Canadian pledged allegiance to ISIS and vowed to kill in messages on prison cell wall, U.S. prosecutors say
U.S. prosecutors want a Canadian who plotted terrorist attacks in New York City for the so-called Islamic State to serve a life sentence due to the “depravity and extraordinary seriousness” of his crimes. A report filed in U.S. district court on Friday ahead of Abdulrahman El-Bahnasawy’s sentencing said a harsh prison term was needed to deter others from plotting attacks against the United States. Story continues below “He worked over the course of months with high-level, Syria-based ISIS members…