Guy got 24 months for role to smuggle shoulder-fired missiles into USA?

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http://www.wnbc.com/news/5137225/detail.html

NEWARK, N.J. -- An Indian citizen was sentenced Thursday to 24 months in prison for his role in a plot to smuggle shoulder-fired missiles into the United States to aid terrorists.

Manthena Raja, 45, a financial manager who was based in London, pleaded guilty in September to one count of money laundering. He admitted he facilitated two cash transfers from the United States worth $86,500 for British businessman Hemant Lakhani, even though he knew the money was for an illegal arms deal.

Raja had faced a sentence of between 37 and 46 months under federal sentencing guidelines, but the government recommended a sentence below the guideline range in consideration of his cooperation in the case against Lakhani.

Lakhani, who was snared in an FBI sting in 2003, was convicted in April of attempting to broker a deal to sell shoulder-launched missiles to a group he thought would use them to shoot down commercial airliners. The missile seller and buyer were actually government agents.

I can't believe this wasn't big news? Were any of these fellows Muslims? I suspect not.

[Systematic Chaos]

1. I'm sure that for every case like this

there are probably at least two others that go by undetected. And, I would further guess that in nearly all cases they're using the least muslim-looking people they can find. :eyes: