Muslim Cleric Who Tried to Build Terror Camp Jailed for Life
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A Muslim cleric who preached at a London mosque attended by Sept. 11 plotter Zacarias Moussaoui and shoe-bomber Richard Reid was sentenced to life in prison for his role in a deadly hostage-taking and a failed bid to start a terrorist training camp in Oregon.
Calling the crimes of Abu Hamza al-Masri, 56, “barbaric” and “immoral,” U.S. District Judge Katherine Forrest in Manhattan today rejected his plea for a shorter term. She said the cleric needed to be “incapacitated.”