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Pakistani Court Charges Five Americans With Planning Terror Attacks, Lawyers Says
AP
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defense lawyer says a Pakistani court has charged five young Americans
with planning terrorist attacks in the South Asian country.
ISLAMABAD -- A Pakistani court charged five young Americans on
Wednesday with planning terrorist attacks in the South Asian country
and conspiring to wage war against nations allied with Pakistan, their
defense lawyer said.
The men -- all Muslims from the Washington, D.C., area -- pleaded
not guilty to a total of five charges, the most severe of which carries
a maximum sentence of life in prison, defense lawyer Hasan Dastagir
told The Associated Press.
"My clients were in good shape and high spirits," said Dastagir.
The men were charged by an anti-terrorism court inside a prison in
Sargodha, the city in Punjab province where they were arrested in
December. They were reported missing by their families in November
after one left behind a farewell video showing scenes of war and
casualties and saying Muslims must be defended.
Their lawyer has said they were heading to Afghanistan and had no plans to stage attacks inside Pakistan.
The court also charged the men with planning attacks on Afghan and
U.S. territory, said Dastagir. The charges did not specify what was
meant by U.S. territory but could be a reference to American bases or
diplomatic outposts in Afghanistan.
The men were also charged with contributing cash to banned
organizations to be used for terrorism and with directing each other to
commit terrorist acts.
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