US Sentences al-Qaida Recruit to 40 Years in Prison

A U.S. district court in New York has sentenced Ming Quang Pham, a British citizen of Vietnamese descent, to 40 years in prison for terrorism, based on his support of the terrorist group al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula. The Federal Bureau of Investigation announced Pham's sentence Friday.   In January, Pham — a practicing Muslim also known as Amin — pleaded guilty to one count of providing material support, one count of conspiring to receive military training from the group,...

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