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Four convicted over German plot Four convicted over German plot
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Four Islamic militants have been convicted in a German court of plotting to attack US targets in the country. Four Islamist militants have been convicted by a German court of plotting to attack US targets in the country.
The four, two of whom were German-born converts to Islam, were given sentences of between five and 12 years. The four, two of whom were German-born converts to Islam, were given prison sentences of between five and 12 years.
A court in Duesseldorf heard they planned to kill US diplomats, soldiers and civilians by bombing targets like the US Air Force's Ramstein base. A court in Duesseldorf heard they had planned to kill US diplomats, soldiers and civilians by bombing targets like the US Air Force's Ramstein base.
They were accused of operating as a German cell of the radical Islamic Jihad Union. They were accused of operating as a German cell of the radical al-Qaeda-linked group, Islamic Jihad Union.
Two German converts to Islam, Fritz Gelowicz and Daniel Schneider, were sentenced to 12 years in jail.
Adem Yilmaz, a Turkish citizen, was given 11 years, while Atilla Selek, a German of Turkish origin, was given five years.
The ten-month trial has been described as one of Germany's biggest terror cases.
Judge Ottmar Breidling said that the four had dreamed of "mounting a second 11 September 2001."
"If the accused had managed to do what they planned, it would have led to a monstrous bloodbath, primarily among US army personnel and also civilians," he said.