Pakistani in US convicted

Published June 8, 2006

WASHINGTON, June 7: A US federal jury has convicted a Pakistani citizen on terrorism charges for helping a Kashmiri jihadi group.

A US federal jury on Tuesday found Ali Asad Chandia, 29, guilty of aiding Lashkar-i-Taiba, which has been designated a foreign terrorist organisation by the US State Department.

Chandia is the last member of the so-called Virginia jihad network, a group of 11 Muslims from the greater Washington area convicted for their links to LT.

The jury found Chandia, a resident of College Park, Maryland, guilty of three counts of providing material support to Lashkar-i-Taiba or conspiring to do so. Although jurors acquitted him of a fourth count of supporting terrorists, Chandia, faces up to 45 years in prison when he is sentenced on Aug 18.

Prosecutors said Chandia trained at a Lashkar camp in Pakistan and helped the group acquire paintballs and other equipment with potential military applications.

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