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Briton is convicted in missile sale case { April 28 2005 } Original Source Link: (May no longer be active)    http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/04/27/AR2005042702095.html http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/04/27/AR2005042702095.html Briton Is Convicted In Missile-Sales Case Associated Press Thursday, April 28, 2005; A07 NEWARK, April 27 -- A former British clothing merchant was convicted Wednesday of trying to sell shoulder-launched missiles to what he believed was a terrorist group planning to shoot down airliners. The federal jury reached its verdict in its second day of deliberations, finding Hemant S. Lakhani guilty on all five counts. Lakhani, 69, was arrested in 2003 at a hotel room near the Newark airport after getting caught in a sting operation in which undercover operatives posed as terrorists and arms dealers. Prosecutors said he agreed to arrange the sale of more than 50 missiles. It was the first terrorism case prosecuted in New Jersey since the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. U.S. Attorney Christopher J. Christie called the verdict "a triumph for the Justice Department in the war against terror." Lakhani, he added, "didn't care who he was dealing them to, or what they wanted to use them for." Prosecutors said Lakhani was heard in one taped conversation saying that Osama bin Laden "straightened these idiots," in reference to Sept. 11. Lakhani was convicted of attempting to provide material support to terrorists, money laundering and other charges. © 2005 The Washington Post Company

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