UK court jails trio who incited terrorism over WebThu Jul 5, 2007 1:22PM EDT
LONDON (Reuters) - Three men have been sentenced to a
total of 24 years in prison after admitting to inciting
terrorism over the Internet in the first case of its kind in
Britain, police said on Thursday.
The men, said by prosecutors to have close ties to al Qaeda,
pleaded guilty to inciting acts of terrorism "wholly or partly"
outside Britain via Web sites which advocated killing non-
Muslims.
Moroccan-born Younes Tsouli, Briton Waseem Mughal and
Jordanian- born Tariq al-Daour changed their original "not
guilty" pleas more than two months into their trial which had
begun at Woolwich Crown Court in east London in April.
-snip-London police said the men had set up Web sites, using stolen
credit cards and identities, to promote al Qaeda propaganda,
including the beheading of Western hostages.
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