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7:10 am
Thu August 16, 2012

Iraq Veterans Plan to Attend Bowling Green Terrorism Trial

Several U.S. soldiers from Pennsylvania plan to attend the Bowling Green trial of an Iraqi refugee accused of plotting to help terrorists in Iraq. The soldiers lost six members of their National Guard unit in two roadside bomb attacks in 2005 and suspect the refugee may have been involved.

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10:46 am
Wed August 15, 2012

Prosecutors: Iraqi Arrested in Bowling Green Described Terrorist Activities

Federal prosecutors say an Iraqi charged in Kentucky with plotting to help terrorists back home described his insurgent activities to the FBI and even discussed attacks on U.S. troops in that country.

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10:52 am
Fri August 10, 2012

Ft. Campbell Soldier Gets Multiple Life Sentences for Texas Bomb Plot

Naser Jason Abdo

A federal judge Friday morning sentenced Ft. Campbell Pfc. Naser Jason Abdo to two consecutive life sentences, plus 60 years in prison for plotting to bomb and shoot Fort Hood soldiers in 2011. Abdo, who represented himself at the sentencing hearing after dismissing his court-appointed lawyers last month, told U.S. District Judge Walter Smith that he remains committed to “jihad,” an Arabic word meaning struggle, that in some Islamic contexts can mean holy war.

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