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September 01, 2005
45 Years for Conspiring to Supporting and Funding al Qaeda and Hamas
Reuters reports a Yemeni man was sentenced to 45 years in prison and fined $750,000 on Thursday for conspiring to support and fund al Qaeda and Hamas:

Mohammed Mohsen Yahya Zayed, 32, was convicted by a federal jury on March 10 of conspiring to provide material support and resources to al Qaeda and to Hamas.

[. . .]

His colleague Sheikh Mohammed Ali Hassan al-Moayad, 56, was sentenced in July to 75 years and fined $1.25 million in the same case. For each of five counts, al-Moayad received 15-year sentences, each to be served consecutively.

Prosecutor Kelly Moore said during the five-week trial that al-Moayad had ties to al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden and had bragged about having "taught him about Islamic law."

The sheikh was arrested in Germany in 2003 after telling a federal agent posing as an American businessman he would help him funnel money to militants, prosecutors said. The sheikh and Zayed, who prosecutors said worked in tandem, were later extradited to the United States.
Zayed's plea for leniency fell on deaf ears. As he handed down the sentence, Judge Sterling Johnson said:
Everyone all over the world should condemn terrorists and terrorist organizations.

Posted by Dan Spencer at September 1, 2005 01:32 PM | TrackBack
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