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American gets 15-yr jail for supporting LeT

New York, July 26
An American national, Mahmud Faruq Brent, has been sentenced by a court here to 15 years imprisonment for conspiring to provide material support to the militant outfit, Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT).

While imposing the statutory maximum sentence, US District Judge Loretta A Preska observed that without foot soldiers willing to offer themselves as fighters, LeT could not carry out violent terrorist acts. She further added that Brent’s willingness to travel and train at the outfit’s terrorist training camp in Pakistan was a critical component of putting its “murderous views” into action. Brent, who is also known as Mahmud Almutazzim had previously pleaded guilty to the charges on April 2, 2007. According to court documents and statements made during Brent’s guilty plea proceeding, he travelled to Pakistan in 2002 and attended a terrorist training camp operated by LeT. — PTI