Miami Judge Sentences Man To 15 Years In Terror Case
MIAMI (CBSMiami/AP) — A federal judge in Miami has sentenced a 21-year old Kenyan man to 15 years in prison providing money and recruits to foreign terrorist groups.
Mohamed Said pleaded guilty in May to conspiring to support to Africa's violent al-Shabaab organization and al-Qaida affiliates in Syria and elsewhere.
Said's attorney had sought a more lenient eight-year sentence because Said never plotted directly against the U.S. But Ungaro said terrorist groups he supported have an avowed intent to attack the U.S.
Said and co-defendant Gufran Mohammed were arrested in 2013 in Saudi Arabia in a case that evolved from FBI monitoring of Internet chat rooms frequented by Islamic extremists. Mohammed is already serving a 15-year prison sentence.
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