{"id":19488,"date":"2016-01-19T09:44:54","date_gmt":"2016-01-19T17:44:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=19488"},"modified":"2016-01-19T09:44:54","modified_gmt":"2016-01-19T17:44:54","slug":"california-man-facing-up-to-20-years-in-prison-for-violating-sanctions-against-syria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=19488","title":{"rendered":"Man Facing Up to 20 Years in Prison for Supplying Terrorists With Military Equipment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>VIRGINIA<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-14523 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Courtroom-300x160.jpg\" alt=\"Courtroom\" width=\"300\" height=\"160\" \/>A Syrian born naturalized U.S. citizen is facing up to 20 years in prison when he is sentenced in May for violating sanctions imposed on Syria, according to officials.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Amin al-Baroudi<\/strong>, 50, formerly of Irvine, California, plead guilty last week to charges of conspiring to export U.S.-origin goods such as sniper rifle scopes that were earmarked for terrorist groups from the United States to Syria<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">In a<a href=\"http:\/\/www.justice.gov\/opa\/file\/813586\/download\"> plea agreement<\/a>, Baroudi admitted that from December 2011 through March 2013, he and his co-conspirators exported U.S. tactical equipment to Syria for the purpose of supplying and arming <strong>Ahrar al-Sham<\/strong> and other insurgent groups in Syria whose stated goal is to overthrow the Assad government and install an Islamic state.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Ahrar al-Sham<\/strong> frequently fights alongside <strong>Jabhat al-Nusrah<\/strong>, which has been designated by the U.S. State Department as a foreign 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