U.S. prosecutors are seeking no prison time for Ahmed Minni, who was imprisoned nearly 13 years in Pakistan.
without notifying their families. They left behind only a video they had produced showing U.S. soldiers in Iraq and photos of civilian casualties as a narrator declared that “physical jihad against the disbelievers becomes obligatory,” according to an FBI affidavit.
“Despite stable family lives, great educational opportunities, and promising futures, these defendants chose to embark upon a dangerous, and potentially violent path,” U.S. prosecutors said in a court filing. “It is very likely that the only thing that stopped their planned acts of violence was their prompt arrest by the Pakistani authorities. Now, having served out those Pakistani sentences, the defendants are back in the community where they first hatched this conspiracy.”U.S.
Minni, now 33, enlisted “the other four defendants to join him in traveling overseas,” according to a filing from federal prosecutors in the Eastern District of Virginia. A recruiter who called himself “Saifullah” reached out to Minni online beginning in May 2009 and “provided guidance on how to travel in Pakistan in a manner that would not arouse suspicion” — recommending that the men be clean-shaven, for example, U.S. authorities said in court filings.
Minni, who spent one day in the Alexandria Adult Detention Center after his extradition, was released on bond in September with prosecutors’ agreement. He appeared in court Friday wearing a gray checked shirt, khakis and black sneakers, black-rimmed eyeglasses and a white face mask. Two of his family members attended the hearing.
Prosecutors and Minni’s attorney, Marc J. Eisenstein, jointly requested that Minni remain on probation for 20 years. “A sentence of 20 years of supervised release will demonstrate that the government views these offenses very seriously, and anyone contemplating similar conduct will face severe consequences,” prosecutors said. Eisenstein declined to comment on the case Friday.
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