Air Force vet sentenced to 35 years for trying to join ISIS

By Brian Seay

Tairod Pugh, a former mechanic for the Air Force, had been reported to the FBI in 2001 for sympathizing with Osama bin Laden and expressing “anti-American sentiment.” (Photo: Facebook)
A U.S. Air Force veteran was sentenced on Wednesday to 35 years in prison for trying to join ISIS.
Tairod Pugh, 49, of New Jersey, was found guilty by a federal jury in March 2016 for attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State, and for obstruction of justice, according to a news release from the U.S. attorney’s office in the Eastern District of New York.
Pugh worked as a mechanic for the Air Force from 1986 to 1990.
“After moving to San Antonio, Texas in or about 1998, (Pugh) converted to Islam and became increasingly radical in his beliefs,” wrote FBI Special Agent Ghailan Stepho in an affidavit in support of Pugh’s arrest in 2015.
In 2001, Pugh started working as a mechanic for American Airlines. That same year, a co-worker tipped off the FBI, saying he sympathized with Osama bin Laden, and expressed anti-American sentiment. Pugh worked in Iraq as an Army contractor for a time around 2010 and had been living in Egypt, Dubai and Jordan for about a year and a

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