Faruq Khalil Muhammad 'Isa, aka Sayfildin Tahir Sharif, the Edmonton man accused of international terrorism, has been charged with aiding in the killing of five U.S. soldiers in a suicide-bomb attack in Iraq in April 2009.
The charges are in connection with the deaths of Staff Sgt. Gary L. Woods, 24, of Lebanon Junction, Ky; Sgt. First Class Bryan E. Hall, 32, of Elk Grove, Calif.; Sgt. Edward W. Forrest Jr., 25, of St. Louis; Cpl. Jason G. Pautsch, 20, of Davenport, Iowa; and P.F.C. Bryce E. Gaultier, 22, from Cyprus, Calif.
'Isa also is charged with conspiring to kill Americans abroad and providing material support to that terrorist conspiracy to kill Americans abroad.
The 38-year-old was charged by a federal grand jury in Brooklyn.
If convicted in the United States, he faces a maximum of life in prison.
Previously, the U.S. Attorney's office had accused 'Isa of providing support to a terrorist organization and conspiring to kill U.S. soldiers in Iraq in 2009.
According to the U.S. Attorney's Office, 'Isa used multiple aliases, including Faruk Khalil Muhammad 'Isa, Sayfildin Tahir Sharif and Tahir Sharif Sayfildin.
On April 10, 2009, the five U.S. soldiers were killed when a Tunisian drove a truck full of explosives to the gate of the Forward Operating Base Marez in Mosul, Iraq.
The charges are in connection with the deaths of Staff Sgt. Gary L. Woods, 24, of Lebanon Junction, Ky; Sgt. First Class Bryan E. Hall, 32, of Elk Grove, Calif.; Sgt. Edward W. Forrest Jr., 25, of St. Louis; Cpl. Jason G. Pautsch, 20, of Davenport, Iowa; and P.F.C. Bryce E. Gaultier, 22, from Cyprus, Calif.
'Isa also is charged with conspiring to kill Americans abroad and providing material support to that terrorist conspiracy to kill Americans abroad.
The 38-year-old was charged by a federal grand jury in Brooklyn.
If convicted in the United States, he faces a maximum of life in prison.
Previously, the U.S. Attorney's office had accused 'Isa of providing support to a terrorist organization and conspiring to kill U.S. soldiers in Iraq in 2009.
According to the U.S. Attorney's Office, 'Isa used multiple aliases, including Faruk Khalil Muhammad 'Isa, Sayfildin Tahir Sharif and Tahir Sharif Sayfildin.
On April 10, 2009, the five U.S. soldiers were killed when a Tunisian drove a truck full of explosives to the gate of the Forward Operating Base Marez in Mosul, Iraq.
