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Ex-U.S. military translator denied bail in Islamic State case in Texas
Source: Reuters
US | Fri May 15, 2015 1:23pm EDT
Ex-U.S. military translator denied bail in Islamic State case in Texas
DALLAS | BY MARICE RICHTER
An Iraqi immigrant described as a former U.S. military translator was ordered held without bond by a federal judge on Friday on charges of lying about pledging allegiance to the leader of Islamic State, prosecutors said.
U.S. Magistrate Judge Renee Toliver ruled Bilal Abood is a flight risk and ordered him detained, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Attorney's office said.
In a criminal complaint filed in federal court in Dallas, the Federal Bureau of Investigation accused Abood, 37, of traveling by way of several countries, including Mexico and Turkey, to Syria in April 2013 and returning to the United States that September.
When Abood, who lives in the Dallas suburb of Mesquite, arrived back in the United States, he told the FBI he went there to fight with the Free Syrian Army.
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Ex-U.S. military translator denied bail in Islamic State case in Texas
DALLAS | BY MARICE RICHTER
An Iraqi immigrant described as a former U.S. military translator was ordered held without bond by a federal judge on Friday on charges of lying about pledging allegiance to the leader of Islamic State, prosecutors said.
U.S. Magistrate Judge Renee Toliver ruled Bilal Abood is a flight risk and ordered him detained, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Attorney's office said.
In a criminal complaint filed in federal court in Dallas, the Federal Bureau of Investigation accused Abood, 37, of traveling by way of several countries, including Mexico and Turkey, to Syria in April 2013 and returning to the United States that September.
When Abood, who lives in the Dallas suburb of Mesquite, arrived back in the United States, he told the FBI he went there to fight with the Free Syrian Army.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/05/15/us-usa-texas-militant-idUSKBN0O01ZE20150515
