BBC：美国男子因给基地组织带路被判有罪

美国马萨诸塞州陪审团判决一名密谋支持基地组织，并且向恐怖分子提供物质援助的男子有罪。
Tarek Mehana（塔若克·麦亨），是一位美国人，针对他的7项罪名都成立。
在庭审期间，检察官指控他曾前往也门的军事基地接受训练，以突袭驻伊美军。

律师辩护称他2009年被捕时仅29岁，他仅仅是一个对伊斯兰教怀有浓厚兴趣的学者。
然而，联邦陪审团判决麦亨四项与恐怖主义有关的指控成立，另有三项指控是对当局撒谎。
检察官说，麦亨从波士顿的萨德伯里（Sudbury）和两个朋友一起去也门，谋划接受恐怖组织的训练。

苦于找不到训练基地，这三名男子返回美国。据说，麦亨开始翻译宣传圣战思想的资料，还通过网络传播。

麦亨的律师们表示，他们的当事人只是一个立志研究伊斯兰教义并翻译伊斯兰名著的学者而已。

他们认为，翻译并传播资料是言论自由，是受到美国宪法第一修正案保护的。

麦亨的预计将于4月份被判刑，有可能被判终身监禁。


[原文]US man found guilty of aiding al-Qaeda
A jury in the US state of Massachusetts has convicted a man of conspiring to support al-Qaeda and providing material support to terrorists.
Tarek Mehanna, a US national, was found guilty on all seven counts against him.
During the trial, prosecutors argued that Mehanna had travelled to Yemen to receive training at a militant camp to fight US soldiers in Iraq.
Lawyers for the 29 year old, who was arrested in 2009, said he was merely an aspiring scholar of Islam.
However, the federal jury found Mehanna guilty of four terrorism-related charges and three charges of lying to authorities.
Prosecutors said Mehanna, from the Boston suburb of Sudbury, and two friends had conspired to go to Yemen for terrorist training.
After failing to find a training camp, the prosecutors said, the three men returned home. Mehanna allegedly started translating materials promoting holy war and distributing them online.
Mehanna's lawyers said their client was a scholar, who had aspired to study Islamic law and translate classical texts.
The translation and distribution of the materials was free speech protected by the First Amendment to the US constitution, they argued.
Mehanna is expected to be sentenced in April, and could be sent to prison for the rest of his life.

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美国马萨诸塞州陪审团判决一名密谋支持基地组织，并且向恐怖分子提供物质援助的男子有罪。
Tarek Mehana（塔若克·麦亨），是一位美国人，针对他的7项罪名都成立。
在庭审期间，检察官指控他曾前往也门的军事基地接受训练，以突袭驻伊美军。

律师辩护称他2009年被捕时仅29岁，他仅仅是一个对伊斯兰教怀有浓厚兴趣的学者。
然而，联邦陪审团判决麦亨四项与恐怖主义有关的指控成立，另有三项指控是对当局撒谎。
检察官说，麦亨从波士顿的萨德伯里（Sudbury）和两个朋友一起去也门，谋划接受恐怖组织的训练。

苦于找不到训练基地，这三名男子返回美国。据说，麦亨开始翻译宣传圣战思想的资料，还通过网络传播。

麦亨的律师们表示，他们的当事人只是一个立志研究伊斯兰教义并翻译伊斯兰名著的学者而已。

他们认为，翻译并传播资料是言论自由，是受到美国宪法第一修正案保护的。

麦亨的预计将于4月份被判刑，有可能被判终身监禁。


[原文]US man found guilty of aiding al-Qaeda
A jury in the US state of Massachusetts has convicted a man of conspiring to support al-Qaeda and providing material support to terrorists.
Tarek Mehanna, a US national, was found guilty on all seven counts against him.
During the trial, prosecutors argued that Mehanna had travelled to Yemen to receive training at a militant camp to fight US soldiers in Iraq.
Lawyers for the 29 year old, who was arrested in 2009, said he was merely an aspiring scholar of Islam.
However, the federal jury found Mehanna guilty of four terrorism-related charges and three charges of lying to authorities.
Prosecutors said Mehanna, from the Boston suburb of Sudbury, and two friends had conspired to go to Yemen for terrorist training.
After failing to find a training camp, the prosecutors said, the three men returned home. Mehanna allegedly started translating materials promoting holy war and distributing them online.
Mehanna's lawyers said their client was a scholar, who had aspired to study Islamic law and translate classical texts.
The translation and distribution of the materials was free speech protected by the First Amendment to the US constitution, they argued.
Mehanna is expected to be sentenced in April, and could be sent to prison for the rest of his life.

文章来源：h t t p://w w w.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-16274535