WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. Army soldier was arrested on federal terrorism charges for allegedly attempting to assist the Islamic State in conducting a deadly ambush on U.S. troops, the Department of Justice said in a statement on Tuesday.
Cole James Bridges, a Private First Class in the U.S. Army, was “charged by complaint with attempting to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization and attempting to murder U.S. military service members,” the statement said.
(Reporting by Timothy Ahmann and Daphne Psaledakis)
