JAKARTA - A US Army soldier was sentenced to 14 years in prison for trying to help ISIS carry out a deadly ambush against US troops.

The Cole Bridges, also known as Cole Gonzales (24), will be released under surveillance for 10 years after being released from prison, the US Department of Justice said.

Bridges, a first-class student at the time of his arrest, was indicted in 2021 for providing military advice and guidance on how to kill fellow soldiers to individuals he thought were part of ISIS.

He pleaded guilty to terrorism charges in June 2023. Bridges joined the Army in 2019.

Before joining, he began to pay close attention to online propaganda promoting jihadists and their violent ideologies, and began expressing his support for ISIS and jihad on social media.


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