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  • Ohio jury convicts 3 in plot to kill U.S. troops

    06/13/2008 2:02:41 PM PDT · by Dawnsblood · 18 replies · 497+ views
    MSNBC ^ | 6/13/08 | AP
    A jury on Friday convicted three men of Middle Eastern descent of plotting to recruit and train terrorists to kill American soldiers in Iraq. The men — Mohammad Amawi, 28, Marwan El-Hindi, 45, and Wassim Mazloum, 27 — face a maximum sentence of life in prison. Prosecutors said the men were learning to shoot guns and make explosives while raising money to fund their plans to wage a holy war against U.S. troops. Defense attorneys charged that the three defendants, who all lived in the Toledo area, were manipulated by a government informant. The jury returned its verdict after three...
  • Indictment: 3 plotted to kill U.S. soldiers

    02/21/2006 10:00:52 AM PST · by presidio9 · 39 replies · 1,636+ views
    AP ^ | Tuesday, February 21, 2006
    A federal grand jury has indicted three Ohio men on terrorism charges alleging they plotted to kill U.S. and coalition military personnel in Iraq and other countries. The three men were arrested over the weekend and were to be arraigned in federal courts in Cleveland and Toledo on Tuesday afternoon, said Assistant U.S. Attorney David Bauer. According to the indictment unsealed Monday, the three suspects recruited others to train for a violent holy war against the United States and its allies in Iraq. The indictment says they traveled together to a shooting range to practice shooting guns and studied how...