Walnut man sentenced to 4 years in prison for smuggling rifle scopes and tactical gear to Syrian rebel groups

A federal judge sentenced a Walnut man to nearly four years in prison for a scheme to smuggle rifle scopes and tactical gear into Syria and Turkey to supply rebel groups, federal prosecutors announced Thursday, Dec. 20.
Prosecutors argued that  Rasheed Al Jijakli, 57, of Walnut, had smuggled rifle scopes, night-vision rifle scopes, laser boresighters, flashlights, a digital monocular, radios and a bulletproof vest to Ahrar Al-Sham and other armed rebel groups engaged in the civil war a