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Former imam sentenced in failed JFK plot

Kareem Ibrahim was sentenced to life in prison

Photo credit: Getty Images | Kareem Ibrahim was sentenced to life in prison for his role in a failed 2006 plot to blow up fuel tanks and pipelines at Kennedy Airport. (undated file photo)

A federal judge in Brooklyn on Friday sentenced Kareem Ibrahim, a frail former imam from Trinidad, to life in prison for his role in a failed 2006 plot to blow up fuel tanks and pipelines at Kennedy Airport.

"His willingness to engage in conduct that could have destroyed thousands upon thousands of innocent lives . . . far outweighs any good works that he might have done in his past," said...

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