2 Convicted of Plot to Fund Al Qaeda, Hamas
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A Yemeni sheik and his assistant were convicted of plotting to funnel money to Al Qaeda and Hamas, handing a victory to prosecutors shaken last year when the man who was supposed to be their star witness set himself on fire outside the White House.
Sheik Mohammed Ali Hassan Al-Moayad and Mohammed Mohsen Yahya Zayed were found guilty on eight charges in an indictment that accused them of vital roles in a terror-funding network that stretched from Brooklyn to Yemen. Prosecutors said Al-Moayad could be sentenced to 75 years and Zayed to 45 years.
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