AMERICAN CITIZEN SON OF A TOP BOSTON DOCTOR IS RUNNING THE ISIS's BRUTALLY EFFECTIVE SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN TO ATTRACT FIGHTERS FROM U.S., BRITAIN, CANADA, AND FROM ACROSS THE WORLD.

Boston doctor's son ran effective ISIS media operations

September 8, 2014

The American computer wiz running brutally effective ISIS social media campaign: College-educated son of top Boston doctor is on FBI Most Wanted list

•  Ahmad Abousamra, 32, was raised in an upscale Boston suburb and attended private school

•  Hegraduated with Northeastern with a technology-related degree and worked for a telecommunications company

•  Authorities believe he is now running the media wing of ISIS

• Social media has helped to promote the atrocities of the brutal terrorist group and encourage jihadists from across the world to join the ranks

A college educated American citizen with a knack for computers is believed to be one of the men running the brutally effective ISIS social media operation, which is helping to attract hundreds of fighters from across the world - including the U.S., Britain and Canada.

Ahmad Abousamra, 32, was born in France and raised in the upscale Boston suburb of Stoughton. His father is a prominent endocrinologist at Massachusetts General Hospital. He attended the exclusive Xaverian Brothers Catholic high school and made the Dean's List at Northeastern University.

He graduated with a degree in a technology field then took a job at a telecommunications company.

U.S. officials tell ABC News that he is now putting his skills to work for ISIS, the brutal terrorist organization that has been effectively using 21st century methods like Twitter memes, Facebook posts, selfies and YouTube videos to promote its radical 6th century Islamic ideals.

In 2004, federal authorities say, Abousamra left his American life behind and traveled to Iraq in the hopes of fighting U.S. soldiers as part of Al-Qaeda in Iraq.

Instead, he was recruited to the groups 'media wing.'

'If you do have a European language ability, if you have computer skills, if you are quite clever and you come join ISIS, you are likely to be used for social media output,' Peter Neumann, the director of the International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation, told ABC.

When he returned to the U.S. in 2006, he was questioned by the FBI's Joint Terrorism Task Force. He was released without charge and slipped out of the country and back to Syria.

In 2009, he was charged with federal terrorism offenses. He is currently on the FBI's Most Wanted list and the government has offered a $50,000 reward for his capture.