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He also wanted to gun down American citizens.
The military must take care when selecting who to train how to kill. Respect it!
US soldier who kissed the ISIS flag and said he wanted to gun down innocent Americans pleads guilty to supplying terrorist group with secret military information
- Ikaika Erik Kang admitted to four counts of attempting to supply material to ISIS
- Sergeant, 35, provided military secrets to undercover FBI agents posing as ISIS
- He kissed terror group’s flag and said he wanted to go on killing spree in Hawaii
- Disgraced soldier reached plea deal with the US and will serve 25 years in prison
By Connor Boyd For Mailonline, 30 August 2018:
Story continues below advertisementA soldier who was filmed by the FBI kissing the ISIS flag has pleaded guilty to supporting the jihadist group.
Ikaika Erik Kang, a 35-year-old sergeant first class in the US Army, admitted to four counts of attempting to provide material support to ISIS.
Kang, who is based in Hawaii, provided secret military information, a drone meant to track US troops and other support to undercover agents he believed were members of the terrorist organization.
kaika Erik Kang, 35, swore allegiance to ISIS and provided the terrorist group with secret military informationThe disgraced soldier reached a plea deal with the US and agreed to serve 25 years in prison.
ADVERTISINGBy at least early 2016, Kang had become sympathetic toward ISIS.
The FBI gathered information from sources he knew, worked with or lived with when it began an investigation in August 2016.
Kang provided digital documents that included sensitive information including the US military’s weapons file, details about a sensitive mobile airspace management system, various military manuals and documents containing personal information about other troops service members.
Trained as an air traffic controller with a secret security clearance, Kang also provided documents including call signs, mission procedures and radio frequencies, ‘all of which would have been helpful to ISIS,’ US Attorney Ken Sorenson said.
At one of the meetings with agents Kang believed were part of the Islamic State, he swore loyalty to the group in Arabic and English and kissed an Islamic State flag given to him by a purported ISIS sheikh.
Here he kisses the ISIS flag during a meeting where he said he wanted to kill innocent Americans
At the same meeting he said he wanted to get his rifle and kill innocent Americans. He said: ‘[I’ll] just go to downtown Honolulu and Waikiki strip and start shooting,’ prosecutors revealed. After that, FBI agents arrested him.
‘He was clearly enticed. But the law of entrapment is quite complex and often very difficult for the defense to prove,’ Kang’s defense attorney, Birney Bervar, said after the hearing.
In exchange for Kang’s guilty plea, prosecutors said they won’t charge him with additional crimes, including violations of the espionage act, other terrorism-related laws and federal firearms statutes.
Kang swore to defend the United States as a member of the military, but he betrayed his country, Assistant Attorney General for National Security John Demers said.
He was also trained as an Army combat instructor and recorded training videos he intended for Islamic State group members in the Middle East to use, Sorenson said.
The first class sergeant became fixated with beheading videos and watched them for hours on end. Pictured: He holds the ISIS flag to his forehead after swearing to fight for the group’s cause
A confidential informant told agents Kang was obsessed with videos depicting terrorism beheadings, suicide bombings and other violence, and he watched them in his bedroom for hours daily.
Kang told the informant that if he became an Islamic State member, he would be a suicide bomber and attack Schofield Barracks, a sprawling Army base outside Honolulu, according to an affidavit filed in the case.
Kang watched the videos for four to five hours each weekday and more on the weekends, the informant told agents in 2016. The informant ‘remembered feeling sick to his stomach, while Kang laughed and insulted the victims,’ the affidavit said.
Kang began researching Islam in 2014, couldn’t wait to move to the Middle East to ‘join the cause’ and was ‘only in the military for a paycheck,’ the informant said.
The US government asked a judge to allow a tracking device to be placed on Kang’s car in October 2016 and received several extensions.
Agents said in their applications for a tracking device that they needed to monitor him continuously because they feared he would carry out an attack.
Officials with the 25th Combat Aviation Brigade told the FBI they were concerned about their ability to monitor Kang, noting that he was to return from leave on 25 May 2017 – the same day as a change-of-command ceremony.
Brigade personnel feared the large gathering ‘represented a target of opportunity for Kang should he want to harm members of the unit.’
Kang is still in the Army, but his duty status is confined, said Lt. Col. Curt Kellogg, with the 25th Infantry Division. Because Kang is in civilian confinement, the Army isn’t paying him, Kellogg said. He has been held without bail since his arrest.
Kang is expected to receive a 25 years in prison as part of a plea agreement when he is sentenced Dec. 10.
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44 Comments5 years agoTake the booger out behind the barn and put him down . FBI must be worried about entrapment if they are not going to charge him with the rest of his crimes .
Validate your 2nd Amendment Rights………. Carry !
5 years agoReply to aebeAgree. Another reason why not to recruit muslim.
Left/Liberal are also making ISIS / jihadis happy by making beheading fashionable https://tinyurl.com/y7k93bs9
Insane ?
5 years agoReply to aebeIt’s America. Muslims have freedom to follow islam as they want. Trump just celebrated ramadam with muslims and tweeted that muslims are free to follow islam in USA
5 years agoReply to spacearcadianListen to Mary J. Barack she has the cure for your muzrat homosexuality.
5 years agoThis is another example of why we should not allow any Muslims to serve in the Armed Forces of the United States of America. We already have the example of the Muslim Psychiatrist in the Army that shot and murdered a number of his fellow soldiers in a terrible Jihad Act. There is a big problem, any devout practicing Muslim must be loyal first and foremost of all to the Islamic Ummah and must hate and fight against the non Muslim country that he is living in. This results in a Muslim in the military who is not loyal to the United States and will eventually become a traitor to the United States.
5 years agoReply to David GrisezDavid Grisez
Gee wiz… it must be a mere coincidence that out of the few Muslims in the military, there seems to be a significant occurrence of them with nefarious/traitorous intent. This must not have anything to do with Islam because Bush told us “Islam is the religion of peace.” Therefor this must be just a fluke. Maybe it was due to his deprived childhood or all the discrimination he received growing up as a 4’6″ woman trapped in a 6’4″ black man’s body or something? Maybe it’s the FBI overreacting due to them being xenophobic and Islamophobic? Maybe they misinterpreted him when he said that he wanted to “kill innocent Americans” he meant “kill them with humor.” And when he said he wanted to be “the bomb” he was trying to use ebonics but got misinterpreted?5 years agoReply to David Grisezthanks to Barry, we have a muslim chaplain leading our Army.
Anyone who subscribes to i-slam should not be in the US military.5 years agoReply to DaveI agree totally with that and that should be the British armed forces too. A muslim is taught from birth that their loyalty is with islam.
5 years agoReply to Dave GlynnHate to say it but Jewish citizens also hold the US second to Israel.
Check out the USS Liberty ’67 golf war.5 years agoReply to imwithstoopidA soldier should have loyalty to only the nation who’s uniform he wears and flag he serves under.
5 years agoReply to Dave GlynnNot should have, must have, we are oath-takers nothing less. This coward should be held and tried by a Military Court Martial.
EVERYTHING he has done was and is treasonous and DESERVES the death penalty.5 years agoReply to joanofark06I did some hw; he is still with his assignment- the troops and his commander are quite satisfied.
Sad that it takes a war for us to learn we can coexist. Seems it is the extremists who are the problem. Muslims could make a greater effort to dismantle the extremist ideology which gives them a bad rap. Still, the Quran is what it is and there are many verses that “demand” jihad. Without any amendment , coexistence may remain aloof.
Well Majid and Raheel; what about it?
When I hear of the artocities like the Christian Pastor and his family burned alive, I don’t see much room for tolerance. No-go zones in America…….I don’t think so! Submission? out of the question!5 years agoReply to David Grisez“Personally, I don’t trust one Muslim in our military”,
said Rep Rick Womack, US Air Force vet,
“if they truly are a devout Muslims, and follow the Quran and the Sunnah, then I feel threatened because they’re commanded to kill me.”
https://natnewsnet.wordpress.com/2011/11/15/rick-womick-gop-tennessee-state-rep-all-muslims%C2%A0serving-in-the-u-s-military-should-be-removed-video%C2%A0-ny-daily-news/5 years agoHe kissed the ISIS flag, he vowed to kill American civilians and service members. All while he was on active duty and while the U.S. is in war time. Crimes of treason punishable by death, according to the UCMJ. 25 years behind bars, is a gift.
5 years agoReply to santashandlerPathetic, isn’t it? He should be executed by a firing squad that first blows his ankles apart and then works its way up until is is riddled with holes.
5 years agoThat there is one sick individual! How many taxpayers want to fund his incarceration for the next few decades? Put him down and use the money for veterans who need food stamps !
5 years agoHe should be sitting on a claymore mine wrapped with bacon. After detonation, the last thing he will see is his butt hole wrapped in bacon exiting his mouth.
5 years agoWHY is this a discussion?
5 years agoReply to DaveIt’s not a discussion it’s a news report.
I know it’s painful to see but Snakes Happen’.5 years agoHere is a better picture of Ikaika Erik Kang.
http://media.graytvinc.com/images/690*388/U.S.+soldier+arrested+for+terrorism+7.11.jpg
5 years agoReply to felix1999He looks like a snake.
What sort of ethnicity would he be judging by his name?
I can’t place it.
Was he born a muzrat or did he convert?5 years agoTie him to a post then..SHOOT HIM…..
That is what should be done to the treasonous.. s o b…
25 years in prison is spitting in the face of all the brave vets of the USA.5 years agoPrison? Pity! Treason! We’re at war! Firing Squad!
5 years agoIF they had not caught the basturd it is said he was going to shoot up downtown and Waikiki. I believe hundreds might have been killed or injured.
The tourism might have dropped to ZERO for a long time. This guy wanted to also do terrible economic harm to Hawaiians too.
He’ll be 60 when he gets out and still be DERANGED.
5 years agoReply to Alleged-CommentOr will he get time slashed for good behaviour and parole etc and be out in only half that time.
5 years agomadness………..madness!
5 years agoCorrection U.S. Traitor kisses ISIS flag.
5 years agoReady…aim…FIRE!!
5 years agoObama s Army….or was it Clintons…” This is not your Fathers Army anymore”…or The Navy …for that matter…He needs to be shot dead in front of his Company…for Treason!
5 years agoHe’s as evil as they come. Worse because he’s a convert.
5 years agoThis is the traitor they caught, how many other Kang’s are waiting for their chance to slaughter over a dozen US soldiers like Nidal Hassan did? Why are Muslims not barred from serving in the military, gov’t, law enforcement, food industry or other sensitive area in society where they can harm others?
I know why, political correctness-intuitively we all know Muslims are dangerous but we simply refuse to say it publicly and turn it into policy because we don’t want to be seen as racist. In the meantime there are real imbeciles mostly on the Left who blindly protect and defend Muslims and will never change their mind until their whole family is wiped out by Muslims.
So we all keep going, hoping that we’re not the ones next to die at the hands of a Muslim psycho, while waiting for the elites to finally wake the hell up and deal with Muslims as our enemy. In my opinion Islam is worse than Nazism and has been far more successful at invading and destroying countries. I just hope that millions don’t have to be killed by Muslims first until we take this threat seriously.
5 years agoThis is all we need in our military…..soldiers not knowing if the enemy is in front, or in back of him! This, and the whole muslim thing is insanity.
5 years agoThe West does NOT need to allow thousands of backward, 7th century, unvetted and violent muslim savages into our countries that have ‘enshrined’ sexual slavery, rape, forced conversion, assault, murder and genocide in their FAKE religion!
5 years agoIn every WESTERN country where Muslims are in the minority, they are obsessed with minority rights.
In every ISLAMIC country with a Muslim majority, …there are no minority rights!islam is NOT a religion of peace!!
islam is a sick and twisted terrorist ideology that is completely incompatible with western civilization!!Deport all muslims, CITIZENS OR not, from the west at once!!
Ban all muslims from traveling to the west, …FOREVER
Implement muslim control, NOT gun control.Defending your person, your family, your country from attack and invasion from those forcing a violent, terrorist, genocidal ideology on western civilization…is …not … islamophobia ….or racist. ….It is just common sense.
The people of Europe, Britain and Canada must throw down their treasonous leaders forcing this evil upon them.
…………………………..The USA just did, Nov. 2016!
5 years agoReply to CharlieSeattleAnd yet 2 years gone and we still have Obama’s people in charge. What the hell is going on? Why no actions taken, a lot of us out here have known of McMaster’s background along with Brennan and all the others, why not the POTUS?
5 years agoDeception in Political Islam
Apr 24 2014 | by Bill Warnerhttps://www.politicalislam.com/deception-in-political-islam/
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