Al Qaeda Operative Sentenced to Life in U.S. Embassies Plot
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An Al Qaeda operative was sentenced to life in prison today in Manhattan Federal Court for conspiring to bomb American embassies in Singapore and the Philippines.
Mohammed Mansour Jabarah, a Canadian citizen who was born in Iraq, confessed plans to kill Americans at the two embassies after he was arrested in Oman in 2002, where he had fled after authorities in Singapore uncovered the plot.
As part of an agreement with the FBI, Jabarah, who had been deported to Canada, agreed to come to America and cooperate with investigators.
Within five months, however, investigators discovered that Jabarah had secretly disavowed his commitment to cooperate with the FBI and planned to attack investigators. He was then transferred to a federal prison.
Jabarah pleaded guilty to five felonies, including conspiracy to kill both American civilians and officers.
Jamarah, who had also fought alongside the Taliban, had been under direct orders from Osama Bin Laden to bomb the embassies.
