US Air Force veteran indicted on charge to join ISIS

March 17, 2015 23:55

US Air Force veteran tried to join ISIS in Syria but was turned back by Turkish authorities before he could get to the war-torn country, US authorities allege in a two-count indictment announced Tuesday.

Tairod Nathan Webster Pugh, accused of making the foiled attempt in January, was indicted by a grand jury this week on charges of trying to give material support to the terror group, and obstruction of justice, the US Justice Department said.Pugh, a former avionics instrument system specialist in the Air Force, was arrested upon his return to the United States in January and will be arraigned Wednesday in a federal court in New York, the Justice Department said.

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