Burn baby burn
Posted on 07/28/2005 1:53:35 PM PDT by mdittmar
A Yemeni cleric who claimed to have ties with Osama Bin Laden has been sentenced to 75 years in prison in New York.
Sheikh Mohammed Ali Hassan al-Moayad was convicted on charges of conspiring to support the al-Qaeda network and Palestinian militant group Hamas.
At a meeting with two FBI informants in Germany, he was recorded promising to funnel more than $2m (£1.1m) to Hamas.
He was arrested by German police in January 2003 and extradited to the US.
For each of five counts, Moayad received 15-year sentences, each to be served consecutively.
He was also fined $1.25m in a federal court.
He was convicted of conspiring to support al-Qaeda and Hamas, supporting the Palestinian group and attempting to support al-Qaeda.
The judge in the case, Judge Sterling Johnson, said videotaped evidence used to convict him was "chilling".
"He did provide material support, money, weapons and recruits to Hamas and al Qaeda," the judge said.
Witness sets himself on fire
One of the informants in the case, Mohamed Alanssi, set himself on fire outside the White House in November 2004.
He had complained about his treatment by the FBI after helping with several investigations.
At the trial, he testified as a hostile witness for the defence after prosecutors declined to put him on the stand.
Moayad was found guilty in March along with his aide, Mohammed Mohsen Yahya Zayed, another Yemeni.
Zayed will be sentenced in September.
75 years is not long enough.
Run him over with a steamroller.
Definitely not. But it's better than the 22 years (!) the terrorist in LA got - for attempting to blow up LAX at the millenium.
"darn,I wish I was going to Club Gitmo."
good.
one down... several hundred (perhaps several million) to go.
I think this money needs to go to the families of slain soldiers.
I know this,this terrorist will die in prison,sooner or later,I would think even those in jail love their country and our troops.
Look for some "prison justice" stories in the future.
Why doesn't the death penalty apply? Was that even discussed as possible punishment? I didn't see it in the story.
We have to remove the threat. All of it. It's not about punishment anymore. It's not even about vengence. Aren't people like this still dangerous even in prison?
People who act like this aren't even analogous to humans. They are plague. They are cancer. You don't punish cancer. You remove it.
(Interested in recycling? Use a rope.)
They may be especially dangerous in prison due to their preaching and conversion activities. Islam has a lot to offer many criminals--a sanction of criminal activities against the infidels in exchange for a modicum of temporary discipline. They love it. Look at the sneaker bomber.
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