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San Diego: Muslim gets 10 years for illegal firearms cache, planned to join the Islamic State

Jan 13, 2018 1:29 pm By Robert Spencer

His brother was killed waging jihad for the Islamic State. “Prosecutors said McCain not only helped his brother to get to Syria, he agreed to travel there and join him in violent jihadist activities.”

Do prosecutors have any interest in discovering where these brothers learned their understanding of Islam? What mosque did they attend? Has it been investigated? Why not?

“Brother of US man killed fighting for ISIS sentenced,” by Julie Watson, Associated Press, January 12, 2018:

SAN DIEGO — The brother of a San Diego man believed to be the first American citizen killed while fighting alongside the Islamic State in Syria has been sentenced to 10 years in prison on terrorism-related charges.

Marchello Dsaun McCain, 35, was sentenced Friday in federal court in San Diego for illegal possession of a cache of firearms and body armor and making false statements to federal agents about international terrorism.

McCain is the brother of 33-year-old Douglas McCain who was killed in 2014.

The United States also unsealed a two-count indictment charging Canadian national and former San Diego resident Abdullahi Ahmed Abdullahi with conspiring with Douglas McCain and others in the United States and Canada to provide support to terrorists in Syria carrying out kidnappings and killings.

Marchello McCain pleaded guilty in 2016 to making false statements during several interviews with federal agents from 2014 to 2015, including denying knowing that his brother planned to fight for the terrorist group. He told the FBI that he thought his brother was going to Turkey to play music and teach English.

In his plea agreement, McCain acknowledged that he allowed his brother to use a debit/credit card belonging to McCain’s wife to buy airline tickets to Turkey and put money to cover the purchase into his wife’s account.

“ISIS has brought the war on terror closer to home by directing and inspiring attacks in the U.S. and other countries, thereby putting American lives in danger,” U.S. Attorney Adam Braverman said in a statement. “By lying to federal agents, Marchello McCain delayed, frustrated and thwarted an investigation into a group that supplied U.S. and Canadian fighters to ISIS.”

McCain’s brother left the United States in March 2014 and five months later was reported killed fighting against the Free Syrian Army.

Marchello McCain, who was convicted of shooting at two people in Minnesota in 2005, also pleaded guilty in 2016 to six counts of being a felon in possession of guns, ammunition and body armor.

In that plea agreement, Marchello McCain acknowledged that about three weeks before his brother departed, the two went to a San Diego gun range and shot weapons that included a semi-automatic-style rifle and a shotgun, federal prosecutors said.

Prosecutors said McCain not only helped his brother to get to Syria, he agreed to travel there and join him in violent jihadist activities. He regularly communicated with his brother and other individuals regarding the financial and logistical needs of foreign fighters in Syria, and wired $800 to an Islamic State operative in Turkey to support his brother and others….

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Filed Under: American jihadis, converts to Islam, Islamic State (aka ISIS, ISIL, Daesh) Tagged With: Abdullahi Ahmed Abdullahi, Douglas McCain, Marchello Dsaun McCain


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  1. Marina says

    Jan 13, 2018 at 3:43 pm

    Why did they arrest him? He should have traveled to Syria and hopefully would have died like his brother. One less Mozlem in U.S and that would have saved taxpayers money.

    • abad says

      Jan 13, 2018 at 8:28 pm

      Exactly.

      There is NO reason to keep Jihadis in the United States of America.

      They are not welcome here and the sooner they leave, the better.

    • J D S says

      Jan 14, 2018 at 8:57 am

      They’re here, they’re here, they’re everywhere. Thank God this guy was caught..but how many more are out there with weapons and explosives caches that are planning on blowing us up? Islam needs to be treated like the mafia or any other bad group..but no in the U.S. they are still a religious group protected by the constitution..Time for an amendment to our religious freedoms part of the constitution that would remove religious freedoms of organizations calling themselves religious when their literature, individuals, preacher,actions and creed, speak otherwise.
      Am I being un american, islamophobic, racist or just plain concerned

      • Carol says

        Jan 14, 2018 at 6:36 pm

        No, but you seem to be teetering on becoming OCCIDENTOPHOBIC (just like the muslims).

  2. LeftisruiningCanada says

    Jan 13, 2018 at 4:51 pm

    “a semi-automatic-style rifle”

    Sounds like they wanted to say something like “Army-Style Semi-Automatic Assault Rifle”, but realized how stupid it is.

  3. gravenimage says

    Jan 13, 2018 at 5:12 pm

    San Diego: Muslim gets 10 years for illegal firearms cache, planned to join the Islamic State
    ………………………………

    At least this is a pretty decent sentence.

    More:

    Do prosecutors have any interest in discovering where these brothers learned their understanding of Islam? What mosque did they attend? Has it been investigated? Why not?
    ………………………………

    All good questions–especially since his brother was “radicalized”, as well. How many more are?

    More:

    Marchello Dsaun McCain, 35, was sentenced Friday in federal court in San Diego for illegal possession of a cache of firearms and body armor and making false statements to federal agents about international terrorism.
    ………………………………

    “Marchello Dsaun McCain”–I wonder what his Muslim name is?

  4. Champ says

    Jan 13, 2018 at 5:40 pm

    “ISIS has brought the war on terror closer to home by directing and inspiring attacks in the U.S. and other countries, thereby putting American lives in danger” …

    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

    “inspiring attacks”? Could their ‘inspiration’ come from the 72 virgins muslim male suicide bombers are promised from the unholy quran?

    • gravenimage says

      Jan 13, 2018 at 6:16 pm

      Only Islam considers these horrors “inspiring”.

      • Champ says

        Jan 13, 2018 at 8:06 pm

        Indeed, Graven. And only islam considers a liar, thief, rapist and mass-murderer a ‘prophet’ of God. This is beyond repugnant to my sensibilities.

  5. Phil Copson says

    Jan 13, 2018 at 6:13 pm

    Hmm – sounds like “McCain has had his chips….”

    (Had he been executed for treason, would it be a case of “McCain’s oven-ready” ?)

    • LeftisruiningCanada says

      Jan 14, 2018 at 2:42 am

      For sure those things are injected with all kinds of toxins 😉

  6. Peter says

    Jan 13, 2018 at 6:45 pm

    Man slapped on wrist for terrorist involvement.
    Punishment ……….. a 10 year tenure as recruitment officer at one of the local jihadi watering holes.

    • StellaSaidSo says

      Jan 13, 2018 at 9:56 pm

      And out in 5 years for ‘good behaviour’.

  7. Axis porcinus says

    Jan 13, 2018 at 11:08 pm

    At at some point in the future these “good muslims” will disappear without any headlines.

  8. tgusa says

    Jan 14, 2018 at 1:02 am

    What is wrong with US authorities? Are they brain-dead? They should have just let him go. It would be cheaper, easier and beneficial for the US taxpayer that way.

  9. Papa Whiskey says

    Jan 14, 2018 at 5:20 am

    Do prosecutors have any interest in discovering where these brothers learned their understanding of Islam? What mosque did they attend? Has it been investigated? Why not?

    The brothers were converted in Minnesota by Abdullahi Ahmed Abdullahi, a Canadian immigrant from one of the “shithole countries” the president mentioned the other day. Don’t expect any investigation on the part of either Minnesota or Canada, Islam being the Most Favored Faith in both locales.

    • LeftisruiningCanada says

      Jan 14, 2018 at 2:17 pm

      I wish that our balance of trade did not include exporting filthy islamic death preachers and active jihadis to the USA.

  10. Cheer Bear Girl says

    Jan 14, 2018 at 2:54 pm

    Islam isn’t just a religion it is also political in nature.

  11. Andy says

    Jan 14, 2018 at 9:53 pm

    Stop bringing S**thole people into Western nations. We already have enough here.

    We sure as hell don’t need anymore people from the so called religion of peace!

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