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Agent for Al Qaeda Is Sentenced to Prison
nytimes.com - 10/30/2009
Agent for Al Qaeda Is Sentenced to Prison
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A man who confessed to trying to aid Al Qaeda in the United States was sentenced by a federal judge Thursday to more than eight years in prison. Under a plea bargain with federal prosecutors, the man, Ali Saleh Kahlah al-Marri , had faced 15 years in prison, but the judge agreed to consider the ...
Help Al Qaeda: Keep Guantanamo Open
huffingtonpost.com - 10/24/2009
Help Al Qaeda: Keep Guantanamo Open
— huffingtonpost.com — Don't listen to the musicians, the Iraq vets and others who want to close the prison. It's... bin Laden's greatest recruiting tool. And where would the 'war on terror' be without it? (more) Help Al Qaeda: Keep Guantanamo Open

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commonsensewonder.blogspot.com - 10/28/2009
Saving the Taliban and Al Qaeda from the evil Americans
— commonsensewonder.blogspot.com — US drone strikes may break international law: UN Tue Oct 27, 11:07 pm ET UNITED NATIONS (AFP)... – US drone strikes against suspected terrorists in Afghanistan and Pakistan could be breaking international laws against summary executions, the UN's top investigator of such crimes said. "The problem ... (more) Saving the Taliban and Al Qaeda from the evil Americans

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Clinton Challenges Pakistanis on Al Qaeda
nytimes.com - 10/30/2009
Clinton Challenges Pakistanis on Al Qaeda
— nytimes.com — LAHORE, Pakistan — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton , on a visit meant to improve relations... with Pakistan, strongly suggested Thursday that some Pakistani officials bore responsibility for allowing terrorists from Al Qaeda to operate from ... (more) Clinton Challenges Pakistanis on Al Qaeda

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Neptunus Lex:  100 Months

How Appealing:  "Both sides claim victory with al-Marri sentencing; Terror agent's brother reacts with disappointment"

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100 Months
Neptunus Lex — ... That’s what Ali Saleh Kahlah al-Marri, late of Qatar and landed upon these shores on 10 September 2001 as a sleeper agent for further al Qaeda attacks on US soil got for his crimes, along with time served: ...

"Both sides claim victory with al-Marri sentencing; Terror agent's brother reacts with disappointment"
How Appealing — "Both sides claim victory with al-Marri sentencing; Terror agent's brother reacts with disappointment": This article appears today in The Peoria Journal Star, along with an article headlined "Al-Marri 'very happy' with 8-year sentence; Sleeper agent could get out of prison in about five years." And in today's edition of The New York Times, John Schwartz reports that "Admitted Qaeda Agent Receives Prison Sentence."

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