An Imam has been sentenced to life in prison for joining a failed plot to firebomb John F. Kennedy Airport in 2007 by blowing up jet fuel supplies with the help of a notorious al-Qaida explosives expert.
A federal judge in Brooklyn gave Kareem Ibrahim, the leader of the Shiite Muslim community in Trinidad and Tobago, the life term on Friday after a jury found him guilty last year of conspiracy.
Ibrahim's attorneys had argued in court papers that the 66-year-old deserved only 13 years, claiming prosecutors had exaggerated his role in a scheme that had been infiltrated by an FBI informant and had no chance of succeeding.
But U.S. Judge District Court Dora Irizarry said the case 'shows the government at its best in terms of protecting the security of this country.'
Ibrahim, from Trinidad, 'abandoned the true tenants of his religion' by participating in the plot, U.S. Attorney Loretta Lynch said in a statement.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/new...ort-terror-plot.html
A federal judge in Brooklyn gave Kareem Ibrahim, the leader of the Shiite Muslim community in Trinidad and Tobago, the life term on Friday after a jury found him guilty last year of conspiracy.
Ibrahim's attorneys had argued in court papers that the 66-year-old deserved only 13 years, claiming prosecutors had exaggerated his role in a scheme that had been infiltrated by an FBI informant and had no chance of succeeding.
But U.S. Judge District Court Dora Irizarry said the case 'shows the government at its best in terms of protecting the security of this country.'
Ibrahim, from Trinidad, 'abandoned the true tenants of his religion' by participating in the plot, U.S. Attorney Loretta Lynch said in a statement.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/new...ort-terror-plot.html
Justice has been served. Thanks to The United States Justice System. It may be slow but it certainly for sure. No tears shedding on my side. Chief, maybe ah suskey easy, easy. 