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A Tennessee man was convicted by a federal jury of trying to offer materials assist to ISIS, the Division of Justice introduced.
Benjamin Carpenter, 31, of Knoxville, was convicted of the terrorism cost on Thursday on the conclusion of an eight-day trial. Also referred to as Abu Hamza, Carpenter faces as much as 20 years in jail and a lifetime of supervised launch.
In line with the Division of Justice, proof introduced at trial confirmed Carpenter served because the chief of Ahlut-Tawhid Publications, a global group of pro-ISIS supporters devoted to translating, producing and distributing ISIS propaganda all through the world.
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A Tennessee man was convicted by a federal jury of trying to offer materials assist to ISIS. (Cheriss Could/NurPhoto by way of Getty Photos)
“For years, Carpenter, utilizing his alias ‘Abu Hamza,’ printed a big physique of ISIS media, together with his weekly e-newsletter ‘From Dabiq to Rome,’ a periodical that, amongst different issues, celebrated the deaths of American troopers, glorified suicide bomber, and known as for open struggle in opposition to the US and its Western allies,” the Division wrote in a press launch.
“In 2020 and 2021, Carpenter contacted a person he believed to be affiliated with ISIS’s central media bureau and offered translation providers for a challenge supposed to relaunch Al-Hayat Media Middle, ISIS’s official foreign-language media arm,” the discharge continued.
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Benjamin Carpenter, 31, of Knoxville, was convicted of a terrorism cost after an eight-day trial. (Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Instances by way of Getty Photos))
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The conviction comes greater than two years after Carpenter was arrested on March 24, 2021, following a federal grand jury indictment charging him with trying to offer materials assist and sources to ISIS, a chosen international terrorist group.
Carpenter might be sentenced at a later date.
Tennessee man convicted for trying to offer materials assist to ISIS
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