Convictions upheld in Ohio terrorism case

CINCINNATI (AP) — A federal appeals court has upheld the convictions and sentences of three men found guilty of recruiting and training terrorists to kill U.S. soldiers in Iraq.

The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals here today turned down 10 issues on appeal in the Toledo case involving Mohammad Amawi, Marwan El-Hindi and Wassim Mazloum.

The men were appealing a lower court’s decision that rejected their request for an acquittal and dismissal of their indictment.

Federal prosecutors were appealing the men’s sentences, arguing that they should have gotten life in prison.

Amawi was sentenced to 20 years in prison, El-Hindi got 12 years and Mazloum received an eight-year sentence.

Defense attorneys have said the men were set up by a paid undercover FBI informant.