Department of Justice Office of Public Affairs FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, June 18, 2019 Defendant Who Conspired to Murder U.S. Soldiers Sentenced to 26 Years Imprisonment Defendant Was Part of a Plot to Conduct Suicide Attacks Against Coalition Forces Earlier today, in federal court in Brooklyn, Faruq Khalil Muhammad ‘Isa was sentenced to 26 years imprisonment to be followed by a lifetime of supervised release by United States District Judge Roslynn R. Mauskopf for his role in conspiring to murder U.S. soldiers in Iraq. ‘Isa pleaded guilty to the charge of conspiring to kill Americans abroad in March 2018. ...