Mohamed Ibrahim Ahmed dömd till nio års fängelse

Etiopiske medborgaren med uppehållstillstånd

i Sverige Mohamed Ibrahim Ahmed dömdes

igår av en amerikansk domstol till nio år och

tre månaders fängelse för terrorbrott.

– Han reste tusentals kilometer för att gå med

i al-Shabaab, för att hjälpa till i dess terror

och lära sig hur organisationen krigar, sade

åklagaren Preet Bharara.

– I dag slutar hans resa i fängelse och innebär

den senaste segern i våra fortsatta ansträng-

ningar att skydda amerikaner från terrorism,

hemma och utomlands.

Mannen, som enligt svenska UD har etiopiskt

medborgarskap, men som av åklagaren anses

vara eritrean, greps i Nigeria 2009.

 

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NYT om domen

Terrorist från Sverige döms i USA

Eritreanen Mohamed Ibrahim Ahmed med

permanent uppehållstillstånd i Sverige och

skriven i Stockholm greps i Nigeria för terrorism

och utlämnades 2010 till USA.

Där åtalas han nu för att ha genomgått terrorist-

utbildning hos Al Shabaab i Somalia och för att

ha hjälpt islamisterna med militär utrustning.

Vi skrev om honom redan 2010.

Gudmundson kan nu berätta att Ahmed
erkänt sig skyldig inför en amerikansk
domstol.

**

"MOHAMED IBRAHIM AHMED pled guilty

today to conspiring to provide material

support to and receive military-type

training from al Shabaab, a terrorist

organization based in Somalia.

AHMED pled guilty before U.S.
District Judge P. Kevin Castel.

** 

Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said:

“Mohamed Ibrahim Ahmed traveled a long

way from his home in Sweden to Somalia, where

he took up the cause of al Shabaab, a deadly

terrorist organization and sworn enemy of the

United States and its people. Protecting Americans

from the threat of terrorism both at home and ab-

road is the highest priority of this office, and today’s

plea is yet another victory in that fight.”

**

In early 2009, AHMED left his home in Sweden and

traveled to Somalia in order to support and receive

military-type training from al Shabaab.

Al Shabaab has used violent means to destabilize

the government of Somalia and to force the with-

drawal of foreign troops from the country.

The group has recruited foreign fighters to join in

its “holy war” in Somalia, resulting in men from

other countries, including the United States,

traveling there to engage in violent jihad.

Al Shabaab has also made numerous public

statements demonstrating its intent to harm

the United States.

**

While in Somalia, AHMED contributed approxi-

mately 3,000 Euros to al Shabaab, received

training and instruction with respect to bomb-

making and bomb-detonation, and purchased

an AK-47 rifle, additional magazines, and two

grenades. AHMED subsequently provided the

rifle and magazines to an al Shabaab military

commander.
**

AHMED, 38, a native of Eritrea and a lawful

resident of Sweden, was arrested in Nigeria

in November 2009. On March 6, 2010, AHMED

was transferred to the custody of the United

States and subsequently transported to the

Southern District of New York for prosecution.

AHMED pled guilty to one count of conspiracy

to provide material support to a Foreign Terrorist

Organization (al Shabaab) and one count of con-

spiracy to receive military-type training from a

Foreign Terrorist Organization (al Shabaab).

**

He faces a maximum sentence of 10 years in

prison, and is scheduled to be sentenced by

Judge Castel on November 2, 2012 at

11:30 a.m." 

Al Shabaabterrorist - född i Eritrea, bosatt i Stockholm, åtalad i USA

Eritreanen Mohamed Ibrahim Ahmed med

permanent uppehållstillstånd i Sverige och

skriven i Stockholm greps nyligen i Nigeria för

terrorism och utlämnades på lördagen till USA.

Där åtalas han nu för att ha genomgått terrorist-

utbildning hos Al Shabaab i Somalia och för att

hjälpt islamisterna med militär utrustning.

(New York Times via Politiskt Inkorrekt)

***

Mr. Ahmed, who was sent to New York on Saturday

after being arrested in the West African country of

Nigeria, is charged with providing and conspiring to

provide material support to the militant Somali group,

Al Shabab, which the State Department has listed as

a terrorist group.

He's also charged with receiving and conspiring to

receive military-type "jihad training" from Al Shabab,

which has recently sworn allegiance to Al Qaeda.

US prosecutors say Ahmed is believed to be a

citizen of the tiny East African country of Eritrea,

who lived in Sweden, and that he learned to make

bombs in Somalia.

**

Eritrea is the bitter enemy of Ethiopia, which

occupied neighboring Somalia for more than

a year after a US-backed Dec. 2007 invasion

to wrest control of the country from militant

Islamists.

In an enemy-of-my-enemy-is-my-friend calculation,

Eritrea has for years supported Al Shabab, at least

according to the US government and most

independent Western analysts.

**

During her trip to Africa in August, Secretary of

State Hillary Clinton warned that the US would

"take action" against Eritrea if it does not stop

supporting Al Shabab's efforts to overthrow the

weak, Western-backed transitional government

in Somalia.

"It is long past time for Eritrea to cease and

desist its support of Al Shabab and to start

being a productive rather than a destabilizing

neighbor," she said.

"We are making it very clear that their actions

are unacceptable." (Christian Science Monitor)