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Syrian official who moved to Lexington SC sentenced to 60 years for torture of prisoners

Posted on 9/21/26 at 7:27 pm
Posted by CarolinaGamecock99
Member since Apr 2015
25135 posts
Posted on 9/21/26 at 7:27 pm
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LEXINGTON, S.C. — A former high-ranking member of the Syrian government who tortured prisoners in a Damascus prison -- hanging them from ceilings and folding them into tires -- later moved to Lexington, applied for citizenship and actively concealed his past. He was sentenced Thursday to 60 years.

The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Central District of California announced on Thursday that Samir Ousman Alsheikh, 74, had been sentenced to 60 years for his actions when he was a brigadier general in charge of a Syrian prison.
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Alsheikh has been in federal custody since 2024, before which prosecutors said he lived in Lexington, though it's unclear how long he lived in the area. He was ultimately convicted on six counts of conspiracy to commit torture, three counts of torture, one count of fraud in possession and use of an immigration document, and one count of attempted naturalization fraud.
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Very cool our immigration policies allow people like this into our country
Posted by SallysHuman
Lady Palmetto Bug
Member since Jan 2025
26014 posts
Posted on 9/21/26 at 7:29 pm to
Well, frick.
Posted by Walt OReilly
Poplarville, MS
Member since Oct 2005
124759 posts
Posted on 9/21/26 at 7:34 pm to
Posted by IAmNERD
Member since May 2017
24743 posts
Posted on 9/21/26 at 7:40 pm to
Send him to Gitmo to be waterboarded for the rest of his days.

frick em.
Posted by Cosmo
glassman's guest house
Member since Oct 2003
133094 posts
Posted on 9/21/26 at 7:41 pm to
Why not send him to the saudis? I dont want to waste tax dollars on him
Posted by SallysHuman
Lady Palmetto Bug
Member since Jan 2025
26014 posts
Posted on 9/21/26 at 7:45 pm to
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Very cool our immigration policies allow people like this into our country


Like, do we even vet answers on these forms? Honesty policy? Who ever actually checked "yes" on torturing people box?
Posted by Bestbank Tiger
Premium Member
Member since Jan 2005
83086 posts
Posted on 9/21/26 at 8:06 pm to
Bush and Pelosi be like...

Posted by Lonnie Utah
Utah!
Member since Jul 2012
35866 posts
Posted on 9/21/26 at 8:10 pm to
Lexington County. Bbq capital of SC. They should make him eat pulled pork from Shelley's for the rest of his days....

I still have lots of family in that neck of the woods.....
Posted by Klark Kent
Houston via BR
Member since Jan 2008
76252 posts
Posted on 9/21/26 at 8:10 pm to
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Like, do we even vet answers on these forms? Honesty policy? Who ever actually checked "yes" on torturing people box?


You know the answers to these questions.
This post was edited on 9/21/26 at 8:11 pm
Posted by SCLibertarian
Conway, South Carolina
Member since Aug 2013
42927 posts
Posted on 9/21/26 at 8:10 pm to
This guy was likely waterboarding the same type of folks we were. Assad and the Alawites in Syria were fighting the Sunni extremists like Al Qaeda and Al Nusra. This guy shouldn't be here, but why are we prosecuting him instead of deporting him?
Posted by SallysHuman
Lady Palmetto Bug
Member since Jan 2025
26014 posts
Posted on 9/21/26 at 8:11 pm to
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You know the answers to these questions. Particularly during 2020-2024.


Yeah. Still freaks me out when they land in my neck of the woods.
Posted by Kcrad
Diamondhead
Member since Nov 2010
68986 posts
Posted on 9/21/26 at 8:27 pm to
I bet he doesn't even have a chiropractor's license


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Posted by Klark Kent
Houston via BR
Member since Jan 2008
76252 posts
Posted on 9/21/26 at 8:29 pm to
Of course. 2 years ago. Two Venezuelan nationals raped and killed a 12 year old girl walking home from school under an overpass not but 3-4 miles from our old house.

Media barely covered it and definitely never brought up their immigration status. No big deal, just an everyday minor incident..
Posted by idlewatcher
Planet Arium
Member since Jan 2012
99510 posts
Posted on 9/21/26 at 8:54 pm to
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Of course. 2 years ago. Two Venezuelan nationals raped and killed a 12 year old girl walking home from school under an overpass not but 3-4 miles from our old house.


Say her name immigrant apologists. Jocelyn Nungaray
Posted by Kenna City Solja
America’s City
Member since Nov 2025
1359 posts
Posted on 9/21/26 at 8:57 pm to
I’m more curious about why he chose to settle in Lexington, SC
Posted by Klark Kent
Houston via BR
Member since Jan 2008
76252 posts
Posted on 9/21/26 at 8:59 pm to
Can’t imagine how her parents feel. I wouldn’t be able to rest until I put those 2 in the dirt myself if that was my kids.
Posted by fr33manator
Baton Rouge
Member since Oct 2010
135230 posts
Posted on 9/21/26 at 9:04 pm to
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Samir Ousman Alsheikh, 74, had been sentenced to 60 years



Or...hear me out, stuff him in a tire and roll him into the ocean.


What are we gonna do when he gets out at 134 years old?
Posted by biglego
San Francisco
Member since Nov 2007
85845 posts
Posted on 9/21/26 at 9:25 pm to
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Very cool our immigration policies allow people like this into our country


We NEED these immigrants. The diversity makes us so so strong.
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