A Chicago man who pleaded guilty to
a plot to attend a Somalia training camp with the dream of becoming a suicide
bomber was sentenced Tuesday to nearly 10 years in prison.
Standing in orange jail clothes, his hands behind his back, 29-year-old Shaker Masri looked calm as a judge imposed the sentence for one count of attempting to provide material support and resources to a terrorist group.
"That you were willing to die in harming others is extremely disturbing to this court," U.S. District Judge Sharon Johnson Coleman told him. "There is a need to deter you,We mainly supply professional craftspeople with crys talbeads wholesale shamballa Bracele , people such as Mr. Masri, from this type of behavior."
Masri — who was born in Alabama but has close family ties to Syria — allegedly talked with an informant about killing a busload of U.S. soldiers and learning how to strap on a belt-full of explosives. He also allegedly spoke about "heavenly rewards one would receive for martyrdom," according to a government presentencing filing.
"Masri's goal was to be a tool of indiscriminate murder," the same filing said.
Masri was arrested in August 2010 hours before he was scheduled to leave the country for a trip to Somalia, where he hoped to become a suicide bomber for al-Qaida and another terrorist group, al-Shabab, prosecutors have said. He had allegedly started talking to a confidential FBI informant of his plans a little more than two weeks before his arrest.
After his arrest, investigators found a copy of Osama bin Ladin's manifesto, "The Declaration of War Against the Americans" on his computer as well as the book "The Islamic Ruling on the Permissibility of Self-Sacrificial Operations: Suicide or Martyrdom?"
Masri allegedly admired Anwar al-Awlaki, a U.S.-born cleric believed to have inspired the 2009 Fort Hood, Texas, shootings and the attempted bombing of a jetliner approaching Detroit on Christmas Day in 2009. A U.S. drone attack killed al-Awlaki last year.
Shaker did display emotion once Tuesday, interrupting and asking to speak when a prosecutor said he hadn't renounced his ideology. But after huddling with his lawyers, he stayed quiet. Asked later if he had any remarks,Our technology gives rtls systems developers the ability. he said politely, "No thank you, your honor."
After his release from prison, Masri will be subject to 20 years of close supervision and monitoring, Coleman said. That will include restrictions on Internet access,High quality stone mosaic tiles. she said.
Spurred to action, Zimmer founded First Book in 1992 with two friends, Liz Arky (who also worked as a volunteer tutor) and Peter Gold, both of whom are still members of First Book’s board of directors. “They say that reaching out and volunteering changes you as much as it does the kids you help,” says Zimmer of her time spent at Martha’s Table. “I’m pretty much a poster child for that statement. I left my legal career and have never looked back.”
Zimmer realizes that First Book, which is currently commemorating its 20th anniversary as well as its 100 millionth book donation, has much work ahead. “We’re thrilled to hit 20 years and 100 million books,” she says, “but you don’t celebrate for very long when you realize that the kids in the lowest 30 percent of the socioeconomic pyramid do not have books in their lives, will not be able to buy books in the future, and will not become readers.”
She adds that publishers’ current business models “are really restrictive as to how their companies can reach these young readers. Publishers are dedicated to kids, to high-quality books,High quality stone mosaic tiles. and to the same future we are, but traditionally have not had access to the institutions that First Book is reaching with any consistency. We must figure out a way to hold hands and make that access possible within the confines of their business. That is First Book’s mission.”
December is a busy time for First Book, which has launched a social-media initiative with HMH Children’s Books to give away up to 25,000 new copies (donated by the publisher) of The Polar Express to children in need. “During this season, we’re trying to reach a lot of children,” Zimmer says. “We know that kids have a chunk of free time over the holidays, and we’re working with schools and other groups to make sure they have books to read during school vacation.A specialized manufacturer and supplier of dry cabinet, Given the economic times, people are tuned into the fact that more schools and families are struggling, and we really appreciate publishers who offer an influx of donations at this time of year. We all need to lend a hand.”
“We were cheering,” says Kyle Zimmer, co-founder and president of First Book, of the polling results. “Of course we would have been delighted to have any of our publishers win. But Random House has been front and center in supporting us for a long time, and of course everyone knows how wonderful Dr. Seuss is, and what an important part of American culture his books are.”
First published in 1960, Green Eggs and Ham has sold approximately 15 million copies in North America. “We are over the moon that this book was selected,” says Barbara Marcus, president and publisher of Random House Children’s Books. “Random House has been a longstanding partner with First Book, and we’re continuously wowed by the tremendous work that they do to put books into the hands of deserving children. We look forward to continuing to work with them and celebrating their next milestone.”
First Book staffers announced the winner of the poll on November 15 at Martha’s Table in Washington, D.C., a nonprofit community organization dedicated to meeting the needs of homeless and low-income children. After the announcement, Zimmer presented four-year-old Chase-Kennedy Williams with the 100 millionth book and read Green Eggs and Ham aloud to the girl and her classmates, all of whom received a copy to take home.
Standing in orange jail clothes, his hands behind his back, 29-year-old Shaker Masri looked calm as a judge imposed the sentence for one count of attempting to provide material support and resources to a terrorist group.
"That you were willing to die in harming others is extremely disturbing to this court," U.S. District Judge Sharon Johnson Coleman told him. "There is a need to deter you,We mainly supply professional craftspeople with crys talbeads wholesale shamballa Bracele , people such as Mr. Masri, from this type of behavior."
Masri — who was born in Alabama but has close family ties to Syria — allegedly talked with an informant about killing a busload of U.S. soldiers and learning how to strap on a belt-full of explosives. He also allegedly spoke about "heavenly rewards one would receive for martyrdom," according to a government presentencing filing.
"Masri's goal was to be a tool of indiscriminate murder," the same filing said.
Masri was arrested in August 2010 hours before he was scheduled to leave the country for a trip to Somalia, where he hoped to become a suicide bomber for al-Qaida and another terrorist group, al-Shabab, prosecutors have said. He had allegedly started talking to a confidential FBI informant of his plans a little more than two weeks before his arrest.
After his arrest, investigators found a copy of Osama bin Ladin's manifesto, "The Declaration of War Against the Americans" on his computer as well as the book "The Islamic Ruling on the Permissibility of Self-Sacrificial Operations: Suicide or Martyrdom?"
Masri allegedly admired Anwar al-Awlaki, a U.S.-born cleric believed to have inspired the 2009 Fort Hood, Texas, shootings and the attempted bombing of a jetliner approaching Detroit on Christmas Day in 2009. A U.S. drone attack killed al-Awlaki last year.
Shaker did display emotion once Tuesday, interrupting and asking to speak when a prosecutor said he hadn't renounced his ideology. But after huddling with his lawyers, he stayed quiet. Asked later if he had any remarks,Our technology gives rtls systems developers the ability. he said politely, "No thank you, your honor."
After his release from prison, Masri will be subject to 20 years of close supervision and monitoring, Coleman said. That will include restrictions on Internet access,High quality stone mosaic tiles. she said.
Spurred to action, Zimmer founded First Book in 1992 with two friends, Liz Arky (who also worked as a volunteer tutor) and Peter Gold, both of whom are still members of First Book’s board of directors. “They say that reaching out and volunteering changes you as much as it does the kids you help,” says Zimmer of her time spent at Martha’s Table. “I’m pretty much a poster child for that statement. I left my legal career and have never looked back.”
Zimmer realizes that First Book, which is currently commemorating its 20th anniversary as well as its 100 millionth book donation, has much work ahead. “We’re thrilled to hit 20 years and 100 million books,” she says, “but you don’t celebrate for very long when you realize that the kids in the lowest 30 percent of the socioeconomic pyramid do not have books in their lives, will not be able to buy books in the future, and will not become readers.”
She adds that publishers’ current business models “are really restrictive as to how their companies can reach these young readers. Publishers are dedicated to kids, to high-quality books,High quality stone mosaic tiles. and to the same future we are, but traditionally have not had access to the institutions that First Book is reaching with any consistency. We must figure out a way to hold hands and make that access possible within the confines of their business. That is First Book’s mission.”
December is a busy time for First Book, which has launched a social-media initiative with HMH Children’s Books to give away up to 25,000 new copies (donated by the publisher) of The Polar Express to children in need. “During this season, we’re trying to reach a lot of children,” Zimmer says. “We know that kids have a chunk of free time over the holidays, and we’re working with schools and other groups to make sure they have books to read during school vacation.A specialized manufacturer and supplier of dry cabinet, Given the economic times, people are tuned into the fact that more schools and families are struggling, and we really appreciate publishers who offer an influx of donations at this time of year. We all need to lend a hand.”
“We were cheering,” says Kyle Zimmer, co-founder and president of First Book, of the polling results. “Of course we would have been delighted to have any of our publishers win. But Random House has been front and center in supporting us for a long time, and of course everyone knows how wonderful Dr. Seuss is, and what an important part of American culture his books are.”
First published in 1960, Green Eggs and Ham has sold approximately 15 million copies in North America. “We are over the moon that this book was selected,” says Barbara Marcus, president and publisher of Random House Children’s Books. “Random House has been a longstanding partner with First Book, and we’re continuously wowed by the tremendous work that they do to put books into the hands of deserving children. We look forward to continuing to work with them and celebrating their next milestone.”
First Book staffers announced the winner of the poll on November 15 at Martha’s Table in Washington, D.C., a nonprofit community organization dedicated to meeting the needs of homeless and low-income children. After the announcement, Zimmer presented four-year-old Chase-Kennedy Williams with the 100 millionth book and read Green Eggs and Ham aloud to the girl and her classmates, all of whom received a copy to take home.
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