Man ‘conspired to create violent jihad’

The US alleges an Algerian-born Irish citizen conspired with others to devise and create a “violent jihad organisation” capable of targeting US and Western European citizens, the High Court has heard.

Ali Charaf Damache, aged 48, who has been living in Ireland for a decade, is wanted in the US to face charges relating to the conspiracy to provide material support for terrorists and attempted identity theft to facilitate an act of international terrorism.

Remy Farrell, counsel for the Attorney General, said an investigation by the FBI alleged that, from early 2008 to Jul 2011, Mr Damache and several co-conspirators devised and organised a violent jihad organisation with the intent to target US and Western European citizens.