U.S. citizen pleads guilty to receiving training from al-Qaida

[Eugene]

Source: Associated Press

U.S. citizen pleads guilty to receiving training from al-Qaida

The Associated Press
Published: April 19, 2007

HOUSTON: A U.S. citizen accused of working alongside al-Qaida members
pleaded guilty Thursday to a charge of receiving training from a foreign
terrorist organization, authorities said.

During a court hearing, Daniel Joseph Maldonado, 28, a Muslim convert
also known as Daniel Aljughaifi and Abu Mohammed, admitted to traveling
in December to a terrorist camp in Somalia, where he was trained to use
firearms and explosives in an effort to help the Islamic Courts Union
topple the government and install an Islamic state. Members of al-Qaida
were present at the camp.

Maldonado was captured by the Kenyan military while trying to flee
Somalia in January and brought back to the United States in February.

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Maldonado, who is being held without bond, is to be sentenced by U.S.
District Judge Gray Miller on June 29. He faces up to 10 years in prison
and a fine of up to $250,000 (€183,800).

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