Prosecutors say a substantial sentence for the 22-year-old Dandach could deter him and others from supporting terrorists. SANTA ANA, CALIF.—A California man who aspired to join Daesh in Syria and lied to get a replacement American passport to head overseas could face two decades in prison Monday when he is set to be sentenced. Federal prosecutors are seeking a 20-year prison term for Adam Dandach, who pleaded guilty last year to attempting to provide material support to a terror group and lying on his passport application. The U.S. “faces significant threat from terrorists’ acts planned or committed by homegrown violent extremists like (the) defendant who become radicalized online and seek to engage in terror and support groups like ISIL (Daesh),” federal prosecutors wrote in court filings. The case is one in a series involving young men in states ranging from California to Georgia who have been charged with trying to assist Daesh, also known as ISIS or ISIL, and other terrorist groups.

Source: thestar July 25, 2016 15:11 UTC