三名意圖加入伊斯蘭國的索馬里裔美國人被判刑

A U.S. judge in Minnesota has given jail time to three Somali-Americans found guilty of conspiring to provide material support to Islamic State, but rewarded two of them with lighter sentences for cooperating with the government.

The harshest sentence was given to Zacharia Abdurahman, who got 10 years in prison. The prosecution wanted 15 years in prison for Abdurahman. The judge, Michael Davis, made it clear that Abdurahman received the toughest sentence because he did not testify against his former co-conspirators.

Abdurahman was stopped at JFK airport in New York in 2014 while attempting to travel to Greece on his way to Syria to join Islamic State. The following year he was involved in a second attempt to travel to Syria.

Also sentenced Monday was Abdirazak Warsame and Abdullahi Yusuf, both of whom cooperated with the U.S. government. Warsame received 30 months in prison, while Yusuf got off for time served in prison, the 21 months he already has been in jail. Both testified against some of their former friends.美國明尼蘇達州的一位聯邦法官判處三名索馬里裔美國人有期徒刑，罪名是陰謀向伊斯蘭國組織提供物質支持，但是其中兩人因與政府配合得到較短的刑期。

得到最長刑期的是扎克里亞·阿布杜拉赫曼，他被判10年監禁。 檢察官本來對阿布杜拉赫曼尋求15年監禁，此案法官邁克爾·戴維斯解釋說，阿布杜拉赫曼得到的刑期最長是因爲他拒絕就他的同夥作證。

阿布杜拉赫曼2014年準備搭飛機到希臘然後轉機到敘利亞加入伊斯蘭國，結果在紐約肯尼迪機場被阻止，但是他次年再次試圖前往敘利亞。

星期一被判刑的另外兩個人是阿布迪拉扎克·沃爾薩米與阿卜杜拉·尤素福，他們都選擇與政府配合。沃爾薩米被判30個月監禁，尤素福由於已經被扣押了21個月所以不用再服刑。他們兩人都與政府合作提供了同夥的信息。