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judge in the district court in the southwestern city of
Saarbruecken sentenced the 39-year old hairdresser from Damascus
to two years in prison for trying to get Islamic State
operatives to transfer him up to 180,000 euros ($212,400.00).
The judge ruled that the man used the false pretence that he
would carry out attacks in Germany for Islamic State using
explosives. The money was never transferred to the man.
The court rejected the prosecution's argument that the man was
guilty of the more serious crime of planning to carry out
attacks on behalf of the militant organization.
Both parties have appealed the ruling to the Federal Supreme
Court, the court spokeswoman said. The Syrian refugee was named
only as Hasan A. due to German privacy laws.
(Reporting by Joseph Nasr, editing by Alister Doyle)
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