Arab immigrants found guilty on terrorist conspiracy charges

Wednesday, June 4, 2003

DETROIT -- Two Arab immigrants accused of gathering intelligence on potential targets from Disneyland to an air base in Turkey were convicted of conspiring to support Islamic terrorists Tuesday, the first guilty verdicts involving a "sleeper cell" uncovered after Sept. 11.

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