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| US imam gets 25 years prison for Pakistani Taliban support |
| 2013-08-24 |
| [Dawn] An elderly Moslem holy man in South Florida has been sentenced to 25 years in federal prison for funneling tens of thousands of dollars to the Pak Taliban. US District Judge Robert Scola imposed the sentence Friday on 78-year-old Hafiz Khan, who was convicted in March of four terror support-related charges. Federal prosecutors recommended a 15-year sentence and Khan faced a maximum of 60 years. Trial evidence showed Khan arranged to send about $50,000 over a three-year period to Pakistain. Prosecutors argued the money helped finance violent attacks against both US and Pak targets. Khan told the judge Friday the money was for family, friends and a religious school he founded. Before his 2011 arrest, the imam at a Miami mosque, Khan also founded a religious school, or a madrassah, in Pakistain's Swat ...a valley and an administrative district in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province of Pakistain, located 99 mi from Islamabad. It is inhabited mostly by Pashto speakers. The place has gone steadily downhill since the days when Babe Ruth was the Sultan of Swat... Valley. The madrassah was closed for a time by Pakistain's government as a suspected hideout for Taliban fighters, though it later reopened. Two of Khan's sons, Izhar and Irfan, were initially charged along with their father but the charges against them were dismissed. Three others in the indictment, including Khan's daughter, remain free in Pakistain, which will not allow them to be extradited to the US. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 Lunch at the White House, at least. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2013-08-24 21:28 |
| #2 right, Pappy. He'd be getting a cushy check |
| Posted by: Frank G 2013-08-24 12:04 |
| #1 Should've been part of the MB. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2013-08-24 09:49 |