Kentucky man joins ISIS, plans 'martyrdom' mission, Justice Department says

A Kentucky man who traveled to Syria to join the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) group discussed jihad, martyrdom and shooting down airplanes, a federal court found.

According to a Department of Justice press release, Mirsad Hariz Adem Ramic, 34, left the United States for Istanbul in 2014 alongside two co-conspirators.

The trio quickly abandoned the proposed itineraries and flew to Gaziantep, Turkey, near the Turkish-Syrian border.

They later joined ISIS, a US-designated foreign terrorist organization.

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Ramic attended an ISIS training camp, where he received military-style training, the Justice Department said.

Ramic, who has dual U.S.-Bosnian citizenship, joined an ISIS combat unit composed primarily of Bosnian foreign fighters and participated in an ISIS offensive in Kobane, Syria.

Officials said Ramic's social media showed him wearing camouflage clothing and standing in front of a truck equipped with an anti-aircraft gun and the ISIS flag.

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Ramic and his co-conspirators also “discussed, among other things, his use of an anti-aircraft weapon to shoot down planes” and “jihad, martyrdom and fighting for ISIS,” according to the statement. press.

Ramic has been in federal custody since December 2021 after being deported from Türkiye.

Ramic is scheduled to be sentenced Sept. 5 and faces a maximum sentence of 50 years in prison, a $750,000 fine and a term of up to life supervised release.

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He was accused of providing material support to ISIS, conspiring to provide material support to ISIS, and receiving military-style training from ISIS. Islamic.