A U.S. Army soldier pleaded guilty on Wednesday to teaching ISIS fighters to be better able to kill his fellow service members.
22-year-old Cole Bridges of Stow, Ohio, pled guilty to attempting to provide material support to ISIS, a designated foreign terrorist organization. Bridges further pled guilty to attempting to murder U.S. military service members by way of his support for ISIS.
Bridges, also known as Cole Gonzales, was a private in the Army and assigned as a cavalry scout in the 3rd Infantry Division based in Fort Stewart, Georgia, when he was arrested and charged in January 2021.
The soldier enlisted in the Army in September 2019, and by late 2019, his online activity indicated an interest in jihadist ideology. By September 2020, his online activity turned to lengthy conversations with an undercover agent he believed was working with ISIS….