2 NJ men plead guilty to plotting ISIS-inspired terrorism

A pair of young men from northern New Jersey pleaded guilty this week to supporting ISIS, the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey announced in a statement on Wednesday. 

Tomas-Kaan Jimenez-Guzel, 19, and Milo Sedarat, 21, were two of six suspects federal agents arrested in three states late last year after uncovering plots for mass shootings in Michigan and possible travel to Syria for training with ISIS militants. Authorities also discovered all manner of disturbing online messages, which included fantasizing about killing Jews and declaring their anti-Semitic bona fides. 

"I hate Israel more than anything - [a]nd the people who support or sympathize - [b]ro my moms Jewish friends r brainwashing her into being a Zionist," Sedarat said in text messages" discovered by federal authorities. "I wanna kill her friends [l]ike deadass ... I’m gonna stab them with my sword.” 

Sedarat, who lives in Montclair, New Jersey, a well-to-do suburb of New York City, also boasted, "I'm the biggest anti semite (sic) in America." He pleaded guilty on Tuesday to concealment of material support and resources to a designated foreign terrorist organization.

Jimenez-Guzel, also of Montclair, pleaded guilty this week to providing material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization. According to The New York Post, Jimenez-Guzel's mother is a U.N. diplomat.

Another suspect in Washington state, Saed Ali Mirreh, 20, pleaded guilty last week in U.S. District Court in Seattle to charges of conspiracy to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization.

"Any individual supporting ISIS or other terrorist organizations, regardless of whether it involves organizing an attack, planning to travel overseas, or funding others to join ISIS will be investigated swiftly and prosecuted," Robert Frazer, the U.S. attorney for the district of New Jersey said. "Jimenez-Guzel and Mirreh planned to travel abroad to actively fight with ISIS, and Sedarat surreptitiously provided funding for those plans."

The suspects were arrested last November. For more on the so-called suburban jihadists, watch the video below.