Prison for Michigan Man Sought to Join Hizbullah, Fight in Syria

W460

A Detroit-area man accused of trying to travel to the Middle East to fight in Syria's civil war has been sentenced to five years in prison.

Mohammad Hamdan has been in custody for nearly three years and will get credit for that time. He was sentenced Wednesday, about four months after pleading guilty to making false statements to agents.

The government says the 24-year-old Hamdan wanted to join Hizbullah that is classified by the U.S. as a terrorist organization.

He was arrested in 2014 prior to boarding a flight at Detroit Metropolitan Airport. Hamdan is a native of Lebanon. He says he won't oppose an effort to deport him there after his prison sentence.

Comments 13
Thumb _mowaten_ 08 December 2016, 10:37

anything to protect their qaeda assets

Thumb marcus 08 December 2016, 12:59

always the secular progressive atheist shia fundamentalist follower of wilayat al faqih who comes to the rescue of the sectarian terror militia.

Thumb chrisrushlau 08 December 2016, 17:48

If you're a US citizen, you should be alarmed at how Congress delegated authority to the State Department to legislate: by putting people on its terrorist list.

Thumb Puppet 08 December 2016, 13:08

Mr. Mowaten always gets my respect and admiration along with his many other mega aliases for being persistent and humorous.

Thumb Mystic 08 December 2016, 13:32

America is a forsaken cursed place to live.

Thumb jaafar.ibn.iblees 08 December 2016, 13:58

Do you think the iranian sectarian jihadist terrorist family in your avatar would rather live in America or where they currently reside?

Thumb Mystic 08 December 2016, 16:17

I do not live in the U.S. fortunately.

Thumb Southern...... 08 December 2016, 10:52

if it was a decent country, i mean not a warmonger and a terrorists sponsor one, it would rewarded him for wanting to fight against terrorism.

Thumb gigahabib 08 December 2016, 12:26

Protecting their Zionist/Salafist allies.

Thumb gigahabib 08 December 2016, 19:38

Yes, that's why Israel keeps bombing Syria and Hezbollah, but no Salafist rebels. Yeah, it is obvious.

Thumb gigahabib 09 December 2016, 11:06

So can you tell us what Israel is being "guarded" against?

Thumb gigahabib 08 December 2016, 19:39

Yeah, because Shias are known for their terrorist attacks in the US, right?

Thumb _mowaten_ 08 December 2016, 22:43

hehehehe keep laughing, scumbies like you will probably be the first down the drain.