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Science Deepest earthquake ever detected struck miles beneath Japan. After Babar had served four years and eight months, he was released on bail in late In late , the government filed a sealed request for leniency for Babar because of his "extraordinary cooperation" in terror investigations, asking for an "appropriate reduction" in his sentence even though federal sentencing guidelines indicate a sentence of 30 to 70 years in prison.

The letter, now unsealed, notes that he was critical in securing conviction in four cases in three countries. Babar has advised that he also supports the killing of Americans both military and civilian in Muslim countries 'occupied' by the United States.

Babar joined a fundamentalist Muslim group called al-Muhajiroun while a student at the State University of New York-Stonybrook in Nine days after the Sept. And every American solider I see in Pakistan. During the next three years, Babar moved back and forth between London and Pakistan.

Federal authorities say he provided supplies and funds to al Qaeda, and helped set up a jihadi training camp. In April , after returning to the U. Babar pled guilty in June , but his sentencing was deferred. According to the government, he has since provided significant help to the U.

As a result, the government asked for an "appropriate reduction" in his sentence. Government and foreign governments has been more than substantial," says the leniency request. The letter cites Babar's help in in convicting Omar Khyam and four other men for plotting to detonate fertilizer bombs in England.

He testified for 15 days, and all five plotters received life sentences. Two years later, Babar testified in Canada against Mohammad Momin Khawaja for his role in the same bomb plot.