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Jordanian Man Gets 24 Years in Dallas Bomb Plot
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DALLAS (Oct. 19) - A Jordanian man caught in an FBI sting trying to blow up a Dallas skyscraper was sentenced Tuesday to 24 years in prison after telling the court he was ashamed of his actions and renouncing al-Qaida. Hosam Smadi, 20, faced up to life in prison but received a reduced sentence after pleading guilty in May to attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction. Just before being sentenced, Smadi addressed the court. Ellis County Sheriff / AP Hosam Smadi was sentenced to 24 years in prison for plotting to blow up a Dallas skyscraper. "I'm so ashamed for what I did. I'm very sorry ...
Terror Plot Cooperator in Trouble Again in NYC
By not in system - AOL NewsNEW YORK (Oct. 18) -- It was a love story like no other: a crack-addicted prostitute finding comfort and safety in a convicted Islamic terrorist who played a key role in the prosecutions of two men in the "millennium plot" to blow up Los Angeles International Airport. Now, the testimony of the prostitute who received immunity for admitting her own crimes is being used by the U.S. government to try to keep Abdel Ghani Meskini, an Algerian, behind bars. "I didn't trust anybody else in the state of Georgia more than I trusted him," the 33-year-old prostitute, Crystal Roughton, said reverently ...
2 Convicted in Plot to Blow Up Jet Fuel Tanks at JFK Airport
By not in system - AOL NewsNEW YORK (Aug. 2) -- Two men were convicted Monday of plotting to blow up jet fuel tanks at John F. Kennedy International Airport, a plan that authorities said was meant to outdo the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and avenge perceived U.S. oppression of Muslims around the world. Russell Defreitas, a former JFK cargo handler, and Abdul Kadir, once a member of Guyana's parliament, were convicted of multiple conspiracy charges. Kadir was acquitted of one charge, surveillance of mass transportation. The Brooklyn federal court jury deliberated about five days. Defreitas, a 66-year-old naturalized U.S. ...
Second Woman Charged in 'Jihad Jane' Case
By not in system - AOL NewsWASHINGTON (April 2) -- Federal prosecutors filed terrorism charges Friday against a second American woman in the so-called Jihad Jane case, accusing the pair of plotting online to attend a terror training camp. Jamie Paulin-Ramirez flew from Ireland Friday to Philadelphia, where she was arrested by agents with the joint terrorism task force there. CREDIT Colleen R. LaRose, left, and Jamie Paulin-Ramirez are accused of taking part in an alleged plot to kill a Swedish cartoonist whose drawing had offended many Muslims. Last month, authorities in Ireland detained Paulin-Ramirez and six ...
Auschwitz Sign Theft Linked to Far-Right Terrorist Plot
By Delia Lloyd - Politics DailyLONDON -- In a holiday season already marked by lapsed security, heightened anxiety and political recrimination, things just got a little bit worse. New developments in the investigation into the disappearance of the entrance sign at the Auschwitz death camp in Poland suggest that the theft was part of a larger far-right terrorist plot in Sweden. ...
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