Islamic Cleric Mustafa Kamel Mustafa Found Guilty In NYC Terrorism Trial
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) — An Egyptian Islamic preacher brought to the United States on charges that he supported terrorism around the world from his perch at a London mosque has been found guilty.
Jurors in federal court in Manhattan returned their verdict Monday in the case against Mustafa Kamel Mustafa, convicting him on 11 terrorism-related counts, WCBS 880′s Irene Cornell report.
Also known by the aliases Abu Hamza and Abu Hamza al-Masri, Mustafa was found guilty of providing support to the kidnappers of 16 tourists in Yemen in 1998, attempting to set up a jihad training camp outside Bly, Ore., and providing material support to al Qaeda in Afghanistan. In the kidnapping, four victims were killed in a shootout with Yemeni soldiers.
Prosecutors cited speeches and taped interviews to show that Mustafa conspired to aid the terrorist organizations.
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