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Bombmaker Gets Life Sentence For Role In Killing U.S. Soldier In Iraq

May 22 2015

United Kingdom

A British national has been sentenced to life in prison for making a bomb that killed a U.S. soldier in Iraq in 2007, reports the Guardian (U.K.).

A London court on Thursday convicted Anir Abid Sardar of murder and conspiracy to murder. He was sentenced to life at Woolwich crown court on Friday.

Sardar, 38, a former taxi driver, was convicted of building improvised explosive devices (IEDs) that killed a 34-year-old sergeant first class from the 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment...

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