WASHINGTON: A Pakistani man living in the United States faces up to 15 years in jail after pleading guilty
Friday to providing material support to the feared militant outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT).
US justice officials said Jubair Ahmad, 24, posted a propaganda video for LeT “glorifying violent extremism” in 2010, three years after he arrived in the United States with his parents and two younger brothers.
“Foreign terrorist organizations such as LeT use the Internet as part of well-orchestrated propaganda campaigns to radicalize and recruit individuals to wage violent extremism and to promote the spread of terror,” said US Attorney Neil MacBride.
“Today’s conviction of Jubair Ahmad demonstrates that we will aggressively investigate and prosecute anyone who provides material support to a terrorist organization in whatever form it takes,” he added.
Ahmad, of Woodbridge, Virginia, close to the US capital Washington, will be sentenced on April 13.
“By preparing and posting a graphic video that glorified violent extremism, Mr Ahmad directly supported the mission of a designated terrorist organization,” said FBI assistant director in charge James McJunkin.
The focus of LeT operations has been the staging of attacks in Pakistan’s neighbor India, in particular in the disputed region of Kashmir.
The Indian government blamed LeT for the Mumbai attacks that killed 166 people in November 2008 when 10 heavily armed militant gunmen stormed a host of targets including luxury hotels, a Jewish center and a train station.
Source: tribune.com.pk
US justice officials said Jubair Ahmad, 24, posted a propaganda video for LeT “glorifying violent extremism” in 2010, three years after he arrived in the United States with his parents and two younger brothers.
“Foreign terrorist organizations such as LeT use the Internet as part of well-orchestrated propaganda campaigns to radicalize and recruit individuals to wage violent extremism and to promote the spread of terror,” said US Attorney Neil MacBride.
“Today’s conviction of Jubair Ahmad demonstrates that we will aggressively investigate and prosecute anyone who provides material support to a terrorist organization in whatever form it takes,” he added.
Ahmad, of Woodbridge, Virginia, close to the US capital Washington, will be sentenced on April 13.
“By preparing and posting a graphic video that glorified violent extremism, Mr Ahmad directly supported the mission of a designated terrorist organization,” said FBI assistant director in charge James McJunkin.
The focus of LeT operations has been the staging of attacks in Pakistan’s neighbor India, in particular in the disputed region of Kashmir.
The Indian government blamed LeT for the Mumbai attacks that killed 166 people in November 2008 when 10 heavily armed militant gunmen stormed a host of targets including luxury hotels, a Jewish center and a train station.
Source: tribune.com.pk
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