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| Pakistani gets 18 years in US prison |
| 2006-09-27 |
| SAN DIEGO: A Pakistani man was sentenced on Monday to more than 18 years in prison for conspiring with an Indian-born US citizen to obtain and sell Stinger anti-aircraft missiles to the Taliban and Al Qaeda. Syed Mustajab Shah, 55, pleaded guilty last March in federal court to one count of conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists and one count of conspiracy to distribute heroin and hashish. Shah admitted that he tried to sell five tonnes of hashish and a half-tonne of heroin in exchange for cash and four shoulder-fired Stinger missiles, which he and the other defendants intended to sell to members of the Taliban. Such missiles could be used to shoot down airplanes, including commercial jets, flying at low altitudes. |
| Posted by:Fred |