Hassan Abu-Jihaad is a former sailor in the United States Navy

United States Navy

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 convicted of supporting terrorism.

A citizen of Phoenix, Arizona

Phoenix, Arizona

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 and a convert to Islam

Islam

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, Abujihaad has been convicted of disclosing the location of Navy ships and their weaknesses to an online forum in April 2001 while serving as a naval signalman on board the USS Benfold

USS Benfold (DDG-65)

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Police arrested him in March 2007. He pled not guilty on 4 April 2007. On 5 March 2008 Abujihaad was convicted by a jury. Federal prosecutors said the 32-year-old sympathized with the enemy and admitted disclosing military intelligence. He was sentenced to 10 years in prison, the maximum penalty for his crime.

The Sunday Mercury

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 reports Abu-Jihaad's first link to terrorism at the Maktabah Al Ansar bookstore in Sparkhill

Sparkhill

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, Birmingham

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, England

England

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External links

• FBI Abu-Jihaad Conviction FBI March 10, 2008