[Hellfighter]

up a bit of update:

Rafiq Sabir was arrested Saturday morning near Boca Raton, Florida.

FORT PIERCE, Florida (CNN) -- Rafiq Sabir, a Florida man charged with conspiring to provide material support to al Qaeda, appeared in federal court Tuesday.

Sabir -- and a man identified as Tarik Ibn Osman Shah -- were arrested late last week. A joint statement by federal prosecutors and the FBI said they "agreed to provide training in martial arts and hand-to-hand combat to al Qaeda members and associates" and pledged an oath to al Qaeda and Osama bin Laden.

In court, dressed in a blue prison uniform and with shackled hands and feet, Sabir told U.S. Magistrate Judge James Hopkins that he is "in the process of retaining an attorney." During the 10-minute hearing Hopkins set a Friday court appearance to determine if Sabir has obtained an attorney.

A pretrial detention hearing and a possible removal hearing for Sabir is set for Monday, June 6.

His co-defendant, Shah, is expected to appear in a New York courtroom on June 7.

If convicted, both men could be sentenced to a maximum of 15 years in prison and fined up to $250,000 -- or twice the gross gain or loss resulting from the alleged crime.

On Friday, a one-count complaint filed by federal authorities in the Southern District of New York alleged that the men, both U.S. citizens, "conspired to provide material support to al Qaeda" from 2003 to May 2005.

Florida man charged with helping al Qaeda has court appearance

read more: http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/05/31/sabir.shah/index.html


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hope they put him away for life, in good old days for what he did they would put him into prison for life.