DUESSELDORF – Four Arab men accused of planning to bomb Jewish targets in Germany on the orders of militant Islamist leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi were found guilty yesterday at the end of a marathon trial.
“In this case, Abu Musad al-Zarqawi should also be sitting on the defendants’ bench,” Judge Ottmar Breidling told the court in his explanation of the verdict. The men received jail sentences of between five and eight years.Jordanians Mohammed Abu Dhess and Ismail Shalabi and Palestinian Ashraf Mohammad al-Dagma were found guilty of belonging to an Islamist militant group which planned attacks on two Jewish-owned Duesseldorf discos and a Berlin community centre.- Nampa-ReutersThe men received jail sentences of between five and eight years.Jordanians Mohammed Abu Dhess and Ismail Shalabi and Palestinian Ashraf Mohammad al-Dagma were found guilty of belonging to an Islamist militant group which planned attacks on two Jewish-owned Duesseldorf discos and a Berlin community centre.- Nampa-Reuters
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