Cabbie terrorism count
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March 28, 2010, Sunday
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A Chicago taxi driver was arrested on Friday and accused of sending money to a Pakistani militant with al- Qaida ties and of planning to bomb a US sports stadium, authorities said.
Raja Khan, a US citizen since 1988, told an undercover government agent he had met Ilyas Kashmiri, a Pakistani Islamic militant accused in a separate case of plotting to attack a Danish newspaper, according to court documents.
The arrest of Khan, 56, has nothing to do with the case against American David Headley and Pakistani-born Chicago businessman Tahawwur Rana, in which Kashmiri and a former Pakistani Army officer are also charged, prosecutors said.
Khan met with Kashmiri in Pakistan and Kashmiri told him he "wanted to train operatives to conduct attacks in the United States," the US attorney's office said.
Kashmiri showed Khan a video of a bombing and asked for money to purchase material on the black market.
In November, Khan wired US$950 to an unidentified individual in Pakistan intended for Kashmiri. Khan was charged with two counts of providing material support to terrorism, each carrying a maximum penalty of 15 years in prison and a US$250,000 fine.
Raja Khan, a US citizen since 1988, told an undercover government agent he had met Ilyas Kashmiri, a Pakistani Islamic militant accused in a separate case of plotting to attack a Danish newspaper, according to court documents.
The arrest of Khan, 56, has nothing to do with the case against American David Headley and Pakistani-born Chicago businessman Tahawwur Rana, in which Kashmiri and a former Pakistani Army officer are also charged, prosecutors said.
Khan met with Kashmiri in Pakistan and Kashmiri told him he "wanted to train operatives to conduct attacks in the United States," the US attorney's office said.
Kashmiri showed Khan a video of a bombing and asked for money to purchase material on the black market.
In November, Khan wired US$950 to an unidentified individual in Pakistan intended for Kashmiri. Khan was charged with two counts of providing material support to terrorism, each carrying a maximum penalty of 15 years in prison and a US$250,000 fine.
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