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| Minnesota man accused of plotting to join ISIS testifies |
| 2016-05-28 |
| [ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] A Minnesota man on trial for plotting to go to Syria to join the ISIS testified Thursday that he thought about leaving the United States because he could feel the government closing in, but said he had no real plan and believed a scheme to get fake passports for the journey was a bad idea. Guled Ali Omar, 21, is one of three men on trial in U.S. District Court in Minnesota on multiple counts. The most serious is conspiracy to commit murder outside the United States, which carries the possibility of life in prison. He is the only defendant to testify. Prosecutors have said the men were part of a larger group of friends in Minnesota's Somali community who recruited and inspired each other to go to Syria. Six other men who were part of the alleged plot have pleaded guilty to "conspiracy to support a foreign terrorist organization." A 10th man is at-large, believed to be in Syria. During the trial, which is in its third week, prosecutors played secretly recorded conversations in which the men discussed travel plans, including the possibility of obtaining fake passports to go to Syria via Mexico. Omar testified that he and his friends held regular study groups to discuss the Qur'an. He said that after one man left for Syria, the group began discussing the political situation there, but the group was not like the government portrayed it and he knew of no legitimate plans for anyone to travel. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 It's the lawless Viking blood. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2016-05-28 13:43 |
| #1 Damn those Lutherans, anyway! |
| Posted by: Theremp Ebbomotle1484 2016-05-28 13:40 |