2 North Texas College Students Listed as ISIS Fighters

Harry · May 17, 2016

Two college students from North Texas left the United States to fight for ISIS, according to personnel records from the terrorist group obtained by NBC News.

Omar Kattan (pictured above), a former biology student at the University of North Texas in Denton, entered Syria in September 2013 when he was 23 and described himself as a "suicide fighter," according to the records. He is believed to have been killed.

Talmeezur Rahman, a computer major at Collin College in McKinney, disappeared from the U.S. in 2014, and his "fighting name" was listed on ISIS documents, NBC News reported.

The two names were on a thumb drive that an apparent ISIS defector gave to NBC News correspondent Richard Engel in Turkey.

Kattan, whose family apparently still lives in Denton, attended UNT from 2007 to 2011 and graduated with a degree in biology, said UNT spokeswoman Margarita Venegas.

She declined further comment.

He also worked briefly at Texas Woman's University in Denton as a lifeguard and a group exercise instructor from May 17 to Aug. 31, 2012, the university said.

In an online post, he wrote, "I'm a biology major at the University of North Texas. I'm a senior with a minor in physics, chemistry and Arabic, currently I'm a teacher's assistant in the Arabic Department and I like my job a lot."

He said he planned to go to dentistry school.

"I hope my country Syria will be free," he added.

Kattan is believed to have been killed, NBC News reported, citing a former law enforcement official.

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MDH · May 17, 2016

4 minutes ago, Harry said:

Kattan is believed to have been killed, NBC News reported, citing a former law enforcement official.

Burn in hell.

Rudy · May 17, 2016

Hope the death was excruciating.

foutsrouts · May 17, 2016

We don't need no stinking biology/chemistry majors running free with those lunatics. Hope the 72 virgins he's hanging with now are all male.

That_Guy_Arlo · May 20, 2016

Does he replace Dr Phil as the worst thing to ever come from UNT?

Mean Green 93-98 · May 20, 2016

12 minutes ago, That_Guy_Arlo said:

Does he replace Dr Phil as the worst thing to ever come from UNT?

Tex Watson may yet hold that "honor." And while she may not be remotely in the same class as Watson or the ISIS guy, Betty Ann Duke was far, far worse than Dr. Phil.