv comes more than 3 years after he was returned to the US after being captured by the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (#SDF)

Per @TheJusticeDept, Asainiv faces up to life in prison when he is sentenced
More background on Asainov, the naturalized US citizen from #Brooklyn now convicted of being an emir for #ISIS here:
voanews.com/a/usa_brooklyn…

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