Pakistani Pleads Guilty in Missile Scheme
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
A Pakistani national pleaded guilty Thursday to being part of a conspiracy to buy U.S.-made Stinger missiles to be sold to the Taliban and Al Qaeda.
Syed Mustajab Shah is the third person to plead guilty in the scheme, uncovered in 2002 by agents posing as arms dealers. Shah admitted that the three told the agents that they planned to pay for the missiles with profits from a hashish and heroin smuggling operation.
Shah faces a possible life sentence. The others have not been sentenced.
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