Posted on 07/31/2007 6:17:03 PM PDT by george76
A Somali immigrant the government says plotted to blow up an Ohio shopping mall pleaded guilty Tuesday to conspiring to provide material support to terrorists.
Nuradin Abdi, 35, entered his plea before U.S. District Judge Algenon Marbley a week before his trial had been expected to start Aug. 6.
"In this climate an American jury, we felt, could potentially find him guilty because of all this negative stuff that's coming in, and if they found him guilty he was looking at spending the rest of his life in custody," said Abdi's attorney, Mahir Sherif. "The government came back with another offer, so he decided to take it."
Under a plea deal, Abdi is expected to receive a 10-year sentence on the count, which carries a maximum penalty of 15 years. Three other charges were dropped and he will be deported after serving his sentence.
The Justice Department accused Abdi of suggesting the plan to attack an unidentified Columbus shopping mall during an August 2002 meeting with now-convicted al-Qaida terrorist Iyman Faris and ...
Abdi testified under oath that he talked with Faris and Paul at a coffee shop in suburban Columbus where he suggested they "plan to detonate a bomb in a shopping mall to avenge U.S. policy and military action in Afghanistan," ...
An attorney for Abdi said Abdi was acknowledging only that he made that statement under oath, not that the conversation regarding the attack actually happened.
Abdi's attorneys said he was merely upset at the war in Afghanistan and...
(Excerpt) Read more at story.news.ask.com ...
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I sure hope he’s enrolled in some anger management classes.
When Buckwheat converted to Islam, he changed his name to Cream O’Wheat.
...at which time he will set in motion the terrorist plans against US innocents he worked to complete over the time served.
bump for publicity
Check the article at http://michellemalkin.com/.
They need not only to change name but the whole identity and to go someplace far away... because "to convert to something" from Islam is called apostasy and is capital offence. The convertor becomes fair game for any real moozy, who not only is can, but must kill him.
Some of my heroes are black and I work with a group of Hindu Sikhs (who wear a head dress) that are second to none in humility, ethics and competence.
Didn’t know this was posted. ONN has more information though...like religion...and very interesting statements from those involved too.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1875157/posts
Round up every one of those Polacks!
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