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A federal judge sentenced Mahdi Hashi<\/strong>, 26, a Somali national, to nine years in prison for traveling \u00a0from U.S. to Somalia to join a al-Shabaab,<\/strong> a terrorist group, officials said.<\/span><\/p>\n

U.S. District Judge John Gleeson<\/strong> of New York on Friday sentenced Hashi for conspiring to provide material support to al-Shabaab, a designated foreign terrorist organization.<\/span><\/p>\n

The defendant traveled from the United Kingdom to Somalia to join the terrorist group.<\/span><\/p>\n

While in Somalia, authorities said the defendant was affiliated with the American jihadist Omar Hamami<\/strong> and his band of American fighters, as well as individuals associated with al-Shabaab\u2019s suicide bomber program.<\/span><\/p>\n

According to court documents, between approximately December 2009 and August 2012, the defendant served as a member of al-Shabaab in Somalia where he conspired to support al-Shabaab and its violent extremist agenda.<\/span><\/p>\n

In August 2012, the defendant was apprehended with others by local authorities in East Africa after he left Somalia, and then lawfully deported to the Eastern District of New York for prosecution in November 2012.<\/span><\/p>\n

On Nov. 14, 2012, the FBI took custody of the defendant and brought him to New York for prosecution. \u00a0Hashi long with two codefendants plead guilty on May 12, 2015.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cHashi travelled to Somalia to join and fight on behalf of al-Shabaab in their foreign terrorist fighter ranks,\u201d said Assistant Attorney General John Carlin.\u00a0 \u201c<\/strong>The National Security Division remains committed to detecting, thwarting and bringing to justice those who seek to provide material support to and fight on behalf of designated foreign terrorist organizations.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThis defendant left his family and his adopted home in the United Kingdom behind so he could offer himself in support of al-Shabaab, a violent terrorist organization that has demonstrated its capabilities and motives in numerous terrorist attacks and that has publicly called for attacks against the United States,\u201d said U.S. Attorney Robert Capers<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cMahdi Hashi joined a foreign terrorist organization to be part of a group utilizing violence to fulfill their agenda,\u201d said FBI Assistant Director in Charge Diego Rodriguez<\/strong>.\u00a0 \u201cHe now finds himself isolated behind bars due to the criminality of his activities. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

During the time of the charged conspiracy and thereafter, al-Shabaab successfully recruited individuals from around the world, including Hashi, to come to Somalia and join the organization.<\/span><\/p>\n

These individuals, known within al-Shabaab as \u201cforeign fighters,\u201d lived, trained and often fought alongside native Somali fighters.<\/span><\/p>\n

Al-Shabaab frequently made Western foreign fighters the face of its fundraising and propaganda efforts as part of a broader strategy emphasizing that the conflict in Somalia was part of a global jihad aimed at creating an Islamic caliphate, according to officials.<\/span><\/p>\n

In addition, al-Shabaab assesses that Westerners have the potential to more easily cross certain international borders.<\/span><\/p>\n

This is because al-Shabaab frequently employs suicide bombings, as it did in the Kampala, Uganda, attacks in 2010 resulting in 74 deaths, freedom of travel was and is particularly crucial to al-Shabaab\u2019s external terror operations, officials said.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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