THE TELEGRAPH: Five American students have been sentenced to 10 years in Pakistani prisons after being found guilty of plotting terrorist attacks.
The men, all Muslims, were arrested in the eastern city of Sargodha in December.
Their families in Virginia reported them missing a month earlier after finding a farewell video message calling for Muslims to be protected.
The case is particularly sensitive for American officials trying to come to terms with young men apparently being radicalised within the US – such as Faisal Shahzad, who this week pleaded guilty to the botched Times Square plot.
However, Hassan Katchela, their defence lawyer, said the men planned to launch an appeal.
"These boys had watched reports of how the Afghan people were living – especially the orphans – and they came here to help," he told The Daily Telegraph. >>> Rob Crilly in Islamabad | Thursday, June 24, 2010
