This report identifies Sayfildin Tahir Sharif only as an “Edmonton man.” Is the fact that Sayfildin Tahir Sharif lived in Edmonton really the salient aspect of his biography that will help readers understand his plans to “kill Americans abroad” and provide “material support to a terrorist conspiracy to kill Americans abroad”? Is Edmonton at war with the United States?
“Edmonton man extradited, faces terrorism and murder charges in New York,” The Canadian Press, January 24, 2015 (thanks to Lookmann):
EDMONTON – The U.S. Attorney’s office for the eastern district of New York says an Edmonton man has been extradited and will face terrorism and murder charges.
According to the office’s website, Sayfildin Tahir Sharif — who also goes by Faruq Khalil Muhammad Isa — will face the charges Saturday in a federal courthouse in Brooklyn.
The 36-year-old is charged with conspiring to kill Americans abroad, murdering Americans abroad, and providing material support to a terrorist conspiracy to kill Americans abroad.
The attorney’s office alleges Sharif supported a multinational terrorist network that conducted multiple suicide bombings in Iraq.
The complaint alleges Sharif worked from Edmonton to help a Tunisian man enter Mosul, Iraq, in 2009 and detonate a truck filled with explosives at a military checkpoint, killing five U.S. soldiers….