A U.S. Army soldiers admitted to attempting to help the Islamic State ambush American forces in the Middle East.
pleaded guilty Wednesday to attempting to assist the Islamic State terror group on how to ambush his fellow soldiers in the Middle East during conversations in which he believed he was speaking with a terrorist.support to terroristsBridges, of Stow, Ohio, was assigned to the Third Infantry Division in Fort Stewart as a cavalry scout at the time of the crime, the Justice Department said. He joined the Army in September 2019.
Cole Bridges, 22, admitted to trying to help ISIS ambush his fellow U.S. soldiers in the Middle East, federal prosecutors said. "As he admitted in court today, Cole Bridges attempted to orchestrate a murderous ambush on his fellow soldiers in service of ISIS and its violent ideology," U.S. Attorney Damian Williams said."Bridges’s traitorous conduct was a betrayal of his comrades and his country."videos online and expressing support for the terror organization on social media.
In October 2020, he began talking with an undercover FBI agent posing as a ISIS supporter with contacts with ISIS fighters in the Middle East. Bridges allegedly expressed frustration with the Army and began providing training and guidance on planning attacks to the agent and gave advice about potential targets in New York City, federal prosecutors said. The Islamic State terror group , also known as ISIS or ISIL, was formally defeated in Syria in 2019.
In December 2020, Bridges began providing instructions on how ISIS fighters could stage attacks on U.S. forces in the Middle East, the
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