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http://www.centralillinoisnewscenter.com/news/local/67311242.html
“AL-QAIDA AGENT SENTENCED TO 100-MONTHS IN PRISON”
Story Published: Oct 29, 2009 at 2:31 PM CST
Story Updated: Oct 29, 2009 at 5:08 PM CST
SNIPPET: “A former West Peoria resident and admitted al-Qaida agent, Ali al-Marri, was sentenced to more than eight years in prison for conspiring to help a foreign terrorist organization.
Al-Marri had faced a maximum sentence of 15 years, but U.S. District Judge Michael Mihm imposed a shorter sentence of eight years and four months Thursday.
Before sentencing Ali al–Marri, Judge Michael Mihm spoke of the treatment al–Marri received for 71–months in a military brig. He was isolated, slept on a metal bed without mattress or pillow and was the subject of what his lawyers claimed were harsh interrogations.
For that reason Judge Mihm sentenced al–Marri to almost half the 15–years federal prosecutors had asked for.”
Previously...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2241637/posts
“Ali Al-Marri Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Provide Material Support to Al-Qaeda”
US DOJ.gov/opa - Press Release ^ | April 30, 2009 | n/a
Posted on April 30, 2009 5:10:56 PM PDT by Cindy
In sentencing al–Marri, Judge Mihm told him "I do not believe you regret what you did and I believe you would do it again." Mihm also said he believe that if al–Marri returned home he was likely to renew his association with al–Qaida.
Yet he halves his sentence?
Oh how wonderful. He gets eight years of the most fertile recruiting population available.
