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Politics : Israel to U.S. : Now Deal with Syria and Iran -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: hal jordan who wrote (9193)	9/23/2005 11:19:35 AM
From: Cyprian	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 22250

>> When did you get a second ID Vidrine? You are not fooling anyone... << emile requested SI management to appoint me as replacement moderator of the thread. you'll have to ask him why he was no longer able to moderate.

To: hal jordan who wrote (9193)	9/23/2005 6:05:29 PM
From: Cyprian	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 22250

Posted on Fri, Sep. 23, 2005 Man gets prison in bomb plot against mosque, congressman contracostatimes.com By Laura Wides ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES - A Jewish Defense League member was sentenced Thursday to 20 years in prison for his role in a plot to bomb a mosque and the field office of a Lebanese-American congressman. U.S. District Judge Ronald Lew gave Earl Krugel, 62, of Reseda the maximum sentence under a plea deal because of what he said were Krugel's actions "promoting hatred in the most vile way." During the hearing, Krugel apologized to the court and said he was a changed man, calling his actions "wrong-headed and illegal." "I asked the court to show compassion, not for my own sake, but for my family," he said. Lew said he was not convinced, noting that Krugel failed a polygraph test five times during the investigation. "You are not that changed a person. You have more to give," he said. Krugel had pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to violate the civil rights of worshippers at Culver City's King Fahd Mosque and one count of carrying an explosive device in connection with a conspiracy to impede or injure Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Vista. Prosecutors initially brought many more charges against Krugel. They reached the plea deal with him in 2003 but it was later vacated. Lew reinstated the deal in August but the reasons were under seal. Krugel, a dental assistant, and the late JDL leader Irv Rubin were arrested in 2001 and charged with conspiring to bomb the mosque and Issa's field office. Hours before both men were set to appear in court in 2002, Rubin slashed his neck with a prison-issued razor blade and tumbled 18 feet over a railing at the downtown federal detention center. He died nine days later. After Rubin's death, Krugel struck the plea deal. The Jewish Defense League was founded in 1968 by Rabbi Meir Kahane. Kahane advocated the forcible removal of Arabs from Israel. He was assassinated in 1990 in New York.