MIAMI – Jose Padilla, the Brooklyn-born convert to Islam whom the government once accused of plotting to detonate a dirty bomb in the United States, was sentenced on Tuesday to 17 years and 4 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy to help Islamic jihadist fighters abroad. The sentence was more lenient than…
A Belgian court convicted five Islamist militants of belonging to a group that was active in recruiting suicide bombers into Iraq. Bilal Soughir, currently in detention, was sentenced to ten years in prison for being a ringleader of the operation. Four other men tried in absentia were also sentenced for organizing and aiding the plans,…
A hard core of 20 Islamic extremists with links to foreign terror groups is operating north of the Border and poses a “significant” risk to public safety, Scotland on Sunday can reveal. Senior intelligence insiders have revealed the suspects – many of them born and brought up in Scotland – pose a similar threat to…
A French court has sentenced Rachid Ramda to life in prison for his role in financing the 1995 bomb attacks on the Paris metro that killed eight people and wounded 200 others. Ramda was sentenced without the possibility of parole for 22 years; he has denied the charges and any involvement in the attacks.
Mohamed M. (22), who was arrested in Vienna five weeks ago, is suspected to be the organ of Al Qaida. He himself denies the accusations. In prison, he reads the Quran, writes love letters to his wife – and denies all connections to Al Qaida.
