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May 13, 2009       Share:    

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/12/AR2009051202050.html?hpid=moreheadlines

Man Convicted of Building Terrorist Training Camp in U.S.

[Washington Post] Carrie Johnson - A federal jury in New York Tuesday convicted Oussama Abdullah Kassir of providing support to al-Qaeda by building a terrorist training camp on U.S. soil. Kassir traveled to Bly, Ore., in late 1999 to establish a military-style facility at the direction of Muslim cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri of the Finsbury Park mosque in London, who has been designated a terrorist by the U.S. At the camp, Kassir taught techniques for waging jihad, including "how to kill a person by slitting their throat with a knife," according to the indictment. Upon returning overseas, Kassir operated for nearly four years what prosecutors say were "terrorist web sites" that offered instructions on how to prepare bombs and poisonous compounds.

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