(Detroit News) A convicted Islamic State soldier is expected to make federal court history Monday by testifying against a Dearborn man captured on a Syrian battlefield three years ago.
Prosecutors on Monday plan to call Minnesota resident Abdelhamid Al-Madioum, 24, as a cooperating witness to authenticate ISIS documents seized during a counterterrorism investigation of accused Islamic State soldier and Dearborn resident Ibraheem Musaibli, the Detroit News has learned. Al-Madioum served in the same ISIS brigade as Musaibli and helped maintain Islamic State records that refer to Musaibli, prosecutors said.
The court hearing in front of U.S. District Judge David Lawson will reunite two Americans captured on a Syrian battlefield in recent years, and Al-Madioum’s testimony will mark an unprecedented level of cooperation during the war on terror, legal experts say.
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