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February 4, 2013

Somali American Convicted in Alleged Entrapment Case 
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A Somali-American man has been found guilty of trying to detonate a bomb
supplied by undercover agents at a crowded Christmas tree lighting
ceremony in Portland. Attorneys Mohamed Osman Mohamud had accused the
FBI of entrapment. Undercover FBI agents orchestrated much of the bomb
plot, supplying Mohamud with money, providing materials to construct the
fake bomb, and blocking Mohamud from leaving the Portland area to take a
job in Alaska. Mohamud could face life in prison.

 

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