November 08, 2007

Tarik Shah Sentenced to 15 Years

He plead guilty to training people in hand to hand combat for al-Qaeda.

Via Reuters: NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New York jazz musician was sentenced to 15 years in prison on Wednesday for agreeing to help train al Qaeda fighters in hand-to-hand combat in a case that centered on an oath he took before an undercover FBI agent.

Tarik Shah, 44, a martial arts instructor raised in New York, received the maximum sentence in Manhattan federal court under a plea agreement with U.S. prosecutors.

Previous Jawa Report Coverage below the fold.

Vote Jawa!

Al Qaeda Lawyer: "My client was set up."
One American Jihadi Pleads Guilty, the Other Not ...