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            California Man Pleads Guilty to Trying to Help al-Qaida

   U.S. authorities say a man in southern California has pleaded guilty to
   attempting to assist al-Qaida terrorists in Pakistan.
   Authorities say Sinh Vinh Ngo Nguyen admitted that he intended to
   travel to Pakistan, where he would provide weapons training to al-Qaida
   members.
   Nguyen -- also known as Hasan Abu Omar Ghannoum -- faces a maximum
   sentence of 15 years in prison as part of a plea agreement. He will be
   sentenced in March.
   The U.S. Justice Department says Nguyen was taken into custody October
   11, just before leaving the United States en route to Pakistan. It says
   he was carrying a false passport and a computer hard drive containing
   more than 180 firearms training videos.
   Nguyen was apprehended after meeting with a man he thought was an
   al-Qaida recruiter, but who was actually working with the FBI. He also
   claimed to have gone to Syria to help fight the regime of President
   Bashar al-Assad.
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