| 1 | A former New Jersey man who traveled to the Middle East last year wanted to form a small army to fight with the Islamic State group, federal authorities said Monday, weeks after the man's brother was arrested in the same alleged plot. |
| 2 | Nader Saadeh, 20, was charged with attempting to provide material support to the terror group. |
| 3 | He was ordered held without bail following a brief appearance Monday in U.S. District Court in Newark. |
| 4 | A judge appointed a lawyer to represent him after Saadeh said he could not afford to pay for an attorney. |
| 5 | The former Rutherford resident's arrest came after authorities arrested his 23-year-old brother, Alaa, and 21-year-old Samuel Rahamin Topaz of Fort Lee on similar charges. |
| 6 | Authorities say Nader Saadeh traveled to the Middle East in May to join the Islamic State but was arrested in Jordan and had been held there in custody. |
| 7 | It was not immediately clear when or how he returned to the United States. |
| 8 | He could face several decades in prison if convicted on all counts. |
| 9 | Between 2012 and 2013, Saadeh allegedly expressed his hatred for the United States and his wish to form a small army via electronic messages. |
| 10 | After the Islamic State's leader declared an Islamic caliphate in parts of Syria and Iraq in July 2014, authorities say Saadeh posted images of the group's flags on Facebook. |
| 11 | Prosecutors have said the Saadeh brothers had numerous meetings and exchanged text messages and phone calls with Topaz and 20-year-old Munther Omar Saleh, a New York City college student who was arrested in June and charged with conspiring to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization. |
| 12 | In a June 13 conversation secretly recorded by an informant, Alaa Saadeh allegedly spoke of his knowledge of his brother's plans. |