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| Yemeni jailed for Beirut bombings |
| 2004-03-09 |
| A Lebanese military court has sentenced a Yemeni man to 20 years in jail for bomb attacks on US targets. The court found Moammar al-Awwami guilty of carrying out "terrorist acts", forgery and attempted murder. Awwami was convicted of masterminding attacks on three US fast food outlets in Lebanon and plotting to attack the US embassy and kill the ambassador. In December, 27 men were sentenced to jail for their parts in the attacks in Beirut and the city of Tripoli. Should have gone to Iraq, then you would have been "heroic martyrs". Now you’re just jailbirds. During his trial, Awwami, also known as Ibn al-Shahid, denied accusations of links to the al-Qaeda network. "Lies, all lies!" The bombing campaign was carried out in 2002 and 2003. In April 2003 a bomb attack wounded three people in a McDonald’s restaurant in Beirut. Police later found a car filled with explosives in a nearby car park. Awwami was also implicated in a plot to blow up the US embassy, after a man carrying explosives was arrested outside the building last December. Just keep him in jail, we’ll be watching. |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #1 A martyr who dies while bombing a McDonalds restaurant will get 72 Ronald McDonalds to pleasure him for eternity. |
| Posted by: Mike Sylwester 2004-3-9 6:35:20 PM |