by the United States Department of Justice

“ In 2003, the local Al Qaeda influenced shura council (a group of male local leaders) vested Ahmed Said with operational responsibility for organizing attacks against United States and Coalition Forces in the border area of Afghanistan near Shagai, Pakistan. To assist in his efforts, Ahmed Said asked KHADR to procure munitions for use by Al Qaeda and other fighters against United States and Coalition Forces. ”

“ A federal grand jury has indicted a Canadian national on charges that he conspired to kill Americans overseas, conspired to use weapons of mass destruction, conspired to possess a destructive device in furtherance of a crime of violence, and did possess a destructive device in furtherance of a crime of violence. ”

“ The Department of Justice will continue to work cooperatively with other law enforcement and intelligence agencies, and with the Congress, to defend our nation against similar current and future schemes. I want to thank the federal agents and prosecutors working on this case for their exceptional service. And we received exceptional cooperation from private sector companies like Facebook, Oath, PayPal, and Twitter."
According to the allegations in the indictment, twelve of the individual defendants worked at various times for Internet Research Agency LLC, a Russian company based in St. ”

“ It is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys James Farmer, Gregory Moffatt and Kimberly West in Sullivan's Anti-Terrorism and National Security Section and John Gibbs of the Counterterrorism Section of the Criminal Division of the Department of Justice.
The details contained in the Complaint are allegations. The defendant is presumed to be innocent unless and until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law. ”