TOLEDO, Ohio, Oct. 21, 2009
First of Terror Trio Sentenced to 20 Years
In Ohio, Judge Sentences First of 3 Suspects Convicted of Planning to Target U.S Troops
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Wassim Mazloum, Mohammad Amawi and Marwan El-Hindi are seen in undated handout photos provided by the Justice Department. Amawi was sentenced Wednesday to 20 years in prison for a terrorist plot that the government said targeted U.S. troops. The three men were found guilty last year of plotting to recruit and train terrorists to kill American soldiers in Iraq. Amawi is the first defendant to be sentenced in the case. (CBS/ AP)
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Mohammad Amawi had faced up to life in prison.
Meanwhile, in Boston, a 27-year-old Massachusetts man has been charged with conspiring with others on terror attacks against shoppers in U.S. malls and against U.S. military in Iraq.
Amawi is the first defendant to be sentenced in the case. He and two other men were found guilty last year of plotting to recruit and train terrorists to kill American soldiers in Iraq.
Defense lawyers say the three were set up by an undercover FBI informant.
In sentencing Amawi on Wednesday, U.S. District Judge James Carr said the informant sought the men out. Without his involvement, the judge says the trio was less likely to connect.
One of the other men, Marwan El-Hindi, was scheduled to begin his sentencing hearing Wednesday.
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- works for me.
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- Gee, I wonder if the Patriot Act had anything to do with catching these guys before they carried out their murderous plan in a shopping mall near you?
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- cant we just shoot them
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