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MUNICH, Germany (Reuters) - An Iraqi Kurd accused by German prosecutors of recruiting fighters and raising cash for the Iraqi insurgency was convicted on terrorism charges and jailed for seven years on Thursday.
Lokman Amin Mohammed, 33, was the first person to be tried in Germany for belonging to a foreign terrorist organization, which was made a criminal offence in the country after the September 11 attacks on the United States in 2001.
Reuters storyLokman Amin Mohammed, 33, was the first person to be tried in Germany for belonging to a foreign terrorist organization, which was made a criminal offence in the country after the September 11 attacks on the United States in 2001.
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He was living in Munich when he was arrested by police in December 2003.
His trial was Germany's first under a new law introduced after 11 September 2001, which made membership of a foreign terrorist organisation illegal.
Mohammed's defence team had appealed for a lesser sentence, claiming that terrorist acts in Iraq were fuelled by an "illegal" US occupation.
His trial was Germany's first under a new law introduced after 11 September 2001, which made membership of a foreign terrorist organisation illegal.
Mohammed's defence team had appealed for a lesser sentence, claiming that terrorist acts in Iraq were fuelled by an "illegal" US occupation.
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