Terror suspect to serve about a year in prison, be deported to Canada
MINNEAPOLIS — A terror suspect who pleaded guilty to conspiracy to provide support to al-Qaida will serve about a year in prison and then be deported to Canada.
U.S. District John R. Tunheim sentenced 35-year-old Mohammed Abdullah Warsame (wur-SAH’-mee) on Thursday to 92 months in prison, but gave him credit for the time he has already spent in custody.
Warsame has spent over 5½ years in solitary confinement at a maximum-security prison in Minnesota while awaiting trial.
Prosecutors had sought a longer prison sentence.
In the plea agreement, Warsame admitted to conspiring with others to help al-Qaida beginning in 2000. Authorities say he attended al-Qaida training camps, dined with Osama bin Laden and fought with the Taliban.
No comments:
Post a Comment
Spamming will be removed.
Due to spamming. Comments need to be moderated. Your post will appear after moderated regardless of your views as long as they are not abusive in nature. Consistent abusive posters will not be viewed but deleted.
Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment.