CHICAGO (AP) — A member of the Illinois Army National Guard and his suburban Chicago cousin have been arrested on charges of conspiring to provide material support to the Islamic State group in Syria and Iraq, the U.S. Attorney's office said in a Thursday statement.
Hasan Edmonds, the 22-year-old national guard member, was arrested Wednesday night at Chicago Midway International Airport trying to board a flight to Egypt. Jonas Edmonds, 29, was arrested the same day at his home. Both men are U.S. citizens and come from Aurora, the statement said.
According to an unsealed federal complaint, the cousins planned for Jonas Edmonds to carry out a terrorist attack inside the U.S. after Hasan Edmonds left the country. Without naming it, the complaint says they contemplated an armed attack against a U.S. military facility in northern Illinois where Hasan Edmonds had trained.
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Spokesman Lt. Col. Brad Leighton said the Illinois National Guard was informed of a federal investigation into a member of Golf Company 634th Brigade Support Battalion, which is based in Joliet.
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Hasan Edmonds wasn't on active duty, so any criminal allegation will be addressed by civilian federal authorities, Leighton said. Edmonds security clearance had been revoked, he said.
According to the Obama administration, Hasan Edmonds is honorable. He volunteered. Plus, they look like they could've been Obama's sons.
