‘I Am an American’ Says Man Who Tried to Join ISIS

A Georgia man who wrote he was “ready for jihad” before buying a one-way ticket overseas to try joining the ISIS group was sentenced to federal prison Tuesday after he sobbed to the judge, “I am an American.”

ISIS fighters in an undated propaganda video released by the terrorist group.

AUGUSTA, Ga.—A Georgia man who wrote he was “ready for jihad” before buying a one-way ticket overseas to try joining the ISIS group was sentenced to federal prison Tuesday after he sobbed to the judge, “I am an American.”

Leon Nathan Davis III of Augusta was sentenced to 15 years, the maximum punishment allowed. A pale, bearded man with a Southern accent, the 38-year-old Davis pleaded guilty in May to seeking to help a known terrorist organization.

READ MORE

• Summer Camp for Iraqi Shiite Boys: Training to Fight ISIS