Pakistani jailed for five years in US over missiles to Al-Qaeda plot
AFP, April, 2006
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SAN DIEGO, United States (AFP) — A Pakistani who plotted to peddle heroin and hashish to buy Stinger anti-aircraft missiles for Al-Qaeda or the Taliban has been jailed for nearly five years, US prosecutors said.
Muhammed Abid Afridi, who pleaded guilty in March 2004 to conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists and conspiracy to distribute heroin and hashish, was sentenced Monday in the California city of San Diego.
US District Judge James Lorenz sentenced Afridi to 57 months behind bars, followed by five years of supervised release, for taking part in the conspiracy along with two other men.
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Co-conspirators Ilyas Ali and Syed Mustajab Shah, who pleaded guilty to the same charges, are scheduled to be sentenced next Monday and on June 19, respectively.
The trio of conspirators travelled from the Pakistani city of Karachi to Hong Kong on September 15, 2002 to meet with US ...
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