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Second man is sentenced Original Source Link: (May no longer be active)    http://abcnews.go.com/wire/US/ap20031204_1774.html http://abcnews.go.com/wire/US/ap20031204_1774.html Second Lackawanna Six Suspect Sentenced Second Lackawanna Six Suspect Is Sentenced to Eight Years in Prison for Supporting Terrorism The Associated Press BUFFALO, N.Y. Dec. 4 — A second member of the so-called Lackawanna Six terrorist cell was sentenced to prison Thursday, receiving eight years behind bars for supporting terrorism. Yasein Taher, 25, admitted he trained with al-Qaida in Afghanistan in the months before the Sept. 11 attacks. "I'd just like to apologize to the court, my family, the community, and most importantly my country," Taher said. "I know I've let a lot of people down." He was the second member of the Lackawanna Six all young Yemeni-American men recruited to Osama bin Laden's al-Farooq camp in the spring of 2001 to be sentenced. Mukhtar al-Bakri received 10 years in prison Wednesday. Al-Bakri completed the training; Taher did not. The sentences for all six men had already been negotiated with federal prosecutors earlier this year. The other defendants are due in court over the next two weeks. Taher pleaded guilty in May to providing material support to a foreign terrorist organization. He admitted he was trained in the use of weapons at the camp and said he was approached by a fellow trainee looking for volunteers for suicide missions. He and the others were arrested in September 2002 after authorities were tipped to their travels by an anonymous letter. Taher's attorney, Rodney Personius, said Taher tried to leave the training camp within two weeks of arriving and described his attendance as "a tragic lapse in judgment." All six have agreed to cooperate in terrorism investigations. Prosecutors have called the information valuable.

Model for terrorist investigations Ny man been to alqaeda camp with osama { December 4 2003 } Second man is sentenced Six never planned to commit terrorism Threatened with enemy combatant status { September 11 2001 } Files Listed: 5

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