Zachary Chesser

Zachary Adam Chesser (1990-), also known as "Abu Talhah al-Amrikee," born and educated in the United States, who supports radical Islamism. He was arrested, in July 2010, for supporting a Somalia-based al Qaeda affiliate, al-Shabab (insurgency, and believed to be an American recruiter for al-Qaeda Earlier, he gained media visibility, in April 2010, for death threats against the creators of the South Park cartoon. He has corresponded, at length, with counterterrorism analyst Jarret Brachman, which gives considerable insight into his thinking.

Chesser was reported to have been in correspondence with Anwar al-Awlaki and with Omar Hammami, another American-born jihadist in Somalia.