Pakistani court charges 5 Americans with terrorism

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Source: AP via Yahoo! News

By ZARAR KHAN, Associated Press Writer Zarar Khan, Associated Press Writer – 47 mins ago

ISLAMABAD – A Pakistani court charged five young Americans on Wednesday with planning terrorist attacks in the South Asian country and conspiring to wage war against nations allied with Pakistan, their defense lawyer said.

The men — all Muslims from the Washington suburb of Alexandria, Virginia — pleaded not guilty to a total of five charges, the most severe of which carries a maximum sentence of life in prison, defense lawyer Hasan Dastagir told The Associated Press.

"My clients were in good shape and high spirits," Dastagir said.

The men, all in their late teens or early 20s, were charged by an anti-terrorism court inside a prison in Sargodha, the city in Punjab province where they were arrested in December. They were reported missing by their families in November after one left behind a farewell video showing scenes of war and casualties and saying Muslims must be defended.

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[Ozymanithrax]

1. So the U.S. is now an exporter of Islamic terrorism...

there is an irony in there somewhere.

[bc3000]

2. Court? Not a military tribunal? I guess Pakistan has a more capable justice system than us.

[Robb]

4. That's hilarious.

[LiberalFighter]

3. I was hoping they were Blackwater thugs.