Life for Mohamed Farah, the Somali pirate who attacked the USS Ashland
(B2) The last of the pirates who were arrested after the April 4, 2010 attack on the US Navy ship USS Ashland in the Gulf of Aden, off Djibouti has just been convicted.
31-year-old Mohamed Farah was sentenced to life in prison on Wednesday (April 26) by U.S. District Judge Raymond A. Jackson, the Assistant Acting Attorney announced. General for National Security Mary B. McCord.
A federal jury found Farah guilty on February 27, 2013. According to the court, the documents and evidence presented at the trial confirm that Farah and five of his accomplices did attack the USS Ashland.
Farah's accomplices in this attack have already been sentenced: Jama Idle Ibrahim (15 years in prison), Mohamed Ali Said (33 years in prison), Mohamed Abdi Jama (life + 30 years in prison), Abdicasiis Cabaase (life + 30 years in prison) and Abdi Abshir Osman (life + 10 years in prison) (Read also: Latest piracy news (April 10, 2011).
They set sail in February 2010 with " intent to capture another vessel for ransom » explains the communicated of the US Department of Justice. But their hunt had been interrupted by a British navy vessel, HMS Chatham. They then reiterated by attempting to attack the Ashland, aboard a skiff, firing light weapons. The Americans responded, sinking their ship and forcing the pirates to swim.
The investigation was conducted by the FBI and NCIS (the Navy Criminal Investigative Service), led first by Assistant Attorney Benjamin L. Hatch and then Joseph E. DePadilla in the Eastern District. of Virginia and General Counsel Jerome Teresinski of the National Security Division Counterterrorism Section (NSDCS).
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