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发帖数: 29846 | 1 January 20, 2015 - 12:06 PM
Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — A New Yorker who sent $67,000 to al-Qaida and pledged his
support to the terror group has been sentenced to 15 years in prison.
Federal Judge Kimba Wood in Manhattan sentenced Brooklyn-born Wesam El-
Hanafi (WAH'-suhm el-HAN'-awf-ee) on Tuesday. The sentence was less than the
20-year maximum term prosecutors had sought and three years less than his
co-defendant received.
El-Hanafi pleaded guilty in June 2012, two years after he was brought to the
United States from Dubai.
Prosecutors say El-Hanafi pledged loyalty to al-Qaida and sought to teach
the group how to evade detection on the Internet. He went to Yemen in 2008
and met with al-Qaida representatives.
El-Hanafi said he regrets his actions and is embarrassed. |
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