US man trained with al-Qaeda

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20/04/2007 20:45 - (SA)

Houston - An American man who traveled to Somalia to support Islamic rule there has pleaded guilty to training with al-Qaeda, said officials on Friday.

Daniel Joseph Maldonado, 28, was arrested in Kenya on January 21 after he and suspected Islamic jihadists, or Muslims engaged in holy war, fled to escape a US-backed effort to defeat Islamic militant takeover in Somalia.

US justice department officials said Maldonado, who also used the name Daniel Aljughaifi, pleaded guilty to a charge of training with al-Qaeda, which is illegal for US citizens.

US District Judge Gray Miller set sentencing for June 29. Maldonado could receive 10 years in prison and a $250 000 fine, said officials.

Maldonado, who lived in Houston at the time, took his family with him to Somalia, where his wife contracted malaria and died.

He has three young children.


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Tax payers to look after his 3 children then!