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Queens Woman Sentenced For Teaching, Distributing Information About Weapons Of Mass Destruction Queens Woman Sentenced For Teaching, Distributing Information About Weapons Of Mass Destruction
Queens Woman Sentenced For Teaching, Distributing Information About Weapons Of Mass Destruction One of two women from Queens who were “inspired by radical Islam” has been sentenced for her role in planning to build a bomb for use in a terrorist attack, U.S. Attorney Richard Donoghue announced. Asia Siddiqui, also known as “Najma Samas” and “Murdiyyah,” 35, has been sentenced to 15 years in prison in Brooklyn federal court after admitting to learning how to build a bomb to further a potential terror attack. Siddiqui and co-conspirator Noelle Velentzas, 31, pleaded guilty last summer to a charge of teaching or distributing information pertaining to the making and use of an explosiv…

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Queens Women 'Inspired By Radical Islam' Admit To Plan To Build Bombs For Terrorist Attack Queens Women 'Inspired By Radical Islam' Admit To Plan To Build Bombs For Terrorist Attack
Queens Women 'Inspired By Radical Islam' Admit To Plan To Build Bombs For Terrorist Attack Two women from Queens who were “inspired by radical Islam” admitted to charges that they studied some of the worst terrorist attacks in history to learn how to make bombs for a potential terrorist attack. Noelle Velentzas, 31, and Asia Siddiqui, also known as "Najma Samaa" and "Murdiyyah," 35, pleaded guilty to teaching and distributing information pertaining to the making and use of an explosive, destructive device, and weapon of mass destruction, intending that it be used to commit a crime on U.S. soil. “Inspired by radical Islam, Velentzas and Siddiqui researched and taught each other …

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