Terrorist Group supported Sharia Law

From Eric Dondero:

A Somali man was sentenced yesterday by a federal judge to 10 years in prison for lying about his terrorist affiliations. He was arrested at the Texas-Mexico border in 2008.

Via AP, from McCall.com:

Ahmed Muhammed Dhakane, 25, prompted the Department of Homeland Security to issue an alert in May 2010 asking Houston-area authorities to be on the lookout for a suspected member of al-Shabaabp, an al-Qaida ally based in Somalia. That warning came when two new charges of lying on a U.S. asylum application were filed against Dhakane, who had been arrested on immigration charges in Brownsville, across the Rio Grande from Matamoros.

Dhakane was a member of a group that favors strict Sharia Law.

Al-Ittihad al-Islami, or the Islamic Union, wants to impose Islamic law in Somalia. Both are on the U.S. Treasury Department's list of global terrorist groups with links to al-Qaida, according to the indictment against Dhakane.

Lawyer for defendent asked Judge no references to 9/11

The ConservativeTreeHouse blog (cross-posted at PJ Media) reported on March 23:

A potentially explosive admission by federal prosecutors... in a San Antonio federal courtroom

In this court filing, prosecutors admit that Dhakane, who ran a human smuggling ring based in Brazil for the Somali Al-Shabaab terrorist group, transported “violent jihadists” into the country. He stated that “he believed they would fight against the U.S. if the jihad moved from overseas locations to the U.S. mainland.”

He admits that he knowingly believed he was smuggling violent jihadists into the United States... to commit terrorist acts in the United States, these jihadists would commit violent acts in and against the United States.

At an earlier trial date, Dhakane's lawyer Alredo Villareeal stated to the judge to keep 9/11 references out of the courtroom:

“I don’t want references to 9-11 (other than passing references to the date), any images of the towers coming down or mention of any future terrorist acts,” Rodriguez said. “We don’t need to sensationalize it any more than necessary”……

Actual photo of Dhakane. H/t Spencer.