2nd Ga. man sentenced in terror case

Published 9:08 am Tuesday, December 15, 2009

ATLANTA (AP) — A second Georgia man was sentenced for conspiring to support terrorist groups by videotaping U.S. landmarks and plotting to support “violent jihad.”

Syed Haris Ahmed was sentenced to 13 years in prison Monday for sending the tapes of U.S. landmarks to terror suspects overseas. The 24-year-old faced up to 15 years in prison after a judge convicted him in June of conspiring to support terrorist groups.

Ahmed was also sentenced to 30 years supervised release.

Ahmed’s friend Ehsanul Islam Sadequee was sentenced to 17 years in prison earlier Monday on stiffer charges. Prosecutors say Sadequee also tried to aid a Pakistani-based terror group while on a trip to Bangladesh.

Both Ahmed and Sadequee said they never considered following through on boasts they made online.