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Al-Qaeda terrorist sentenced to life in prison
Jan 18, 2008, 22:16 GMT
Washington - A US federal judge in New York sentenced an al- Qaeda terrorist to life in prison on Friday for plotting to bomb US embassies in Singapore and the Philippines, New York media reported.
Mohammed Mansour Jabarah, a Canadian citizen of Iraqi descent who pleaded guilty in July 2002 to the disrupted plot, was unable to persuade Judge Barbara Jones that his renouncement of terrorism was sufficient grounds to send him home.
Jones said Jabarah had been involved in the 'most serious criminal conduct,' according to New York's WNBC television channel.
Jabarah told the judge that he was 'brainwashed' by extremists and wanted to be sent home where he could live in 'love, peace and joy.'
'I do not believe in terrorism, violence and killing,' he said. 'I wanted to become a doctor, an ophthalmologist ... I belong to a highly respected family,' he said, WNBC reported.
Jones concluded that choosing to join al-Qaeda after a promising middle class upbringing amounted to 'a waste of a life that could otherwise have been very productive.'
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And then there is this interesting tidbit from the Washington Post:
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/18/AR200801180376 6.html
...how the libnazi theory of poverty breeding terror just melts in the face of a guy like this.
The Po' Folks don't have the polish Osama is looking for. You have to pass a test on etiquette to become a real member of Al Qaeda. He likes for his agents to be smart, too. If you check, you'll discover that the CIA has a lot of the same criteria. A poor guy might have a lot of smarts, but the social skills he needs are often lacking.
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NoharnessJan 19th, 2008 - 17:08:12
Details available here from the CBC site:
www.cbc.ca/news/background/jabarah/
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