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            US Judge Extends Sentence for Convicted al-Qaida Plotter

   by VOA News

   A U.S. man convicted of supporting al-Qaida will serve an additional
   four years in prison after a U.S. judge on Tuesday ruled the initial
   17-year sentence was "too lenient."

   Jose Padilla was convicted in the southern U.S. state of Florida in
   2007 of providing material support to terrorists and collaborating with
   the transnational terrorist network.

   Padilla, now 43, was arrested in 2002 at a U.S. airport after returning
   from what prosecutors called an al-Qaida training camp in Afghanistan.
   A jury found him guilty on charges of supporting al-Qaida and terrorism
   conspiracy.

   He initially was given credit for time served in a military prison in
   the U.S. after being deemed an "enemy combatant." Tuesday's ruling
   revokes that credit.
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