US charges man from Kosovo extradited from Bosnia & Herzegovina with supporting terrorism

An alleged ISIS propagandist wanted by U.S. officials for spewing terrorist taunts online and trying to recruit foreign fighters pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to charges that he helped ISIS for the past four years.

Kosovo-born Mirsad Kandic appearing before a US court on Wednesday pleaded not guilty to helping the terrorist organisation ISIS.
Kandic is charged with five counts of providing material support to ISIS and one count of conspiracy. He was held without bail and faces life in prison without parole if convicted.

Kandic was extradited from Bosnia to New York on Tuesday. Originally from Kosovo, Kandic was living outside the US since 2013 and was arrested in late June by Bosnian authorities.

According to court papers, Kandic, 36, is a legal permanent resident who once lived in Bronx and Brooklyn. Prosecutors said that by 2005, Kandic started expressing a desire to leave America and wage jihad in the Middle East.

By December 2013, authorities had put Kandic on a no-fly list. Yet he still managed to leave the country under circumstances that were not explained in court papers. He ended up in Turkey, where he joined with ISIS, authorities said.

Prosecutor Saritha Komatireddy told Magistrate Judge Ramon Reyes that Kandic’s “home base” was in Turkey.

“He has, for three years now, been operating as an ISIS logistician and facilitator who looked to help bring aboard foreign fighters to ISIS,” revealed Komatireddy.

She noted that he possessed fake IDs and multiple aliases. Kandic also is accused of helping an 18-year-old Australian man travel to Turkey and then on to ISIS-controlled territories in Syria and Iraq.

Source: Gazeta Express