“I saw the picture of sharia court established in Falluja. So if I went to Baghdad and went to Falluja from there, could I meet up with ISIS?”“Criminal Complaint,” United States District Court, Southern District of Texas, May 25, 2015, http://www.justice.gov/file/441346/download.

“All I know is that I want to fight fisabillah [jihad].. Who knows how long this fitna [struggle] will last? What if I miss my chance? I don’t want to fight for war booty or for nationalism. I want to just rise the laws of Allah and be a shaheed [individual who dies for Allah] in his cause. I don’t want to be fighting with the wrong group, and so far all I see is ISIS fighting for Khilafah [an Islamic state].”“Criminal Complaint,” United States District Court, Southern District of Texas, May 25, 2015, http://www.justice.gov/file/441346/download.