Mokhtar Haouari, an Algerian who belonged to a militant Islamic group with suspected links to Osama bin Laden, was sentenced to 24 years in prison for his role in a plot to bomb the Los Angeles International Airport and U.S. millennium celebrations. Haouari, 33, was found guilty last July of conspiracy to provide material support to a terrorist act by helping Ahmed Ressam bring explosives into the state of Washington from Canada in late 1999.
Just lock him up and leave him there until somebody takes a hostage or two. It'll come. |