<p>Three men have been charged here for providing material support to al-Qaeda linked terror group Al-Shabaab as well as for participating in the terror outfit's suicide bomber programme and face life imprisonment.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Ali Yasin Ahmed 27, Madhi Hashi 23 and Mohamed Yusuf 29 appeared in federal court in Brooklyn before Judge Sandra Townes yesterday after a superseding indictment was unsealed charging them with providing material support to Al-Shabaab and the unlawful use of high-powered firearms.<br /><br />Each faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 30 years and a maximum sentence of life in prison if convicted of all charges.<br /><br />"As alleged, these defendants are not aspiring terrorists, they are terrorists. They did more than receive terrorist training: they put that training to practice in terrorist operations with Al-Shabaab.<br /><br />"Their capture and prosecution are important steps in the continuing campaign against terrorism," Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI's New York Field Office George Venizelos said.<br /><br />According to court documents, between December 2008 and August 2012 the three men participated in weapons and explosives training with members and associates of Al-Shabaab, agreeing with others to support the terror group and its Islamic extremist agenda, the FBI said in a statement.<br /><br />They were deployed in combat operations to support Al-Shabaab's military action in Somalia and also participated in an elite suicide bomber programme.<br />In early August 2012, the three men were apprehended in Africa by local authorities while on their way to Yemen.<br /><br />A grand jury in the Eastern District of New York returned a sealed indictment against the defendants in October and last month the FBI took custody of them and brought them to the Eastern District of New York.<br /><br />"The defendants were committed supporters of Al-Shabaab, a violent terrorist organisation, who used high-powered firearms and participated in combat operations and al Shabaab's suicide bombing programme.<br /><br />"We will use every tool at our disposal to combat terrorist groups, deter terrorist activity, and incapacitate individual terrorists," US Attorney for the Eastern District of New York Loretta Lynch said.</p>
<p>Three men have been charged here for providing material support to al-Qaeda linked terror group Al-Shabaab as well as for participating in the terror outfit's suicide bomber programme and face life imprisonment.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Ali Yasin Ahmed 27, Madhi Hashi 23 and Mohamed Yusuf 29 appeared in federal court in Brooklyn before Judge Sandra Townes yesterday after a superseding indictment was unsealed charging them with providing material support to Al-Shabaab and the unlawful use of high-powered firearms.<br /><br />Each faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 30 years and a maximum sentence of life in prison if convicted of all charges.<br /><br />"As alleged, these defendants are not aspiring terrorists, they are terrorists. They did more than receive terrorist training: they put that training to practice in terrorist operations with Al-Shabaab.<br /><br />"Their capture and prosecution are important steps in the continuing campaign against terrorism," Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI's New York Field Office George Venizelos said.<br /><br />According to court documents, between December 2008 and August 2012 the three men participated in weapons and explosives training with members and associates of Al-Shabaab, agreeing with others to support the terror group and its Islamic extremist agenda, the FBI said in a statement.<br /><br />They were deployed in combat operations to support Al-Shabaab's military action in Somalia and also participated in an elite suicide bomber programme.<br />In early August 2012, the three men were apprehended in Africa by local authorities while on their way to Yemen.<br /><br />A grand jury in the Eastern District of New York returned a sealed indictment against the defendants in October and last month the FBI took custody of them and brought them to the Eastern District of New York.<br /><br />"The defendants were committed supporters of Al-Shabaab, a violent terrorist organisation, who used high-powered firearms and participated in combat operations and al Shabaab's suicide bombing programme.<br /><br />"We will use every tool at our disposal to combat terrorist groups, deter terrorist activity, and incapacitate individual terrorists," US Attorney for the Eastern District of New York Loretta Lynch said.</p>