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  • Iraqi Sentenced for Attempting to Buy Grenade, Guns

    10/24/2005 1:07:32 PM PDT · by jmc1969 · 3 replies · 470+ views
    AP ^ | October 24 2005
    NASHVILLE, Tenn. — An Iraqi-born man was sentenced Monday to nearly five years in prison after trying to buy machine guns and hand grenades in a federal sting operation. Ahmed Hassan Al-Uqaily (search), 34, was arrested last October during the investigation prompted by his alleged threat about "going jihad" against the United States, investigators said.
  • Feds Arrest Iraqi on Weapons Charges

    10/08/2004 6:05:15 PM PDT · by Ginifer · 5 replies · 370+ views
    Newsday.com ^ | October 8, 2004, | CHRIS JONES
    NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Federal authorities said Friday they arrested an Iraqi-born Nashville resident on illegal weapons charges during a sting operation set up after he made threats about "going Jihad." Ahmed Hassan Al-Uqaily, 33, was arrested Thursday afternoon as he was putting weapons he had purchased from an undercover agent into his car, according to an affidavit from FBI agent Greg Franklin. Authorities said the suspect paid $1,000 to buy two disassembled machine guns, four disassembled hand grenades and hundreds of rounds of ammunition from the agent, who was working with the FBI's Joint Terrorism Task Force. "This arrest demonstrates...