Monday, July 16, 2012

Uzbek Gets 16 Years for Obama Murder Plot

A federal judge in Alabama sentenced an Uzbek man living illegally in the United States to nearly 16 years in prison on Friday on terrorism and weapons charges stemming from his plot to kill President Barack Obama. Ulugbek Kodirov, who arrived in the United States in 2009 to attend medical school but never enrolled, had plotted to shoot Obama while he campaigned for re-election this year, according to federal authorities in Alabama. They said the 22-year-old man became "radicalised" through internet research and was acting on behalf of an Islamist militant group in his homeland.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/jul/13/uzbek-plot-kill-barack-obama

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