Texas man gets 14 years in jail for Islamic center attack

[maddezmom]

WASHINGTON (AFP) - A Texas man who admitted to throwing a Molotov cocktail at an Islamic center was sentence to more than 14 years in prison for the attempted firebombing, US authorities said.

A US District Court judge sentenced Antonio Flores to 171 months in prison plus three years supervised release for attempting to firebomb the Islamic Center of El Paso in El Paso, Texas, according to the Justice Department.

In March, Flores pleaded guilty to a charged that prohibits damaging or attempting to damage religious property and a second charge that bars the use of fire or an explosive device in the commission of a felony, the department said.

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more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20050622/ts_alt_afp/usjusticereligion;_

[uppityperson]

1. Good.

[bluestateguy]

2. 1 less Republican vote for 2006 and 2008!

Scrubbed!

[darkism]

6. HAHA nice way to put it :p n/t

[Up2Late]

3. I'm going to be REALLY pissed off, if AFP is the only Newswire...

...that ends up carrying this story, please post any others (AP, UPI, Reuters) if you see them pop up.

Thanks

[maddezmom]

4. AFP takes a lot of heat, but sometimes they report stuff our MSM won't

[meganmonkey]

5. But is he a terrorist?

Or is that reserved for Muslims and environmentalists?

:shrug:

[Up2Late]

7. Well, I did hear NPR cover this story on it's Hourly news

I now see why he got jail time, He's Hispanic in Texas.