BEIRUT: A Lebanese man was convicted
Friday of involvement in a 2006 Al-Qaeda plot to blow up New York City commuter
tunnels, officials said.
A court in Beirut sentenced Assem
Hammoud to two years in prison, which he already has served.
Two of his accomplices, a Syrian and
a Lebanese man, were sentenced in absentia to life in prison.
The FBI said the plotters planned to
bomb and flood Hudson River train tunnels that carry tens of thousands of
commuters between New York and New Jersey and said they had hoped to pull off
the attack in October or November 2006.
Hammoud was arrested in April 2006
in Lebanon and served three years in prison before being released on bail.
Lebanese authorities found maps and bombing plans on his computer.
A judicial official said following Friday’s
verdict that Hammoud had served his sentence and was a free man. http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Local-News/2012/Feb-18/163764-lebanese-convicted-of-being-involved-in-al-qaeda-plot.ashx#axzz1mj1cu8jv
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