- Hawazen Sameer Mothafar, 33, an Iraqi national residing in Oregon, pleaded guilty to conspiring to provide material support to ISIS by producing and distributing propaganda and recruiting materials online.
- Mothafar was the co-founder of the Sunni Shield Foundation, a pro-ISIS media organization that created and published violent propaganda to promote ISIS ideology and objectives. He communicated with ISIS Central Media officials, took instructions about media production, and represented the Sunni Shield in an online group with other ISIS supporter groups.
- Mothafar aided other pro-ISIS media organizations that conspired with ISIS associates, and communicated with a designated global terrorist in hopes of aiding his release. He faces a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison. Read More