Yet another convert to Islam gets the idea that his new religion commands him to commit treason and mass murder. Authorities remain completely uninterested in this oft-recurring phenomenon.
“U.S. Soldier Pleads Guilty To Attempting To Provide Material Support To ISIS,” US Department of Justice, August 29, 2018 (thanks to The Religion of Peace):
HONOLULU – Ikaika Erik Kang, 35, a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army stationed at Schofield Barracks, pleaded guilty today in federal court to four counts of attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), a designated foreign terrorist organization. Kang was indicted on terrorism charges on July 19, 2017. As part of a plea agreement reached with the United States, Kang agreed to serve 25 years in prison and at least 20 years, and up to life, of supervised release. Kang will be sentenced on December 10, 2018 by Senior U.S. District Judge Susan Oki Mollway. If Judge Mollway accepts the plea agreement at that time, the 25-year term of imprisonment will be binding….
“Kang swore to defend the United States as a member of our military, but betrayed his country by swearing allegiance to ISIS and attempting to provide material support to the foreign terrorist organization,” said Assistant Attorney General Demers. “With today’s plea, he will be held accountable for his crimes. I want to thank all of the agents, analysts and prosecutors who are responsible for this case.”…
According to court documents and information presented in court, Kang became sympathetic to ISIS by at least early 2016. He regularly watched ISIS propaganda videos online, including videos that depicted ISIS members violently executing civilian and military victims. Kang made numerous statements in support of ISIS, expressed a desire to join ISIS, and spoke approvingly about committing acts of violence. At the time, Kang made these statements, he owned an AR-15-style assault rifle and a pistol, both of which he kept at his residence on Oahu. Kang was under ongoing physical surveillance by law enforcement from the beginning of the investigation until the time of his eventual arrest.
In late June and early July of 2018, Kang met numerous times with undercover FBI agents who he believed had connections to ISIS. He provided them with sensitive, non-public military documents, some of which were classified at the SECRET level, which he intended that they later provide to ISIS. The documents included, among other things: classified air traffic control documents that describe call signs, aircraft types, route points, directives, mission procedures, and radio frequencies; the U.S. military’s “weapons file,” which describes all the armament capabilities of the U.S. armed forces; details about a sensitive mobile airspace management system used by the U.S. military; and documents containing personally identifiable information of U.S. service members.
Kang later provided the undercover agents with a commercially purchased small aerial drone, a military chest rig, and other military-style clothing and gear. Kang described how ISIS could operationally utilize the drone to track U.S. troop movements and gain tactical advantage by evading American armored vehicles. Kang then met two additional undercover FBI personnel, one who purported to be a high-ranking ISIS leader, or “sheikh,” and another who played the role of an ISIS fighter. Kang lead them in a hand-to-hand military combatives training session using his weapons, in order to train the purported ISIS member in fighting techniques. The sessions were video-recorded, with the understanding that the video would be taken back to ISIS-controlled territory and used to train other ISIS fighters in hand-to-hand combat and weapons techniques.
On July 8, 2017, Kang swore an oath of loyalty, known as “bayat,” to ISIS and its leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, in a ceremony conducted by the purported ISIS sheikh. After the ceremony, Kang kissed the ISIS flag. Kang then said that he wanted to get his rifle and go and fight; just go to downtown Honolulu and Waikiki strip and start shooting. Kang was subsequently arrested and taken into custody….
Bodega says
Oh, boy. How many are like him in our total armed forces? How many are like him in the civilian population? And we still let them in and keep them without imposed penalties. ARE we REALLY THAT STUPID?
Guy Forester says
Hi Bodega,
I am glad you asked that first question. I can only answer it in part and the info is a little dated now, but this will give you an idea of what kind of screening needs to be done.
About 10 years ago, I signed up for some very basic “home safety instruction” from a guy that claims on his resume to be an instructor for law enforcement and even the military in counter-terrorism and similar “skills.”
Interestingly, one of the “students” in our group turned out to be a recently returned non-com in the national guard. He and the instructor seemed to know each other, and the instructor seemed surprised that he was taking the class. “More practice” was basically his answer. I somehow found myself with these two during lunch and chit chatting. It turned out that the non-com was currently working with military intelligence, specifically regarding terrorist threats.
So I asked the non-com, who had recently returned from Iraq what he thought about the terror threat in the US at the time. I basically said I had heard estimates as small as 5 and up to 10.000 possible terrorists here in the US. I asked, “Do we really have any real idea how many are here? Five, Five Hundred, Five thousand, Twenty-five thousand?”
First, the course instructor pipes up and says, “Nah, there is not much to worry about.”
The non-com speaks up and says, “Well, you know that last five figure number you pulled up? Well, we have to vet that many people in the armed forces to weed them out.”
The instructor’s jaw dropped, and I could only say, “Thanks for the info” and did not pursue it any further.
So, I do not know just how many are really there, but based upon what we have seen from Iraq, Afghanistan, this Kang guy, and others like him (going back to the 1980’s at least), we have a problem.
Add to this the fact that gang bangers have entered the military to not only hide in plain site, but specifically to gain military training. A friend of mine was a retired MP and he was specifically tasked with weeding out gang members and drug dealers from his branch of the military.
I hope that helps!
gravenimage says
Thanks for that information, Guy.
Robert McKenna says
bodega:
My question exactly ! How many filthy muslims plotting and actually committing violent, jihad acts does it take to make ALL citizens of the U.S. realize a threat ?
And how many attacks and threats does it take for our armed forces to know that muslims have no place there.
If proper sanctions of muslims are what it takes to protect our American citizens from the “instant jihad syndrome”, let them be insulted ! I am insulted by all the liberal, bed wetters that cry out to protect the “feeeeeeeelings” of these filthy muslims, while they are mentally exploding and stabbing innocent people.
America for Americans, no matter what their origins ! No islam ! No sharia ! No muslims !
Lilith Wept says
Oh I agree! And we do have a major problem. No moslwms loyaltybisnto anything but Islam and other moslwms so any position of power or authority should never have moslems .
But I think we should make moslems fear us. A few small teams of dedicated patriots, doing what’s necessary to make moslwms fear us…..especially the most outspoken ones like Sarsour….members of CAIR . The ones that sue for “religiois discrimination”.old school mafia tactics…….
Now it’s moslems suing and winning, and speaking out and encouraging other moslems to be even more demanding and pushing for changes to our laws and customs, our culture to make us more sharia compliant. This must end!
Ray Jarman says
If this is not an act of treason and sedition, pray tell what is? This clown should have been charged with the proper crime and after conviction, executed by a public firing squad. I am also really upset that on no news cast on the airways has this trial been broadcasted. Thank our Heavenly Father for the likes of Robert Spencer, Pamala Geller and other brave people who apprise the public of these events.
PRCS says
As an FYI, it has been broadcast, in both print media and on television:
http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/Global/searchresults.asp?vendor=ez&qu=kang
https://www.google.com/search?q=kang+%2B+army+%2B+guilty&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-b
Nathan Kreeger says
Makes me sick. Time to round up these fucks and send them packing. Islam is incompatable with our constitution and our values as a country. As far as the army seargent is concerned he committed treason and should be executed plain and simple.
If Not Now When? says
25 years plus 20 to life supervised release, meanwhile in New Mexico…..
PRCS says
I believe the prosecution will be resubmitting.
If Not Now When? says
I have little confidence in a DA that has already failed to do their job. Failure to abide by the 10 day rule could be considered malpractice.
PRCS says
We’ll have to wait….
The Remorseless Headsman says
What is really scary is that he was a senior NCO. Like others have stated, how many more like him have infiltrated the US military?
Guy Forester says
Please see my reply to Bodega above.
BTW, if you find out who the cast of characters were in the 1993 WTC “even”, you will find there was a former US Army guy that helped to train (can’t locate his name right now) that bunch of terrorists. Also, remember the Murrah building in OKC and McVeigh? He had served in Gulf War 1 and used an almost exact same recipe for his device as in the WTC event. I find it interesting that he used the same MO as his previous opponents.
Mac-101 says
McVeigh and Nichols went to the Philippines to perfect their bomb making. Nichols wife was a Pilipino Muslim who live one block away form the main Muslim terrorist cell leader in the Philippines. Then there are those 3 Middle Eastern appearing me who were see with them. One was allegedly an Iraqi Intel Officer. There are several books written on this subject with many more questions asked and individual facts given not mentioned in the general press.
gravenimage says
Mac, Marife Torres does not sound like a Muslim name. Do you have any proof that she was Muslim?
Guy Forester says
Mac:
The PI is also where the WTC 1 terrorists went to perfect their bomb making skills. Project bojinka was uncovered due to a hot batch of their chemical brew lighting up the apartment. Of course, despite the PNP giving the info to the FBI, nothing was done by the Clinton administration.
Mac-101 says
It’s in a book by the Brave Chick reporter who wrote a book on the OK City Bombing 15 or 20 years ago. If I recall correctly from about 15 years ago her two sons were definitely Muslims. She wasn’t a black bag wearin one, but suspected ReVert one. The Philippian bombin connection was pretty solid. They supposedly tried to make fertilizer bombs for a couple yeas but got it right after one or both returned form the Philippians.
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To throw another twist their were soft indicators that McVeigh was a gubermint informant at the least. Several supposed pictures of him on a military reservation were floatin around. Can’t vouch for that though.
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So many dots can’t possibly have time to verify let alone research them.
Mac-101 says
Graven, I believe this is an updated edition, not sure though. There is even more conspiracy nut stuff about the OK City bombing than 911. After readin da book it would take a week to check out all the other stories related.
Mac-101 says
https://www.amazon.com/Third-Terrorist-Connection-Oklahoma-Bombing/dp/1595552367
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Sorry, I didn’t git the link to take first time. It sounds real crazy, especially back in the 1990s. But for some reason our government has ben hiding ME involvement in these kinds of incidents for a while. Now the corruption of the Intelligence Agencies and CIA are indisputable.
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Just look about Robert Spencer and Pamela Gellar, the FBI stood back and allowed a murder plot to go on against him back in Texas. Was this not a crazy conspiracy by those we used to trust? Does this NOT make them complicit?
gravenimage says
Very scary. I’m just glad he was caught in time.
James Lincoln says
My opinion regarding regarding Muslims /US military service – from a retired US military O-6:
I don’t believe that known or declared Muslims should be allowed to serve in the US military. They may initially be Muslims in name only, but that can change. If they are or become a devout Muslim and follow the Koran, Sura, and Hadith, they are commanded to ignore the U.S. Constitution and to kill their fellow military members, support ISIS, etc.
Muslims should also not serve in government positions that have access to classified military information or in any types of law enforcement.
Mac-101 says
Just a simple truthful observation from THEIR Holy Books and history so well spelled out by that Great Patriot, Robert Spencer!
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In fact, no Muslim can swear an oath to the Constitution truthfully since they are dedicated to establish the World Wide Caliphate and implement Sharia Law over the entire globe!
sidney penny says
“Yet another convert to Islam gets the idea that his new religion commands him to commit treason and mass murder. ”
Another way to put is why do so many Muslims from so many countries misunderstand the peaceful religion of Islam?
gravenimage says
US Muslim soldier wanted to commit jihad massacres in downtown Honolulu and Waikiki strip
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Why are we offering training to these Jihadists?
UNCLE VLADDI says
ALL “Authorities” always “remain uninterested” simply because they really only want to remain “Authorities!”
Don’t expect subjectivist hypocrites to EVER make any universally objective sense! They’re always all about the double standards, where only they have rights but no responsibilities, and want everyone else to have no rights to defend themselves from them, but only the responsibility to become and remain their slaves! All criminals are hypocrites, and all hypocrites are also criminal slavers: thieves who retroactively make you work for them for free!
Richard Courtemanche says
Look at his ears! You can’t tell me that he’s not a direct descendant of Satan!
julius says
Reat truth about Islam: Islamist Muslims are encouraged to lie to the infidels; that’s us; if it helps the cause of Islam. As a result of this twisted ideology, they lie all the time.