12 Facts About Ahmad Abousamra

Ahmad Abousamra was featured on the FBI's Most Wanted Terrorists list for allegedly attempting to obtain military training in his trips to Yemen and Pakistan for the purpose of killing American soldiers overseas.

Ahmad Abousamra was a Syrian-American dual citizen who was born in France on 19 September 1981.

Ahmad Abousamra grew up in the Boston suburb of Stoughton.

Ahmad Abousamra attended Xaverian Brothers Catholic High School in Westwood up until his senior year when he transferred to Stoughton High and graduated in 1999.

Ahmad Abousamra's plan failed and he returned to the United States.

Ahmad Abousamra then went to Fallujah in Iraq with the intention of fighting US troops there.

Ahmad Abousamra was indicted for his arrest on November 5,2009.

Ahmad Abousamra was wanted by the FBI for conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists, providing and attempting to provide material support to terrorists in connection with al-Qaeda, conspiracy to kill in a foreign country, conspiracy, and false statements.

In 2013, Ahmad Abousamra joined Jabhat al-Nusra in Syria, which was at the time a front group for the Islamic State of Iraq.

Ahmad Abousamra was appointed as chief editor of Dabiq magazine which was created as part of a collaboration between him and Abu Muhammad al-Furqan.

Ahmad Abousamra was responsible for the creation of Rumiyah magazine which was to replace Dabiq as a monthly magazine.

Ahmad Abousamra participated in a failed plot to kill the American Muslim scholar Hamza Yusuf.