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NEW YORK (AP) — An Egyptian-born cleric who turned a London mosque into a training ground for extremist Islamists was sent to prison for life on Friday by a judge who cited his lack of remorse for "barbaric" acts that included aiding kidnappers who killed four tourists in Yemen in 1998 and sending two men to the United States to open a terrorist training camp in Oregon.
"If released, you would do it again," U.S. District Judge Katherine Forrest told Mustafa Kamel Mustafa, a former engineer who was jailed by Great Britain on separate charges in 2004 and extradited to the United States in 2012.
The white-haired Mustafa remained composed as the judge announced the sentence, saying it was significant "you have not expressed sympathy or remorse for the victims of the Yemeni kidnapping."
She called his actions "barbaric, misguided and wrong" and read aloud the names of the victims, saying, "With the passage of time, their names have not been lost."
The judge said a life sentence was necessary in part because Mustafa, 56, had "not had a change of heart" and would try to inspire others to commit violence if he were released.
She quoted from his speeches, including one in which he advocated killing people and another in which he called terrorism "a very effective weapon." She called him a "very complicated man," saying he had been raised in privilege, attending private schools and getting an advanced degre
http://news.yahoo.com/london-cleric-set-sentencing-ny-terrorism-case-162118966.html
NEW YORK (AP) — An Egyptian-born cleric who turned a London mosque into a training ground for extremist Islamists was sent to prison for life on Friday by a judge who cited his lack of remorse for "barbaric" acts that included aiding kidnappers who killed four tourists in Yemen in 1998 and sending two men to the United States to open a terrorist training camp in Oregon.
"If released, you would do it again," U.S. District Judge Katherine Forrest told Mustafa Kamel Mustafa, a former engineer who was jailed by Great Britain on separate charges in 2004 and extradited to the United States in 2012.
The white-haired Mustafa remained composed as the judge announced the sentence, saying it was significant "you have not expressed sympathy or remorse for the victims of the Yemeni kidnapping."
She called his actions "barbaric, misguided and wrong" and read aloud the names of the victims, saying, "With the passage of time, their names have not been lost."
The judge said a life sentence was necessary in part because Mustafa, 56, had "not had a change of heart" and would try to inspire others to commit violence if he were released.
She quoted from his speeches, including one in which he advocated killing people and another in which he called terrorism "a very effective weapon." She called him a "very complicated man," saying he had been raised in privilege, attending private schools and getting an advanced degre
http://news.yahoo.com/london-cleric-set-sentencing-ny-terrorism-case-162118966.html
