{"id":71656,"date":"2016-03-30T12:27:50","date_gmt":"2016-03-30T16:27:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/?p=71656"},"modified":"2016-03-30T12:27:50","modified_gmt":"2016-03-30T16:27:50","slug":"couple-accused-of-using-honeymoon-as-cover-to-join-islamic-state-plead-guilty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/couple-accused-of-using-honeymoon-as-cover-to-join-islamic-state-plead-guilty\/","title":{"rendered":"Couple accused of using honeymoon as cover to join ISIS plead guilty"},"content":{"rendered":"
A Mississippi couple charged with supporting the Islamic State and accused of intending to use their honeymoon as a cover story so they could travel to join the group pleaded guilty this month, according to federal authorities.<\/p>\n
They were among more than half a dozen people in the United States charged with actions related to the Islamic State who pleaded guilty, were convicted or sentenced over the last month, a surge of activity that occurred as worldwide attention has focused on the militant group’s reach in Europe after attacks in Brussels and Paris.<\/p>\n
Jaelyn Delshaun Young and Muhammad Oda Dakhlalla — both of Starkville, Miss. — were arrested last summer and accused of supporting the group. According to the criminal complaint, filed in federal court last August, Young told an FBI employee that the couple hoped to travel to Turkey before crossing into Syria.<\/p>\n
“Our story will be that we are newlyweds on our honeymoon,” Young told the FBI employee in a discussion made through social media channels, according to an FBI affidavit.<\/p>\n
In another message, Young is quoted praising the gunman who killed four Marines when he opened fire at a pair of military facilities in Tennessee last summer.<\/p>\n
The couple planned to fly to Amsterdam before heading to Istanbul. Young also told an FBI employee that her husband was worried the couple would be arrested in Turkey, but she said she was not concerned about being arrested in Turkey when American authorities could just “arrest us before leaving.” They were arrested a few days later after traveling to a Mississippi airport to catch their flight.<\/p>\n
Young, 20, pleaded guilty Tuesday to conspiring to provide material support to the group, also known as ISIS or ISIL. Dakhlalla, her 23-year-old husband, pleaded guilty to the same charge earlier this month. Both of them face up to 20 years in prison and a possible fine of $250,000 and will be sentenced at a later date, authorities said.<\/p>\n
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