Living in northern californ, tried to join terrorists overseas. Live from the cbs bay area studios. This is kpix 5 news. Tonight, the feds say this refugee living in Northern California tried to join terrorists overseas. Veronica de la cruz says he is under arrest and sacramento. Reporter the suspect is palestinian, born in a rack. He came to the us is a refugee in 2012. Tonight, feds believe he had every intention of joining islamic militants overseas. The feds say the man travel to syria to fight alongside terrorists, then lied to investigators about it. Law enforcement has been incredibly concerned about those who come back to the us with that kind of foreign fighter training. According to the us attorneys office, he traveled to the middle east in 2013 and told other terrorists, i am eager to see blood and i have been thinking of joining the state. Investigators believe that meant isis. And he was fighting, what his goals were, it is still unclear, although the fbi has stated in no
The u. S. And back again after fighting alongside a Terror Organization and then lying to investigators about it. Authorities say the iraqi citizen originally came to the u. S. As a refugee in 2012. This was an individual who was committed to going back home as an iraqi to fight what he perceives as corrupt authoritarian regimes. Reporter Law Enforcement officials accuse the houston suspect of providing Material Support to isis. The 24yearold texas man entered the u. S. As an iraqi refugee in 2009 and was granted permanent resident status in 2011. The charges have reignited the debate on the campaign trail over admitting Syrian Refugees into the u. S. We should not be allowing isis terrorists to come back to america with u. S. Passports and wage jihad to attempt to murder men and women in this country. Reporter both suspects are scheduled to appear in federal court today. Web within for cbs news. The governor of texas is reacting to the latest cases. He is urging the president to halt
Living in northern californ, tried to join terrorists overseas. Live from the cbs bay area studios. This is kpix 5 news. Tonight, the feds say this refugee living in Northern California tried to join terrorists overseas. Veronica de la cruz says he is under arrest and sacramento. Reporter the suspect is palestinian, born in a rack. He came to the us is a refugee in 2012. Tonight, feds believe he had every intention of joining islamic militants overseas. The feds say the man travel to syria to fight alongside terrorists, then lied to investigators about it. Law enforcement has been incredibly concerned about those who come back to the us with that kind of foreign fighter training. According to the us attorneys office, he traveled to the middle east in 2013 and told other terrorists, i am eager to see blood and i have been thinking of joining the state. Investigators believe that meant isis. And he was fighting, what his goals were, it is still unclear, although the fbi has stated in no
Operations told us that the evidence theyve collected including the shrapnel they found at the scene indicates or suggests to the u. N. In the initial investigation there was an israeli shell. We went to speak to palestinian eye witnesses. Many who survived the attack. All of them told us there was no fighting taking place at the time. It was about 5 00 a. M. Local time people were sleeping or praying in the Morning Hours when the shelling began. They say about seven shells landed in the vicinity of the School Including the courtyard as well as the outer lying areas. That lead to the killing of at least 15 palestinian. The Israeli Military is saying it was in response to fighting and shooting that was coming from the vicinity of the u. N. School. They say they are launching an investigation but they have not yet claimed or denied responsibility for what happened today. And frankly weve spoke ton u. N. Officials here and others who say that in the past similar incidents that have been i
Access in that country. His release was based on human relations grounds and this sets up a big change in u. S. Cuban relations since the cold war. Doug, what are we expecting the president to say . Reporter too early to say whether or not theyre lighting up cuban cigars in the oval office as of yet, heather, but this mark as sea change in the adversarial relationship between the United States and cuba, one existed since 1959, marked by the failed bay of pigs invasion and cuban missile crisis and people of my generation, cover and duck drills and bomb shelters, as a result of the cuban missile crisis. Here is what normalization includes at least what we heard from the white house thus far. The president will announce executive actions related to cuba, short of lifting the embargo which he believes requires congressional action of the state department will normalize diplomatic relations and reconsider cubas status as terrorist nation. It will expand travel opportunities but not full and