By New York Post (U.S.) | Created at 2025-01-05 07:18:55 | Updated at 2025-01-07 02:48:34
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A Pennsylvania man is facing charges of attempting to join the terrorist group Hezbollah in an effort to explicitly “kill Jews,” the Department of Justice said in a filing.
Jack Danaher Molloy, 24, was indicted Thursday in Pittsburgh for trying to travel to Lebanon and Syria last year to join the Iranian-supported terror group, Fox News reports.
Molloy, a dual US and Irish citizen, who served active duty in the US Army, tried multiple times to join Hezbollah, according to the affidavit filed in federal court.
Court documents filed by the feds say he told a family member that his “master plan was to join Hezbollah and kill Jews,” Fox News reports.
In 2024, Molloy converted to Islam and began overtures in the Middle East, attempting to enlist in the murderous terror organization, the report states.
He went to Lebanon in Aug 2024 and contacted people there about joining the fight in that country, the DOJ states.
Then, in Oct 2024, he flew to Syria and again attempted to join Hezbollah.
When returning home, he was met by FBI agents who asked whether he attempted to join the terror organization.
Molloy denied that he tried and is also being charged with lying to FBI agents.
He would continue his attempts to join the group while living in Upper St. Clair, Pennsylvania, the DOJ alleges.
If convicted he faces up to 20 years behind bars on a material support charge, and he faces a maximum of eight years for false statements made to the FBI, Fox News Reports.
