The FBI says it stopped an alleged homegrown ISIS support plot before it turned into bloodshed.
The Justice Department announced Friday that three men were arrested in Kansas City, Kansas, San Diego, and Sacramento, California, on charges tied to alleged material support for ISIS.
The named defendants are Bisaam Ghafoor, 21, of Leawood, Kansas; Elias Shamsaldeen, 21, of Porterville, California; and Bereen Dzayee, 25, of Lakeside, California.
Federal officials say the allegations include money, drones, rocket-propelled grenades, and violent messages about targeting American service members.
Yesterday, the DOJ arrested three individuals in Kansas and California charged in a depraved plot to support ISIS.
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The facts of the case are extremely disturbing.
MCENANY: “One said it was ‘sick’ if his name was on a drone that would kill American service members.”
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The Justice Department laid out the arrests and the allegations in stark terms:
Early this morning, the FBI arrested three men in Kansas City, Kansas, San Diego, and Sacramento, California, on charges that they conspired to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), a designated foreign terrorist organization.
Bisaam Ghafoor, 21, of Leawood, Kansas; Elias Shamsaldeen, 21, of Porterville, California; and Bereen Dzayee, 25, of Lakeside, California, were arrested on a complaint filed in the District of Kansas for conspiring to provide material support to terrorism after collectively providing over $2,000 to an individual they understood to be a member of ISIS.
As detailed in the complaint, in various messaging exchanges, Ghafoor exclaimed it would be “sick” if his name could be written on the drone used in an attack on Americans. Dzayee suggested that targets of drones should include U.S. Special Forces.
In other exchanges, Shamsaldeen expressed a desire to stab and injure a U.S. servicemember. Ghafoor said he has always wanted to kill a female soldier by beheading, and added, “I wish I could kill 300,000,000 Americans.”
Those are allegations at this stage, and the government still has to prove the case in court.
But the charge sheet described by DOJ is exactly the kind of case Americans expect counterterrorism officials to stop early.
FBI Director Kash Patel said the suspects allegedly swore allegiance to ISIS, plotted multiple attacks, and targeted U.S. service members.
Patel said the FBI “stopped them cold.”
The Justice Department also described how the alleged communications unfolded:
According to the complaint, filed in the District of Kansas, beginning by at least February 2025 to about June 2026, the individuals communicated about several plans to support ISIS, including through the provision of personnel, services, and money.
Through Discord chats, voice calls, and other messaging platforms, the coconspirators pledged allegiance to ISIS and its leader. The defendants exchanged messages in social media groups promoting violence in furtherance of ISIS.
The defendants collectively provided over $2,000 to an individual they believed to be an ISIS member. Ghafoor’s name was written on the projectile of one of the rocket-propelled grenades purportedly to be used in an attack overseas to kill U.S. servicemembers.
Shamsaldeen provided financial resources for the purpose of purchasing drones, which, in turn, were to be used to attack and kill U.S. servicemembers deployed overseas.
That is why these arrests matter.
President Trump’s law enforcement team is not waiting for a body count before moving on terror threats.
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said the arrests showed a commitment to taking down terrorist networks anywhere.
The defendants and others also allegedly discussed traveling outside the United States to fight for ISIS, according to DOJ.
All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.
That presumption matters, but so does the result the FBI is claiming here: the alleged plot did not happen, and three men are now in custody.
