On Friday, a 28-year-old German man was sentenced to more than three years for supporting two terrorist organizations and a foiled terrorist plot. The ethnic Turk was identified simply as Salih S. during the three-day trial and was found guilty of being a member of the terrorist Islamic Jihad Union (IJU), an offshoot of the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan. He was accused of aiding in logistics, procuring weapons, and planning attacks against the Pakistani army in Waziristan.
Salih S. was also convicted of being involved with the so-called Sauerland Group, which attempted to attack several U.S. army bases in Germany in 2007. Other members of the group were sentenced earlier this year.
The Turkish-born German said, after the verdict was announced, that he wanted to put everything behind him and vowed to never disappoint his family again.