British cyber-jihadist of Pakistani descent Babar Ahmad jailed in US

[FNFAL]

If you wanted to find the face - and voice - of Generation Jihad, it would be Babar Ahmad.

A decade in jail fighting against conviction, he finally accepted last year that he had committed terrorist offences in 1990s London.

Ahmad pleaded guilty in an American courtroom to providing support for terrorism. The US authorities say that he ran a support network in south London which had near-unprecedented global reach. But his story is more complicated than that - the judge sentencing him concluded he was no international terrorist.

And at the heart of his network was a website - the first in English to spread jihad. The US says his network not only spread a dangerous ideology - it encouraged young Muslims to join al-Qaeda and turn their face against the West

BBC News - Babar Ahmad: The godfather of internet jihad?

Babar Ahmad (born London, England, May 1974), is a British citizen and a Muslim of Pakistani descent, who is currently in legal detention in the United States of America. Following extradition from Britain, he pleaded guilty to "conspiracy and providing material to support to terrorism". He had previously fought an eight-year legal battle, from prison, to be tried in the UK

Babar Ahmad - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[FunkyGen]

I hate the US for jailing him..... HANG HIM AT THE VERY LEAST!

 

[invinciblesgunner]

What is this deal with non US citizens having trials and being jailed in the US? Shouldn't not they be punished according to their countrys law? I don't get this policy..

 

[a hashmi]

He couldn't be tried in a UK court because the legal requirements set there are way above those set in the US.

The Home Office tried once and the judge threw the case out; insufficient evidence and circumstantial at best - not enough to convict Babar. Hence the Home Secretary fast tracked the extradition process and sent him to the US to face solitary confinement.