Thursday, January 20, 2011

New York: Appeals Court Up-Holds Conviction Of Jihadist Who Plotted To Set Up Al Queda Camp In Oregon

From Jihad Watch:

New York: Appeals court upholds conviction of jihadist who plotted to set up Al-Qaeda camp in Oregon


A "Lebanese-born Swede." Got to watch out for those guys. "NY appeals court upholds jihad camp conviction," from AP, January 19:



NEW YORK (AP) -- A federal appeals court has upheld the conviction of a Lebanese-born Swede who was sentenced to life in prison for plotting to open a terrorism training camp in Oregon in 1999 to help al-Qaida....

Oussama Kassir was convicted of supporting al-Qaida by trying to help open the camp in Bly, Ore., in late 1999 and early 2000.



Prosecutors said Kassir tried to set up the camp so al-Qaida could take advantage of relaxed U.S. gun laws and train European recruits for Islamic militancy.



Posted by Robert on January 19, 2011 4:44 PM

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