2 Iraqis Convicted of Raising Funds for Rebels
From Times Wire Reports
A Stockholm court sentenced two Iraqi men to six and seven years in jail for collecting money at Swedish mosques to fund attacks in Iraq by militant group Ansar al Islam.
The court said evidence from e-mails, letters and recordings of coded phone conversations proved that the men had sent $148,000 to Ansar al Islam.
The two were identified as Ali Berzengi, 29, who received the heavier sentence, and Ferman Abdulla, 25.
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