Wednesday, March 29, 2006
Omar Abu Ali, the man who plotted to kill the President and conspired with Al Qaeda has gotten 30 years from a federal judge.
ALEXANDRIA, Virginia (Reuters) - A federal judge on Wednesday sentenced a U.S. man convicted of plotting to assassinate President George W. Bush and conspiring with al Qaeda to 30 years in prison.
In November, Abu Ali was found guilty of all charges in a nine-count indictment, including conspiracy to assassinate Bush, conspiring to support al Qaeda and conspiracy to hijack aircraft.
Charles appropriately asks, "Who's laughing now?" recalling that the Muslims who packed the courtroom when the charges were read, laughed out loud. Most vocal was Massachusetts' own Mahdi Bray and the Muslim American Society who demanded Ali's release. Bray and the MAS are prime-movers behind the Islamic Society of Boston and their Mosque project.
Here are the LGF posts with background on Abu Ali.
