Pakistani man pleads guilty over US terror charges

A Pakistani, man living in the United States, faces up to 15 years in jail after being pleaded guilty on Friday to providing material support to the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT).
US justice officials said Jubair Ahmad, 24, posted a propaganda video for LeT “glorifying violent jihad” in 2010, three years after he arrived in the United States with his parents and two younger brothers.
“Foreign terrorist organisations such as LeT use the internet as part of well-orchestrated propaganda campaigns to radicalise and recruit individuals to wage violent jihad and to promote the spread of terror,” said US Attorney Neil MacBride.
“Today’s conviction of Jubair Ahmad demonstrates that we will aggressively investigate and prosecute anyone who provides material support to a terrorist organisation in whatever form it takes,” he added.
Ahmad, of Woodbridge, Virginia, close to the US capital Washington, will be sentenced on April 13.
“By preparing and posting a graphic video that glorified violent extremism, Ahmad directly supported the mission of a designated terrorist organisation,” said FBI assistant director in charge James McJunkin.
The focus of LeT operations has been the staging of attacks in Pakistan’s neighbor India, in particular in the disputed region of Kashmir.
The Indian government blamed LeT for the Mumbai attacks that killed 166 people in November 2008 when 10 heavily armed Islamist gunmen stormed a host of targets including luxury hotels, a Jewish centre and a train station.