Two German converts to Islam were jailed Thursday for 12 years each for leading an Islamist conspiracy by four men aimed at blowing up US army bases. Police arrested the four plotters in September 2007 and seized nearly a ton of materials to make bombs before the group could act. The four admitted association with a group called the Islamic Jihad Union (IJU), an affiliate of al-Qaeda, during a 10-month trial in a heavily guarded courthouse in Dusseldorf. Fritz Gelowicz, 31, and Daniel Schneider, 24, both Germans who were brought up as Christians but converted to Islam, were given 12 years, avoiding a maximum 15-year term because they gave detailed evidence about the IJU.
For more: Court jails four Islamists for failed bomb plot in Germany - Summary : Legal General
For more: Court jails four Islamists for failed bomb plot in Germany - Summary : Legal General
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