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Home Front: WoT
American jailed for 15 years for helping Al-Qaeda
2014-12-18
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] A naturalized American was placed in durance vile
Yez got nuttin' on me, coppers! Nuttin'!
for 15 years in Miami on Wednesday for conspiring to provide thousands of dollars to Al-Qaeda and its affiliates in Syria and Somalia, U.S. justice officials said.

Gufran Ahmed Kauser Mohammed, 31, admitted to the court in July that he conspired to provide money and recruits to Al-Qaeda, the Al-Nusra
...the current nom de guerre of al-Qaeda in the Levant, which isn't to be confused with al-Qaeda in Iraq and the Levant...
Front in Syria and the Shabaab in Somalia, a Justice Department statement said.

Mohammed, who lived in Dammam, Soddy Arabia
...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face...
, and co-conspirator Mohammed Hussein Said were nabbed
Keep yer hands where we can see 'em, if yez please!
last year in Saudi Arabia after an undercover sting and brought to Miami by FBI agents.

Mohammed wired Said funds on several occasions for Shabaab rebels. He also agreed to support Al-Qaeda and the Al-Nusra Front by recruiting individuals to fight in the conflict in Syria.

He also gave funds to someone he believed was a fundraiser for jihadist groups but was in fact an undercover FBI agent, leading to his and Said's arrest.

Some of the cash was specifically earmarked for funding attacks on US citizens or the United Nations
...boodling on the grand scale...
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Posted by:Fred

#1  Fundraising to mass kill Americans is 15 years. Seems like it should be a life sentence, but we'll probably capitulate in 15 so maybe 15 is right.
Posted by: Super Hose   2014-12-18 21:45  

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