US jury convicts man on terror charges

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WASHINGTON (AFP) — A federal jury convicted a Maryland man of plotting to aid a militant Islamic group fighting the government of India, US authorities said.

Ali Asad Chandia, 29, was found guilty on three counts of terrorism-related charges, including providing material support to Lashkar-e-Taiba, which is battling India for control of Kashmir and is designated a foreign terrorist organization by the US government.

US prosecutors said Chandia went to Pakistan on November 3, 2001, after a meeting in Fairfax, Virginia, outside Washington, where Muslim cleric Ali al-Timimi, now in prison for life for terrorism-related offenses, asked those attending to wage "jihad overseas."

Prosecutors linked Chandia, who lives in College Park, Maryland, to a British...

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