Overview
North Carolina resident Akba Jihad Jordan is an American who planned with co-conspirator Avin Marsalis Brown to fight alongside extremist groups including ISIS, AQAP, and the Nusra Front. Starting in May 2013, both Jordan and Brown communicated and met with FBI agents posing as jihadists. The pair told the agents that they wished to fight kuffar (nonbelievers), both in the United States and overseas.“United State of America v. Avin Marsalis Brown (aka Musa Brown) Akba Jihad Jordan,” United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina, March 20, 2014, http://ftpcontent5.worldnow.com/wncn/pdf/raid.pdf. The FBI agents witnessed Jordan and Brown discuss weaponry, and Jordan reportedly told Brown that he would not hesitate to use his AK-47.“Raleigh Man Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Provide Material Support for Terrorism,” U.S. Department of Justice, October 16, 2014, http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/raleigh-man-pleads-guilty-conspiring-provide-material-support-terrorism. According to a federal affidavit, Jordan “functioned as a type of physical fitness, firearms and tactics instructor” for Brown.Bruce Siceloff, “Second Raleigh man pleads guilty in ISIS terror-support conspiracy,” News & Observer, October 16, 2014, http://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/counties/wake-county/article10098290.html.
In March 2014, U.S. authorities raided Jordan’s apartment and arrested him, finding a bulletproof vest, an AK-47, swords, and other weapons in his home. Authorities simultaneously arrested Brown at Raleigh Durham International Airport as he attempted to board a plane headed for Turkey. In October 2014, Jordan pled guilty to conspiring to provide material support to terrorists.“Raleigh Man Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Provide Material Support for Terrorism,” U.S. Department of Justice, October 16, 2014, http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/raleigh-man-pleads-guilty-conspiring-provide-material-support-terrorism. On July 5, 2016, Jordan was sentenced to 108 months in federal prison, followed by five years of post-release supervision. His co-conspirator Avin Brown was sentenced to 92 months in prison and five years post-release supervision.“Raleigh Men Sentenced for Conspiracy to Provide Material Support to Terrorist,” U.S. Department of Justice – Eastern District of North Carolina, July 5, 2016, https://www.justice.gov/usao-ednc/pr/raleigh-men-sentenced-conspiracy-provide-material-support-terrorist. Jordan is currently incarcerated at Butner Low Federal Correctional Institute in North Carolina, with an anticipated release date of November 17, 2021.“Akba Jihad Jordan,” Find an Inmate – Federal Bureau of Prisons, accessed March 8, 2021, https://www.bop.gov/inmateloc/.
Associated Groups
- Extremist entity
- ISIS
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- Type(s) of Organization:
- Insurgent, territory-controlling, religious, terrorist, violent
- Ideologies and Affiliations:
- Islamist, jihadist, pan-Islamist, Salafist, takfiri
- Position(s):
- Foreign fighter, homegrown extremist, conspirator
ISIS is a violent jihadist group based in Iraq and Syria. The group has declared wilayas (provinces) in Egypt, Libya, Algeria, Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Nigeria, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and the North Caucasus. ISIS has also waged attacks in Turkey, Lebanon, France, Belgium, Iraq, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Malaysia, Tunisia, and Kuwait.
- Extremist entity
- AQAP
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- Type(s) of Organization:
- Insurgent, non-state actor, territory controlling, terrorist, transnational, violent
- Ideologies and Affiliations:
- Islamist, Jihadist, Qutbist, Salafist, Sunni, takfirist
- Position(s):
- Foreign fighter, homegrown extremist, conspirator
ISIS is a violent jihadist group based in Iraq and Syria. The group has declared wilayas (provinces) in Egypt, Libya, Algeria, Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Nigeria, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and the North Caucasus. ISIS has also waged attacks in Turkey, Lebanon, France, Belgium, Iraq, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Malaysia, Tunisia, and Kuwait.
- Extremist entity
- Nusra Front
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- Type(s) of Organization:
- Insurgent; non-state actor; terrorist; transnational; violent; Transnational Salafi-Jihadi Network
- Ideologies and Affiliations:
- Al-Qaeda and affiliated groups, Islamist, Jihadist, Qutbist, Salafist, Sunni
- Position(s):
- Foreign fighter, homegrown extremist, conspirator
ISIS is a violent jihadist group based in Iraq and Syria. The group has declared wilayas (provinces) in Egypt, Libya, Algeria, Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Nigeria, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and the North Caucasus. ISIS has also waged attacks in Turkey, Lebanon, France, Belgium, Iraq, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Malaysia, Tunisia, and Kuwait.
History
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