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A Manhattan federal jury on Monday convicted an ISIS recruiter who helped send a Baruch College student to Syria — and ultimately his death fighting for the terror group.
Ahmed Mohammed el Gam­mal was pronounced guilty on all four counts of providing and conspiring to provide material support to ISIS and for aiding and abetting the receipt of military training from the terror group.
El Gammal, wearing a lilac sweater and matching collared shirt, listened stoically as the verdicts were read.
"Once again, we have shown that terrorists and terrorist enablers can be brought to justice fairly, openly, and swiftly in the crown jewel of our justice system — civilian courts," US Attorney Preet Bharara said after the verdicts.
El Gammal made arrangements for Baruch student Samy El-Goarany travel to Syria through Turkey in February 2015, and introducing him to people who helped him join ISIS, prosecutors said.
El-Goarany was killed in action in November 2015.
"To grow their brand of hate-filled violence and radicalization, terrorist organizations like ISIS need facilitators and promoters around the world," Bharara said. "And the jury found today that Ahmed Mohammed El Gammal was one such terrorist facilitator."
El Gammal, a 44-year-old resident of Avondale, Ariz., faces up to 55 years in prison.
He had celebrated ISIS victories on social media going back to at least 2014.
But Juror No. 11, the panel's foreman, said el Gammal's online celebrations didn't matter to him — only the defendant's communications with El-Goarany, hooking him up to ISIS contacts.
"This is America and we have freedoms to say things people don't like," the foreman said. "That's his right. We did not hold it at all against him."
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