Court sentences men to between five and three
years in jail for membership and using Internet to
promote armed group.
A Jordanian court has sentenced five people to
between three and five years in jail for being
members of the Islamic State in Iraq and the
Levant ( ISIL ) , and promoting the armed group on
the Internet .
Two other trials of suspected supporters of the
group, including a man accused of operating as a
cook for al- Qaeda's Syria branch , also got
underway on Monday as part as a crackdown on
fighters.
The five men were found guilty of "promoting . . .
terrorist organisations ," a reference to ISIL , and of
belonging to such groups , the court heard .
One of those convicted , Ahmad Abu Ghalluss , was
given three extra months in jail , on top of his five-
year sentence , for slamming US President Barack
Obama 's "war on terror ".
"I am with IS and you, enemies of God, are with
Obama ," Ghalluss shouted in the courtroom after
the ruling was delivered .
Jordan is one of five Arab States supporting US-
led air strikes against the armed groups in Syria
and Iraq
- All Jazeera .
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