Video: Dakhlalla Pleads Guilty to Attempting To Join ISIL

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ABERDEEN, Miss.(WCBI)–The Starkville man arrested for attempting to join ISIL pleads guilty in Federal court today[Friday].

Muhammad Dakhlalla reached a plea agreement with prosecutors on the charges.

Our WCBI cameras were rolling as Dakhlalla was escorted away from the Federal courthouse by U.S. Marshals.

Federal investigators say the Starkville man was dating Jaelyn Young when she came up with the idea and convinced Dakhlalla to join the terrorist network in Syria last year.

Prosecutors say in May 2015 an FBI employee started sharing messages with Young and Dakhlalla on the Internet and social media.

Dakhalla made a payment to expedite his and Young’s passport so they could make the trip to Syria, first posing as honeymooners in Greece.

The terrorist sympathiser assumed he would be joining the military and asked about his training in a message with the FBI.

Dakhalla and Young were arrested at Golden Triangle Regional Airport in Lowndes County on August 8, 2015.

The FBI says he and Young left notes behind explaining they would never return and that Young was the mastermind of the plan.

Young, who is from Vicksburg, is charged with aiding terrorists.

She is being held without bond.

Young is scheduled to be in court June sixth.

A sentencing date has not been set for Dakhlalla.

The maximum penalty for the crime is 20 years in prison, a $250,000 fine and be on parole for the rest of his life.