'Millennium bomber' gets 22 years
BBC News, Wednesday, 27 July, 2005, 17:49 GMT 18:49 UK
Ahmed Ressam, the Algerian man convicted of plotting to blow up Los Angeles airport five years ago, has been sentenced to 22 years in prison.
Ressam was arrested as he crossed the US-Canadian border with explosives on the eve of the new millennium.
He was convicted in 2001 of conspiracy to commit a terrorist act and smuggling explosives, but was not sentenced because he was helping the authorities.
He stopped co-operating in 2003 after being placed in solitary confinement.
Ahmed Ressam, the Algerian man convicted of plotting to blow up Los Angeles airport five years ago, has been sentenced to 22 years in prison.
Ressam was arrested as he crossed the US-Canadian border with explosives on the eve of the new millennium.
He was convicted in 2001 of conspiracy to commit a terrorist act and smuggling explosives, but was not sentenced because he was helping the authorities.
He stopped co-operating in 2003 after being placed in solitary confinement.
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