A former language contractor for the U.S. Marines in the Middle East, who authorities say became radicalized and had a bomb-making lab and multiple drones in his Westland home, was sentenced last week in Detroit federal court to 20 years in prison for attempting to provide material support to the terrorist organization ISIS.
The sentencing capped another troubling chapter in the life of Aws Mohammed Naser, 38, who battled with personal problems and anger issues, had difficulties fitting in, holding a job, and nurturing loving relationships, and who ultimately found purpose and passion in radical Islam and anti-American sentiment.
A federal jury last year found that Naser, now 38, twice attempted to provide material support to ISIS in the form of personnel services from 2012 to 2017, according to a grand jury indictment. He was also found guilty of being a felon in possession of a destructive device…