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torsdag, juni 10, 2010

U.S. Citizen Sentenced for Conspiring to Provide Material Support to al Qaeda

U.S. citizen Syed Hashmi was sentenced in Manhattan federal court to 15 years in prison for conspiracy to provide material support to al Qaeda. Hashmi was arrested on June 6, 2006, at Heathrow Airport in the United Kingdom, shortly before boarding a flight to Pakistan. He was later extradited to the United States. Hashmi was the first individual to be extradited from the United Kingdom to the United States on terrorism charges /FBI

Vi förkovrar oss i engelska.
Det allmänna ordet för "döma" är judge: He was judged guilty as charged. "Han fälldes på alla åtalspunkter".
"Döma" till ett visst straff i brottmål heter sentence.
I framför allt obehgliga och smärtsamma sammanhang förekommer condemn.
"Döma" i fotbolls- och boxningsmatcher heter referee och umpire i cricket och tennis.

FBI = Federal Bureau of Investigation. Högkvarter i Washington, D.C. 

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