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Queens Imam Sentenced to Time Served in Terror Plot
New York Law Journal ^ | 04/15/10 | Mark Fass

Posted on 04/16/2010 2:22:43 PM PDT by Behind Liberal Lines

Ahmad Afzali, the Queens imam who pleaded guilty in March to lying to law enforcement officials about his relationship with Najibullah Zazi, the airport worker who planned to bomb New York's subways, was sentenced by a federal judge yesterday to time served.

Mr. Afzali, who left his native Afghanistan following the Soviet invasion, also agreed to "self-execute" removal from the United States in the next 90 days in order to avoid a deportation hearing.

Prosecutors alleged that Mr. Afzali warned Mr. Zazi and his father that they were under law-enforcement surveillance, then, as Assistant U.S. Attorney James P. Loonam told Judge Frederic Block yesterday, "lied repeatedly" to the police and FBI.

Mr. Afzali, 38, told the court, "I take full responsibility for my actions. But honestly, it was never my intention to help those idiots."


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; US: New York
KEYWORDS: afzali; ahmad; ahmadafzali; airlinesecurity; bomb; catchandrelease; clerics; felixblock; imams; jamesloonamm; jamesploonam; liar; najibullahzazi; nypd; nypdadvisor; queenscell; subway; subwayplots; zazi

1 posted on 04/16/2010 2:22:44 PM PDT by Behind Liberal Lines
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

Reward your friends...


2 posted on 04/16/2010 2:23:39 PM PDT by JohnLongIsland ( schmuckie schucks)
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

” Social Justice “


3 posted on 04/16/2010 2:27:11 PM PDT by lionheart 247365 (-:{ GLEN BECK is 0bama's TRANSPARENCY CZAR }:-)
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To: Behind Liberal Lines
Mr. Afzali, who left his native Afghanistan following the Soviet invasion, also agreed to "self-execute"

Sweet. Give him a revolver and a cartridge and lock him in a room until you hear the 'bang'.

4 posted on 04/16/2010 2:29:19 PM PDT by Lurker (The avalanche has begun. The pebbles no longer have a vote.)
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Sounds like something that judge "Harry" from Night Court would do.
5 posted on 04/16/2010 2:46:50 PM PDT by Don Corleone ("Oil the gun..eat the cannolis. Take it to the Mattress.")
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“...removal from the United States in the next 90 days in order to avoid a deportation hearing.”

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Why didn’t they put his sorry ass on the plane immediately. Are they keeping track of him during the 90 days that he is still in the country?


6 posted on 04/16/2010 2:53:30 PM PDT by 353FMG (What can Islam possibly contribute to America other than its destruction?)
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Mr. Afzali, 38, told the court, "I take full responsibility for my actions. But honestly, it was never my intention to help those idiots."

He still doesn't like those U.S Attorneys does he ?

7 posted on 04/16/2010 3:01:08 PM PDT by kbennkc (For those who have fought for it , freedom has a flavor the protected will never know F Trp 8th Cav)
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The brave new contingency operation and those crazy non-nation state fighters...

Let the enemy run free and prosecute our guys..


8 posted on 04/16/2010 3:39:02 PM PDT by Crim
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What about all his followers?

Why stop with just him?


9 posted on 04/16/2010 4:03:55 PM PDT by bayouranger (The 1st victim of islam is the person who practices the lie.)
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