US man gets 15 years for trying to join Islamic State group
BUFFALO, N.Y. — A New York man has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for trying to join the Islamic State group, despite telling the judge he only wanted to provide humanitarian aid to Syrians.The U.S. District Court judge told Arafat Nagi (NAH’-gee) on Monday he found his humanitarian claims hard to believe in light of graphic social media posts of Islamic State violence and a photo of Nagi posing with an assault rifle.The 47-year-old Lackawanna (lak-ah-WAH’- […]
