Thread: OHIO MAN SENTENCED TO TEN YEARS IMPRISONMENT FOR CONSPIRACY

Gregory G. Lockhart
United States Attorney
Southern District of Ohio

NSD
(202) 514-2007
TDD (202) 514-1888

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2007 http://www.usdoj.gov


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OHIO MAN SENTENCED TO TEN YEARS IMPRISONMENT FOR CONSPIRACY TO PROVIDE MATERIAL SUPPORT TO TERRORISTS

WASHINGTON – An Ohio man has been sentenced to serve ten years in prison for conspiring to provide material support to terrorists, Assistant Attorney General for National Security Kenneth L. Wainstein, U.S. Attorney Gregory G. Lockhart of the Southern District of Ohio, Assistant Director Joseph Billy, Jr., of the FBI Counterterrorism Division, and Julie L. Myers, Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), announced today.

Nuradin M. Abdi, 35, a Somali national living in Columbus, Ohio, was named in a four-count indictment returned under seal in the U.S. District Court in Columbus on June 10, 2004. On July 31, 2007, Abdi pleaded guilty in federal court to Count One of the indictment, which charged him with conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists.

Count One of the indictment specifically alleged that on April 27, 1999, Abdi applied to the Immigration and Naturalization Service - now known as ICE - for a travel document, wherein he concealed his destination by representing that he intended to visit Germany and Saudi Arabia for the purpose of "Umrah (Holly[sic] - Mecca) and visit my relative," when he actually planned to travel to Ogaden, Ethiopia, for the purpose of obtaining military-style training in preparation for violent jihad. Abdi allegedly sought training in radio usage, guns, guerilla warfare and bombs.

“Today's sentence is just punishment for a defendant who exploited our country's freedoms and manipulated our immigration system on numerous occasions, all in an effort to support and conspire with international terrorists,â€

Sooooooooooo.........Why was he only given 10 years?? (Maybe to provide FBI/CIA information)

What happens when he is done serving his sentence----it does not say that he will be deported.

Nuradin M. Abdi, 35, a Somali national living in Columbus, Ohio

The name says it all.. to think we Americans are this damn trusting really bothers me ... It is my hope that all the liberals that like the Invasion to continue that they leave thier doors unlocked at night ... and really be a welcoming soul to any and all that wish to visit them ... Nuff said

Bush should be charged with a conspiracy to support terorrism for leaving the borders open.

This was just on Fox News.

This man is refusing the plea deal-----only getting 10 years in exchange for testifying/giving names of other terrorists and their plans.

Therefore, his sentence will no longer be 10 years.