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November 25, 2004       Share:    

Source: http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/505873.html

Palestinian-Canadian Found Guilty of Planning Attacks in North America

(AP/Ha'aretz) Jamal Akkal, 24, a Gaza-born Canadian citizen, pleaded guilty Wednesday to planning attacks on Israelis in North America and was sentenced by an Israeli military court to four years in prison. Prosecutors said Akkal planned to carry out attacks against Israeli officials traveling in the U.S., as well as bombings against Jewish targets in North America. The army said Akkal had met in Gaza with militants from Hamas and received weapons training. According to the indictment, Akkal was to buy an M-16 rifle in Detroit and bomb materials to carry out the attacks in cities where many Jews live.

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