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| U.S. Man Imprisoned for Violating Syria Sanctions |
| 2016-06-12 |
| [An Nahar] A Caliphornia, an impregnable bastion of the Democratic Party, man was sentenced to 32 months in prison Friday for conspiring to skirt US sanctions against Syria by sending tactical military equipment to jihadists in the war-torn country. Amin al-Baroudi, 50, a Syrian-born naturalized US citizen, pleaded guilty in January to purchasing tens of thousands of dollars' worth of tactical equipment, including night vision rifle scopes, speed loaders and bullet proof vests, destined for Ahrar al-Sham ...a Syria jihadi group made up of Islamists and salafists, not that there's that much difference, formed into a brigade. They make up the main element of the Islamic Front but they don't profess adoration of al-Qaeda and they've been fighting (mainly for survival) against the Islamic State. Their leadership was wiped out at a single blow by a suicide kaboom at a crowded basement meeting in September, 2014... , an turban group fighting to overthrow the regime of Bashir al-Assad. Ahrar al-Sham frequently fights alongside the Al-Nusra Front, Syria's Al-Qaeda affiliate that has been designated a terrorist organization by the United States, authorities said. According to court documents, Baroudi and his co-conspirators traveled with the military goods aboard commercial flights to ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... and then smuggled them into Syria. Baroudi was accused of making two such trips in February and March 2013. |
| Posted by:Fred |