Al Qaeda Cell Leader sentenced to 27 years in prison.

Imad Eddin Barakat Yarkas, al Qaeda cell leader, has been sentenced by Spanish court to spend 27 yeas in jail in connection to the 9/11 attacks. He was given 15 years for conspiracy in the attacks and 12 years for being a leader of a terrorist group.
Yarkas, the 42 year old who is also known as Abu Dahdah, was cleared of being an accomplice to murder in connection with the attacks. Had he been convicted of those charges he would of been facing 75,000 years in prison -- 25 years for each of the nearly 3,000 deaths in the 9/11 attacks.



It is good to hear that members of al Qaeda are going through the judicial system and being sentenced to prison. It is too bad that Yarkas and others were cleared on more serious charges.
Eighteen of the accused were convicted of crimes, and were handed sentences ranging from six to 27 years in prison. All of them were cleared of the actual murders of 2,973 people on September 11, 2005.

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[edit on 2-10-2005 by DJDOHBOY]

Perhaps they were cleared on a technacality? After all the true physical murderers already sentenced themselves to death when they committed the atrocity. It would not be an uncommon thing to be let off on a technacality in any judicial system. 75,000 years sure is a long time. Imagine if the government could find ways of keeping them alive just to live out those 75,000 years in confinement and torment.