This week has resulted in the sentencing of five would be jihadists and the guilty plea of another today in an unrelated case.
Al-Qaeda sleeper agent Ali al-Marri could be sentenced up to 15 years in prison. He is the only person known to be held as an enemy combatant in the continental United States:
"An accused sleeper agent for al Qaeda held in isolation in a U.S. Navy brig for six years pleaded guilty in court on Thursday to a terrorist conspiracy charge, and could face up to 15 years in prison.
Ali al-Marri, a 43-year-old with dual citizenship in Qatar and Saudi Arabia, entered the guilty plea to conspiracy to provide material support to al Qaeda before U.S. District Court Judge Michael Mihm.
...Prosecutors said Marri, who had previously been held without charge as an "enemy combatant," had his first contacts with al Qaeda in 1998 and attended training camps in Pakistan.
They said he was doing research on poisons consistent with the group's terror training, and he had acquired information about U.S. dams and tunnels..." Reuters
In a third case, a convicted Islamic militant testified today at a trial in Seattle for Oussama Kassir, who is accused of planning to set up jihadist training camps in Oregon.
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