A soldier convicted of amassing bomb-making materials and plotting an attack on a restaurant popular with soldiers in Fort Hood, Texas, was sentenced to life in prison on Friday.| This is the rat bastard who claimed HIV and was deliberately spitting blood on his guards. They ended up muzzling him and chaining him to the floor during the trial. Click on his name for Rantburg's archive on the man. |
Drop the gat, Rocky, or you're a dead 'un!
with bomb-making materials on July 27, 2011, at America's Best Value Inn and Suites in Killeen, Texas, near Fort Hood.
In May, a jury found him guilty on six federal charges: attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction, attempted murder of  U.S. officers or employees and four counts of possessing a weapon in furtherance of a federal crime of violence.