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LA bomb plot sentence 'too short' LA bomb plot sentence 'too short'
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A US appeals court has ruled that the 22-year sentence of a man convicted of plotting a millennium eve bombing of LA International airport was too short. A US appeals court has ruled the 22-year term for a man guilty of plotting a millennium eve bombing of Los Angeles International airport was too short.
Algerian Ahmed Ressam was convicted in 2001 of conspiracy to commit a terrorist act and smuggling explosives.Algerian Ahmed Ressam was convicted in 2001 of conspiracy to commit a terrorist act and smuggling explosives.
As he was helping authorities with details about al-Qaeda training in Afghanistan at the time, he was not sentenced. As he was providing details about al-Qaeda training in Afghanistan at the time, he was not sentenced.
But he was sentenced in 2005 after he had ceased co-operating. But he was sentenced in 2005 after he stopped co-operating. The appeals court said he should get a longer sentence.
On Tuesday, judges in the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals rejected the sentence, saying that as Ressam had stopped co-operating, he should get a longer sentence. On Tuesday, judges in the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals also removed the Seattle trial judge from the case and assigned the re-sentencing of Ressam to another judge.
The judges also removed the Seattle trial judge from the case and assigned the re-sentencing of Ressam to another judge. Ressam was arrested as he crossed the US-Canadian border near Seattle with explosives in the boot of his car in December 1999.
Ressam was arrested as he crossed the US-Canadian border with explosives on the eve of the new millennium. After his arrest, Ressam reportedly helped the US authorities identify more than 100 people with alleged links to al-Qaeda.
He also provided information about the network's training camps in Afghanistan.
He stopped co-operating with US authorities in 2003 after being placed in solitary confinement.He stopped co-operating with US authorities in 2003 after being placed in solitary confinement.