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Posted on 10/15/2004 10:28:02 AM PDT by OXENinFLA
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) - A prominent Muslim activist who once was invited to the White House was sentenced Friday to the maximum 23 years in prison for illegal business dealings with Libya.
Abdurahman Alamoudi pleaded guilty in July to accepting hundreds of thousands of dollars from high-ranking Libyan officials while serving as a go-between for them and Saudi Arabian dissidents.
Alamoudi also admitted participating in a Libyan plot to assassinate Saudi Arabia Crown Prince Abdullah. And though he was not charged in connection with that, prosecutors cited the plot as reason for him to receive the maximum sentence.
"This conduct is so base, so reprehensible that this defendant deserves every day of prison that this court will impose upon him," government attorney Steven Ward said.
Defense lawyer Stanley Cohen asked for leniency and Alamoudi said he was sorry.
"Your honor, I regret my involvement in everything," Alamoudi said before U.S. District Judge Claude M. Hilton imposed the sentence.
According to a 20-page "statement of facts" filed by prosecutors, Libyan dictator Moammar Gaddafi wanted Abdullah killed after a March 2003 Arab League Summit during which the two called each other names.
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