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Home Front: WoT
Al Qaeda helper gets life for role in Bush plot
2009-07-29
US national Ahmed Omar Abu Ali was sentenced to life in prison for joining an Al Qaeda plot to assassinate then president, George W Bush, court officials said.

The sentence against Ali, read out by Judge Gerald Bruce in an Alexandria, Virginia courtroom, replaced a previous 30-year-sentence handed down in 2006, but later overturned by an appeals court as too 'lenient'. One of Ali's attorneys, Ashraf Nubani, told AFP that his client "will be pursuing an appeal in the hope that justice will prevail".
Posted by:Fred

#8  I wonder what it means to be the valedictorian of your class at the Islamic Academy of NoVA? Is IED fabrication and placement in the curriculum? Assassination? Jihad? Terrorism 101 and 102? Does this academy meet the requirements of Virginia?
Posted by: JohnQC   2009-07-29 16:59  

#7  . =jail> 0
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2009-07-29 14:45  

#6  One and the same, Seafarious. However, I think the final vote has yet to happen. There was a "final hearing" in mid July -- and all signs point to this expansion getting approved. Not sure if the supervisors are fearful, or if a yes vote makes them feel good/superior, or if there's some financial motive. If you live in Faifax County (or not) write the Board of Supervisors!
Posted by: Captain Lewis   2009-07-29 09:51  

#5  So I'm guessing Ahmed gets the death penalty on appeal.
Posted by: ed   2009-07-29 08:05  

#4  To reinforce the sentence, I recommend he not be given food or water for at least the first five years.
Posted by: Besoeker   2009-07-29 07:11  

#3  This guy was the valedictorian of his class at the Islamic Academy in NoVa. The one (I'm fairly sure) the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors just voted to expand.
Posted by: Seafarious   2009-07-29 02:00  

#2  Buh-bye, Smirky.
Posted by: Seafarious   2009-07-29 01:58  

#1  Time spent in Supermax, I hope, so he can't lie other "Converts" into joining.
Posted by: Redneck Jim   2009-07-29 00:22  

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