Faysal Galab

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Faysal Galab is a Yemeni-American who grew up in the suburbs of Buffalo, New York. In 2002, he was arrested as part of the War on Terror together with the other members of the "Lackawanna Six", based on the fact the group of friends had attended an Afghan training camp together years earlier. [1] Along with the others he was convicted of "providing support or resources to a foreign terrorist organization", and received a seven-year sentence. [2]

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Life

Galab was born to James Galab, a steelworker at Bethlehem Steel in Lackawanna, NY. Galab graduated from high school, married and worked as a car salesman. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Temple-Raston, Dina (2007). The Jihad Next Door: The Lackawanna Six and Rough Justice in the Age of Terror. New York: PublicAffairs. ISBN   978-1586484033.
  2. "Member of 'Lackawanna Six' Released from Prison" Archived 2016-06-11 at the Wayback Machine , May 6, 2008, NPR.org