Man Who Admitted To Lying To FBI About ISIS Sentenced To 4 Years In Prison

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(CBSDFW.COM) - The Mesquite man who pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI about his travels to fight with ISIS has been sentenced to four years in prison and three years supervised release.

Bilal Abood told FBI agents he intended to travel to Iraq two years ago to visit family when his real intentions were to go to Syria and take up arms.

Abood never made the trip, because he was stopped before boarding a plane at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport. But weeks later he got on a plane in Mexico City, traveled to Syria, then Turkey, and fought alongside the terrorist group ISIS. He later pledged his allegiance to Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of the Islamic State.

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