US Judge Gives Islamist Preacher Life Sentence

A U.S. judge has sentenced a radical Islamist preacher to life in prison, eight months after he was convicted of federal terrorism charges. The judge on Friday imposed the sentence on Mustafa Kamel Mustafa, commonly known as Abu Hamza, at a federal court in New York City. Hamza, who is blind in one eye and a double-hand-amputee, was in court at the time of his sentencing. His lawyers had urged the judge to take his physical deficiencies into account when imposing a...

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