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Wesam El-Hanafi provided video cameras, computers, encryption technology and even remote control cars that could be converted into bombs to an Al Qaeda operative in Yemen. The 39-year-old also ...
Prosecutors in Manhattan defended conspiracy charges they brought last year against Wesam El-Hanafi. An indictment accuses the Brooklyn-born El-Hanafi of pledging loyalty to al Qaeda and helping ...
Wesam El-Hanafi, who was born in Brooklyn, said he'd spent the nearly five years since his arrest reflecting on his actions. "I didn't just make the wrong choices; I made the worst choices,'' El ...
Wesam El-Hanafi and a co-conspirator, Sabirhan Hasanoff, were charged with providing $67,000 in cash, video cameras, computers, encryption technology and remote control cars that could be converted ...
He may be locked in prison facing federal terrorism charges — but he has his pride! Accused al Qaeda techno-geek Wesam El-Hanafi has filed a $1 million defamation and libel suit against a ...
Wesam El-Hanafi (left) and Sabirhan Hasanoff are seen during their initial appearance on terrorism-related charges in 2010. AP An al Qaeda techno-geek from Brooklyn ...
Prosecutors identified the men as Wesam El-Hanafi, 33, an American citizen, and Sabirhan Hasanoff, 34, a dual citizen of the United States and Australia. Preet Bharara, the United States attorney ...
Wesam El-Hanafi and Sabirhan Hasanoff, both U.S. citizens, pleaded guilty to providing “financial support, equipment, and technical advice to al Qaeda associates in Yemen and elsewhere ...
Wesam El-Hanafi, the 33-year-old computer engineer, and Sabirhan Hasanoff, 34, the accountant, were brought from Dubai, United Arab Emirates, to Alexandria, Va., where a federal magistrate judge ...
El-Hanafi was arrested in the United Arab Emirates in April 2010 and transferred to United States custody. Reuters A New York man was sentenced to 15 years in prison for his “extensive efforts ...
NEW YORK (AFP) - A New York man was sentenced to 15 years in jail Tuesday for funnelling US$67,000 (S$89,000) to Al-Qaeda and helping to scout out the city's Stock Exchange for attack. US Judge ...