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Tue Feb 6, 2018, 08:20 PM Feb 2018

New York man gets 18 years prison for Islamic State support

Source: Reuters

#U.S. FEBRUARY 6, 2018 / 4:53 PM / UPDATED AN HOUR AGO

New York man gets 18 years prison for Islamic State support

Brendan Pierson
2 MIN READ

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New York City man was sentenced to 18 years in prison on Tuesday after he pleaded guilty to charges of conspiring to aid Islamic State and assaulting a federal law enforcement officer.

Munther Omar Saleh, 22, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Margo Brodie in Brooklyn, according to John Marzulli, a spokesman for federal prosecutors.

“Mr. Saleh is sincerely remorseful,” said Saleh’s lawyer, Deborah Colson. “He is relieved to have put this behind him and he is ready to make amends.”

Saleh, a resident of the New York City borough of Queens and a U.S. citizen, pleaded guilty in February 2017. He admitted that in 2015 he helped New Jersey resident Nader Saadeh with his travel and accompanied him to John F. Kennedy International Airport for a flight to Jordan, where Saadeh was subsequently detained.

Saadeh has pleaded guilty to charges of conspiring to help Islamic State but has yet to be sentenced.

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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-new-york-security-islamicstate/new-york-man-gets-18-years-prison-for-islamic-state-support-idUSKBN1FQ35B
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