Michigan man convicted for trying to support ISIS, possessing ‘destructive device'
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Another Michigan man has been convicted for trying to provide support the Islamic State militant group.
Aws Mohammed Naser, a 37-year-old from Westland, was convicted following a five-week trial in federal court. He was convicted of attempting to provide material support for a foreign terrorist organization and for being a felon in possession of a destructive device.
Prosecutors claim Naser tried to travel and fight for the , also known as ISIS, but was turned away. So instead, he gathered drones and built a bomb in his basement.
19-year-old accused of working for ISIS, plotting attack at Michigan military base
Jerome Gorgon Jr., the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan, said Naser's actions made it clear he is a threat to the country.
'(Naser) is a bombmaker and self-avowed 'son of the Islamic State' — a vicious foreign terrorist organization hell-bent on murdering Americans and destroying our way of life,' . 'Our office is dedicated to finding and applying the full force of the law against any terrorist, like Naser, plotting to harm Americans.'
Prosecutors say Naser was radicalized years ago and posted 'extreme' content on his YouTube channel. He traveled to Iraq in 2012 and returned to the U.S. months later. He was set to head back to Iraq in January 2013 but was arrested and charged for robbing a gas station, resulting in prison time. When he was released from prison, he could no longer travel to join ISIS.
'Naser surreptitiously created social media accounts and joined invitation-only ISIS supporters' chatrooms, groups and private rooms where he obtained and viewed official ISIS media reports, publications and other jihadi propaganda,' Gorgon stated. 'In October 2017, FBI searched Naser's home and vehicle and recovered a readily 'assembleable' destructive device.'
US says it broke up effort to bring toxic fungus to Michigan lab from China
Naser faces up to 35 years in prison for the two charges. His conviction happened less than a month after another person from Michigan was arrested for planning an attack on a Michigan military base in support of ISIS.
Ammar Abdulmajid-Mohamed Said, 19, on two federal charges for plotting an attack on the Tank-Automotive & Armaments Command facility in Warren. He allegedly bought armor-piercing ammo and magazines for the attack, used a drone to conduct 'recon' work over the facility and trained undercover employees how to use firearms and make Molotov cocktails.
Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
Yahoo
35 minutes ago
- Yahoo
When it comes to liberty, Florida, why stop at fluoride?
Our state legislature's ban on fluoridation does not go far enough. When Republican State Rep. Danny Alvarez said, "This is not about fluoride. This is about your liberty," every word applied to chlorine with equal relevancy. Yes, chlorine. The chemical that makes swimming pools smell funny as it neutralizes the indiscretions of bathers. How dare the government add chlorine to our drinking water to protect us from diseases such as cholera, dysentery, and typhoid without our consent! Some of us might prefer seeking "herd immunity" to these illnesses, even though untrustworthy "science" tells us this is impossible. Remember, this "science" also alleges we are in "climate change," an untruth our governor has banned from our textbooks and legislation. Ending chlorination isn't a blue issue or a red issue; it's a green issue. Let's turn our tap water green with algae and pond scum as a perpetual reminder that we are free Americans living in the Free State of Florida. Fluoridation in Florida: City-by-city: Does your municipality use fluoride to treat its drinking water? Carl Imboden, West Palm Beach This article originally appeared on Palm Beach Post: Florida got freedom from fluoride. They shouldn't stop there | Letters
Yahoo
35 minutes ago
- Yahoo
Get ready for hunger to skyrocket in North Carolina
At a farm market in St. Petersburg, Florida, SNAP recipients were able to use their Electronic Benefits Transfer cards for food. (Photo by Lance Cheung/USDA). It's hard to fathom in a proposal that includes billions upon billions of dollars in tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans, but one of the most significant changes included in the massive budget bill approved by the U.S. House late last month was this: big cuts to the nation's main anti-hunger program. Under the legislation, millions of people would lose SNAP food assistance benefits. Meanwhile, states would be saddled with 14 billion dollars in new costs. And the impacts will be felt in the stomachs of families across the nation. As Raleigh-area Congresswoman Deborah Ross explained last week, in her district – one of the state's more affluent ones – 20,000 of her adult constituents will lose all of their SNAP benefits. Statewide, a total of almost half a million people will lose benefits and the cuts will ripple through grocery stores and the economy as a whole. The bottom line: Rep. Ross is right. The Republican budget will cause irreparable harm to the people of our state. All caring and thinking North Carolinians should support her effort to push back. For NC Newsline, I'm Rob Schofield.
Indianapolis Star
an hour ago
- Indianapolis Star
We can't save them all — but that's no reason to abandon refugees
At a holiday dinner in 2016, I sat across from a man I had known and held in high esteem for many years. He was smart, energetic and charismatic. He had worked hard to achieve lofty goals. He was a devoted son, husband and father. We both considered ourselves practicing Catholics. He knew that I had spent the bulk of my working life as a physician in rural Africa and that I was working now in the U.S. with newly arrived refugees from war-torn countries. He disapproved of the latter — not, I think, that I was working with refugees, but that the U.S. was admitting them in the first place. His reasoning was simple: 'We can't save them all.' Before this moment it had not occurred to me that any American would object to our country accepting our share of the world's tired, poor and huddled masses. They were who made America and then made it great. They were the people we as a gilded nation professed to welcome and value. I thought at first that he was joking. It was a turn of phrase, an admission that there was much to be done and that doing it was not easy. But he was not joking. He was serious, and he held his ground, silently daring me to respond. I could not, of course, except to agree. We can't save them all, I concurred. But did this mean we should not save any? Baseball players can't score in every game. But they try, and the best ones score in some. Swimmers sometimes drown, but lifeguards don't stop trying to rescue the floundering. Forests burn, but surely it is worth protecting those that don't. Patients die. Unable to save them all, should doctors stop treating the living? Hicks: Indiana shuns immigrants at its own peril As individuals who have been forced to flee their country due to persecution, refugees belong to a narrowly defined class of legal immigrants. Becoming a refugee is a difficult decision of last resort, taken when all other options for staying safe have been exhausted. The family trees of most Americans are replete with people who fled persecution and oppression, and bipartisan support for the welcoming of refugees has been the norm throughout American history. This is only logical, for to reject the moral duty of the world's richest, most formidable country to help the world's most vulnerable, desperate, voiceless people — especially when it is within the wealthy country's power to do so painlessly — is to shirk a fundamental responsibility of leadership. Some Americans counter that welcoming refugees is not so painless. They worry that the cost is unaffordable, that the introduction of people whose skin color is different from theirs or who worship differently or dress differently from them might unravel the cultural fabric of established communities, or that refugee resettlement leads to increased crime and disease. These myths have been debunked repeatedly by both government and independent researchers. Far from being terrorists, criminals or exporters of disease, refugees are among the most thoroughly vetted and medically screened foreigners to enter the U.S. They bring billions of dollars in net fiscal benefit to our country. Refugees work primarily in vital sectors of society, including every level of our health care system and food supply chain. Their presence in communities has been correlated time and again with decreased crime. Refugees teach us about the world — and, in doing so, they teach us about ourselves. If we are honest, we will admit that we still have a great deal to learn about both. The suspension of the Refugee Admissions Program, harmful to our country and unworthy of the American people, should be reversed so that the world's most victimized might again be allowed to seek safe harbor here.
