18 Muslims convicted in terror ring

[Jim Sagle]

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0310010291oct01,1,2372984.story?coll=chi-newsnationworld-hed

Items compiled from Tribune news services
Published October 1, 2003

BRUSSELS, BELGIUM -- A court Tuesday convicted 18 Muslims--including one planning to blow up a base believed to hold U.S. nuclear weapons--for involvement in a European terror ring recruiting for Al Qaeda and the Taliban.

The defendants were sentenced to up to 10 years in prison. They included a Tunisian who aided the Sept. 9, 2001, assassination of Ahmed Shah Massood, the Afghan military commander who led opposition to the Taliban militia that ruled his country at the time.

The verdict was the latest case resulting from a sweep of suspected Islamic militants around Europe after the attacks on New York and Washington.

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Federal prosecutors charged that the group had formed a "spider's web" of Islamic radicals plotting attacks and recruiting in Europe for Al Qaeda and the Taliban.

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[Jim Sagle]

1. Guess w's Homelandt Sekurite thangk must be werkin'...

based on how relaxed we all are about this.