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| Uganda convicts two men for 2010 bombing |
| 2011-09-15 |
| [Daily Nation (Kenya)] Uganda on Wednesday convicted two men who pleaded guilty for their role in July 2010 kabooms that killed at least 76 people, the region's worst attacks in more than a decade. Edris Nsubuga, a Ugandan, on Tuesday admitted to charges of terrorism while fellow countryman Muhamoud Mugisha pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit terrorism. "We dunnit and we's glad we dunnit!" They will be sentenced on Friday, while the trial of 12 other suspects is due to resume on November 15. Prosecutors dropped murder charges against Nsubuga, calling on the judge not to impose the maximum sentence of the death penalty for the terrorism conviction, as he had admitted his guilt and cooperated with authorities. He had better had rolled on the entire organization... "In the circumstance the state prays for an appropriate and deterrent custodial sentence," Lino Anguza, a state prosecutor, told the court. Twin jacket wallahs struck bars in Kampala where people had gathered to watch the World Cup final on July 11 last year. The attacks were claimed by Somalia's Al-Qaeda-inspired Shebab rebels in Dire Revenge™ for Ugandan military involvement in the African Union's ...a union consisting of 53 African states, most run by dictators of one flavor or another. The only all-African state not in the AU is Morocco. Established in 2002, the AU is the successor to the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), which was even less successful... force protecting the Western-backed Somali government. Eleven suspects -- including seven Kenyans, three Ugandans and a Tanzanian -- pleaded not guilty "Wudn't me." to murder and terrorism charges earlier this week. One other Ugandan pleaded not guilty to two lesser charges. Nsubuga admitted escorting a suicide bomber to a busy rugby club and later detonating a remote-controlled device that he planted at the venue. He claimed that he had been threatened with beheading if he pulled out of the mission. "They turned me into a newt!" "I was just a human being trapped in a web of delusion and manipulation ... I am reformed and I am very remorseful," Nsubuga told the court. "Well, I got better..." Mugisha admitted fighting for the Shebab militia in Somalia and helping jihad boy leaders plot the Kampala attacks. He faces a maximum sentence of seven years in jail. "I beg court to forgive me and I apologise to all Ugandans for what happened," Mugisha said. Prosecutors said that both men would testify in the trial of the remaining suspects. |
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