(NY) Musician gets 15 years for backing al Qaeda

Reuters ^ | Nov 7, 2007 | not specified

[RDTF]

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New York jazz musician and martial arts instructor was sentenced to 15 years in prison on Wednesday for agreeing to help train al Qaeda fighters in hand-to-hand combat.

Tarik Shah, 44, a Muslim born and raised in New York, received the maximum sentence in Manhattan federal court under a plea agreement with U.S. prosecutors in which they dropped one of the terrorism charges against him.

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[subterfuge]

Correct headline would be:

Muslim-American Martial Artist gets light sentence for treason!

musician my ass

[LibWhacker]

Enemy soldiers are usually held for the duration but, okay.

[ansel12]

I back the Dallas Cowboys, but I don’t train them.

[RDTF]

yea, I agree

[Allegra]

...for agreeing to help train al Qaeda fighters in hand-to-hand combat.

Terrorist.

He should get life.

Or better yet, death.

[Walkingfeather]

What does one have to do against this country to get shot for being a trader? I mean sheesh!

[CzarNicky]

Muslim-American Martial Artist gets light sentence for treason!

An even better headline.

[Condor51]

Okay Rooters. I read your entire article and the whole point of mentioning he was a Jazz Musician is exactly ... WHAT?? Are we supposed to be on the lookout for Trombone Players or something?!?!?!?

Sheesh, how STOO-PID^™ cna ya get.

[Walkingfeather]

“musician my ass”
Well 15 years in the fed pen he will have a musical ass...

[PBRSTREETGANG]

I back the Dallas Cowboys...

You'll be sentenced at a later date.

[Michael.SF.]

Good point. it is a misleading headline, implying a ‘thought’ crime or being jailed for being a sympathizer to their cause.

[Resolute Conservative]

Death match with Chuck Norris.

[Malsua]

Well 15 years in the fed pen he will have a musical ass...

...And frequently playing the Rusty Trombone.

[Dr. Bogus Pachysandra]

I thought jazz musicians were supposed to be smart? They always look down their noses at me when I tell ‘em I play pedal steel!

[reagan_fanatic]

for agreeing to help train al Qaeda fighters in hand-to-hand combat

Skills to be used explicitly against American soldiers.

He should have gotten death.

[mainerforglobalwarming]

I thought jazz musicians were always high.

[RDTF]

bwwaaaahhh!

[God luvs America]

or skin flute....