A U.S. soldier has been sentenced to 14 years in prison after seeking to support an ISIS attack that intended to kill American soldiers in the Middle East.
Cole Bridges, also known as Cole Gonzales, pled guilty to terrorism charges in 2023. His prison sentence will be followed by 10 years of supervised release, according to a Department of Justice (DOJ) release on Friday.
Bridges joined the U.S. Army in 2019. Prior to enlisting, he consumed content promoting and expressed support for jihadists and “their violent ideology,” according to the DOJ.
In the fall of 2020, Bridges began to correspond with an FBI employee, posing as an individual in contact with ISIS, the DOJ said. Bridges began to express his hope to aid the terrorist organization and provided guidance to ISIS fighters planning attacks.
Per the release, Bridges sent the undercover agent some parts of the U.S. Army training manual and in approximately December 2020, gave the individual instructions on how to fight U.S. forces in the region.
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