US Soldier Pleads Guilty to Instructing ISIS to Ambush and Kill US Troops

A discarded ISIS terrorist group flag lying on the ground in the village of Baghouz in Syria's eastern Deir Ezzor Province near the Iraqi border on March 24, 2019. Giuseppe Cacace/AFP via Getty Images

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.