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UK man faces U.S. prison term over Islamist militant camp in Oregon
Source: Reuters
US | Fri Oct 16, 2015 7:07am EDT
UK man faces U.S. prison term over Islamist militant camp in Oregon
NEW YORK | BY NATE RAYMOND
A mentally ill British man who U.S. authorities say helped try to set up a training camp in Oregon in 1999 for Islamist militants faces up to 20 years in prison when he is sentenced on Friday in New York.
Haroon Aswat, 41, pleaded guilty in March in Manhttan federal court to charges of conspiracy and providing material support to al Qaeda. At the time of his plea, Aswat said he had suffered from symptoms of schizophrenia for the last 20 years and was being treated.
In 2013, the European Court of Human Rights blocked his extradition because of his mental condition. After assurances from the United States that Aswat would receive adequate care, however, London's High Court approved the extradition and he arrived in the country in October 2014.
Prosecutors say Aswat, a British citizen of Indian descent, and another man, Oussama Kassir, went to Oregon 16 years ago at the behest of radical London cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri to set up the camp in a town called Bly.
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UK man faces U.S. prison term over Islamist militant camp in Oregon
NEW YORK | BY NATE RAYMOND
A mentally ill British man who U.S. authorities say helped try to set up a training camp in Oregon in 1999 for Islamist militants faces up to 20 years in prison when he is sentenced on Friday in New York.
Haroon Aswat, 41, pleaded guilty in March in Manhttan federal court to charges of conspiracy and providing material support to al Qaeda. At the time of his plea, Aswat said he had suffered from symptoms of schizophrenia for the last 20 years and was being treated.
In 2013, the European Court of Human Rights blocked his extradition because of his mental condition. After assurances from the United States that Aswat would receive adequate care, however, London's High Court approved the extradition and he arrived in the country in October 2014.
Prosecutors say Aswat, a British citizen of Indian descent, and another man, Oussama Kassir, went to Oregon 16 years ago at the behest of radical London cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri to set up the camp in a town called Bly.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/10/16/us-usa-security-aswat-idUSKCN0SA18K20151016