{UAH} UK CITIZEN GETS 40 YEARS IN AMERICAN JAIL FOR TERRORISM
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In his hour of need, when faced with the full wrath of American
justice, Mr Minh Quang Pham suddenly found he had no where to run,
and nowhere to hide. Brought to the UK as a child by his budhist
Vietnamese parents, who had fled the war that had killed so many
people in his homeland , Mr Pham instead choose to become a muslim and
to engage in terrorism. Vietnam refused to accept him when the UK
revoked his citizenship, and now he faces 40 years in a notorious
American jail. His pleas renouncing Islam and terrorism did not save
him from American brand of justice, which often bays for blood.
Bobby
UK citizen jailed in US over plot to bomb Heathrow
By Press Association
Published: 28 May 2016 | Updated: 09:32, 28 May 2016
A UK citizen has been jailed for 40 years in the US after a court
found he had plotted to carry out a suicide bomb attack at Heathrow
Airport.
Minh Quang Pham, 33, was sentenced in New York for supporting the
terrorist organisation al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) in
2011.
In January, Pham admitted three counts of terrorist-related activity
based on his support for the group, Scotland Yard said, though he
denied that he ever intended to carry out his plot or harm anyone. No
attack ever occurred.
A UK citizen has been jailed for 40 years in the US after a court
found he had plotted to carry out a suicide bomb attack at Heathrow
Airport
The former Vietnamese national was first arrested in the UK in June
2012 and was extradited to the US in early 2015.
Scotland Yard said its Counter Terrorism Command provided key evidence
that helped shape the case against Pham, also known as Amin, and led
to this successful prosecution.
He pleaded guilty to one count of providing material support to AQAP,
one count of conspiring to receive military training from AQAP and one
count of possessing and using a machine gun in furtherance of crimes
of violence.
Prosecutors say Pham was directed by al Qaeda leader Anwar Al-Awlaki
to detonate explosives in Heathrow's arrivals area.
District Judge Alison Nathan said Pham deserved an "exceptionally
severe sentence" after he became a trusted asset for the terrorist
group, working as a graphic artist on its magazine, Inspire, that was
said to be used by the Boston marathon bombers to learn how to make
bombs.
Prosecutors said he spent several months in Yemen, where he was
trained by Al-Awlaki.
During the hearing Pham said he had made a "terrible mistake" that he
regretted, sending a letter to the judge to say he renounced all acts
of terrorism and extremist ideology.
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justice, Mr Minh Quang Pham suddenly found he had no where to run,
and nowhere to hide. Brought to the UK as a child by his budhist
Vietnamese parents, who had fled the war that had killed so many
people in his homeland , Mr Pham instead choose to become a muslim and
to engage in terrorism. Vietnam refused to accept him when the UK
revoked his citizenship, and now he faces 40 years in a notorious
American jail. His pleas renouncing Islam and terrorism did not save
him from American brand of justice, which often bays for blood.
Bobby
UK citizen jailed in US over plot to bomb Heathrow
By Press Association
Published: 28 May 2016 | Updated: 09:32, 28 May 2016
A UK citizen has been jailed for 40 years in the US after a court
found he had plotted to carry out a suicide bomb attack at Heathrow
Airport.
Minh Quang Pham, 33, was sentenced in New York for supporting the
terrorist organisation al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) in
2011.
In January, Pham admitted three counts of terrorist-related activity
based on his support for the group, Scotland Yard said, though he
denied that he ever intended to carry out his plot or harm anyone. No
attack ever occurred.
A UK citizen has been jailed for 40 years in the US after a court
found he had plotted to carry out a suicide bomb attack at Heathrow
Airport
The former Vietnamese national was first arrested in the UK in June
2012 and was extradited to the US in early 2015.
Scotland Yard said its Counter Terrorism Command provided key evidence
that helped shape the case against Pham, also known as Amin, and led
to this successful prosecution.
He pleaded guilty to one count of providing material support to AQAP,
one count of conspiring to receive military training from AQAP and one
count of possessing and using a machine gun in furtherance of crimes
of violence.
Prosecutors say Pham was directed by al Qaeda leader Anwar Al-Awlaki
to detonate explosives in Heathrow's arrivals area.
District Judge Alison Nathan said Pham deserved an "exceptionally
severe sentence" after he became a trusted asset for the terrorist
group, working as a graphic artist on its magazine, Inspire, that was
said to be used by the Boston marathon bombers to learn how to make
bombs.
Prosecutors said he spent several months in Yemen, where he was
trained by Al-Awlaki.
During the hearing Pham said he had made a "terrible mistake" that he
regretted, sending a letter to the judge to say he renounced all acts
of terrorism and extremist ideology.
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