Fort Stewart soldier arrested for aiding ISIS in plots to attack US troops
January 20, 2021
Authorities say a U.S. Army soldier from Ohio with less than two years in service has been arrested on charges that he threatened the 9/11 Memorial in Manhattan and plotted to help ISIS kill American soldiers in the Middle East.
Cole James Bridges, 20, is charged with attempted material support for terror and attempting to kill U.S. soldiers. The FBI and Army Counterintelligence arrested him Tuesday, and he is scheduled to appear Thursday before the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia. He is presently in the custody of the Liberty County Sheriff’s Office in Georgia.
According to the FBI, Bridges joined the U.S. Army around September 2019, and was assigned as a cavalry scout in the 3rd Infantry Division based in Fort Stewart, Ga. Some time later, Bridges allegedly began researching and consuming online propaganda promoting jihadists and their violent ideology, according to the FBI. He also allegedly expressed his support on social media for the Islamic State of Iraq and ISIS.
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