三名意图加入伊斯兰国的索马里裔美国人被判刑

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.

得到最长刑期的是扎克里亚·阿布杜拉赫曼，他被判10年监禁。 检察官本来对阿布杜拉赫曼寻求15年监禁，此案法官迈克尔·戴维斯解释说，阿布杜拉赫曼得到的刑期最长是因为他拒绝就他的同伙作证。

阿布杜拉赫曼2014年准备搭飞机到希腊然后转机到叙利亚加入伊斯兰国，结果在纽约肯尼迪机场被阻止，但是他次年再次试图前往叙利亚。

星期一被判刑的另外两个人是阿布迪拉扎克·沃尔萨米与阿卜杜拉·尤素福，他们都选择与政府配合。沃尔萨米被判30个月监禁，尤素福由于已经被扣押了21个月所以不用再服刑。他们两人都与政府合作提供了同伙的信息。