Criminal Proceedings in 2009

Terrorism

Updated: October 22, 2009

Posted: August 13, 2009

An alarming number of American Muslim extremists have been arrested on various terror-related charges, ranging from bomb plots to providing material support to terrorists, since the September 11 terrorist attacks. In 2009 alone, 15 American Muslim extremists and three U.S. permanent residents have been arrested for their involvement in terrorism cases, while 13 Americans have been convicted on terror-related charges.

The following is a list of American Muslim extremists that have been charged, convicted or sentenced on terrorism charges in 2009.

October 21, 2009 - A Massachusetts man with dual American and Egyptian citizenship is arrested for allegedly plotting to attack a U.S. shopping mall and American soldiers in Iraq.

October 21, 2009 - Two U.S. citizens and one permanent resident are sentenced in an Ohio federal court for conspiring to recruit and train terrorists to attack American troops overseas.

September 29, 2009 - A New York man who attempted to funnel thousands of dollars to a terrorist training camp in Afghanistan has pleaded guilty to terrorism financing.

September 24, 2009 - A U.S. permanent resident with alleged links to Al Qaeda is indicted for an alleged plot to detonate explosives in the U.S. A week earlier, a U.S. citizen and another permanent resident were charged with lying to federal authorities in relation to the case.

September 24, 2009 - A Brooklyn resident is indicted in New York for attempting to join a foreign terrorist group and fight American forces in Afghanistan, Iraq and the Balkans.

September 23, 2009 - An Illinois resident who attempted to bomb the federal courthouse in Springfield is charged with attempted murder of a federal officer or employee and attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction against property owned by the United States.

August 12, 2009 - A Somali-American from Minnesota pleads guilty to training with an Al Qaeda-linked terrorist group in Somalia.

August 12, 2009 - An American citizen who shot casing videos of U.S. landmarks for potential terrorist attacks in the Washington, D.C. area is convicted in Georgia for conspiring to support terrorists.

August 7, 2009 - A Houston man who conspired to join the Taliban and fight against U.S. forces is sentenced to 54 months in prison.

July 27, 2009 - Six U.S. citizens and a permanent resident are arrested for engaging in weapons training and conspiring to carry out "violent jihad" overseas. An eighth suspect, also an American citizen, is still at large.

July 27, 2009 - A Virginia man convicted of conspiring to assassinate President George W. Bush and providing material support to Al Qaeda is sentenced to life in prison.

July 13, 2009 - Two Somali-Americans from Brooklyn Park, MN, and Seattle, WA, are charged with providing material support to terrorists and conspiracy to kill, kidnap, maim and injure.

June 10, 2009 - A former Georgia Tech student who shot videos of U.S. landmarks in the Washington, D.C. area for potential terrorist attacks is convicted in Atlanta of conspiring to support terrorists.

June 2, 2009 - Three American citizens and a Haitian native are indicted for allegedly plotting to attack two synagogues in the Bronx and to shoot down planes at a military base in Newburgh, New York.

June 1, 2009 - An American convert to Islam who shot two uniformed American soldiers - one of whom was killed - at a military recruiting center in Little Rock, Arkansas, is charged with 16 counts of committing a terrorist act.

May 27, 2009 - Three American citizens are among the five leaders and former fundraisers of the Holy Land Foundation, once considered the largest Muslim charity in the U.S., sentenced to between 15 to 65 years in prison for funneling money to the Hamas terrorist organization.

May 12, 2009 - Four U.S. citizens and one Haitian national are convicted for plotting to attack the Sears Tower in Chicago, the FBI headquarters in Miami and other U.S. buildings.

April 29-30, 2009 - A U.S. citizen, a U.S. permanent resident and three others from Southern New Jersey and Philadelphia are sentenced between 30 years and life in prison for conspiring to attack the Fort Dix army base in New Jersey.

April 3, 2009 - A former U.S. sailor convicted of leaking classified information about a U.S. Naval battle group to alleged terror supporters is sentenced to ten years in prison.

March 6, 2009 - The apparent leader of a terror cell that plotted to attack Jewish institutions and U.S. military targets in Los Angeles is sentenced to 16 years in prison.

February 26, 2009 - An Ohio man accused of joining Al Qaeda in the early 1990s is sentenced to 20 years in prison for planning terrorist attacks in the U.S. and Europe.

January 28, 2009 - A Long Island man pleaded guilty to providing information about New York City transit systems to Al Qaeda for potential terrorist attacks and to firing rockets at an American military base in Afghanistan.

January 15, 2009 - Two Chicago cousins are convicted of conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists in connection with their travels abroad in order to murder U.S. forces in Iraq and Afghanistan.


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