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BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - A Yemeni-American businessman accused of helping pay for a group of men to travel to a terrorist training camp was sentenced Tuesday to more than three years in prison for his role in a cigarette smuggling operation.
Aref Ahmed was convicted in March 2004 on charges of money laundering and trafficking in contraband cigarettes.
Federal prosecutors say that Ahmed gave $14,000 to five members of the so-called Lackawanna Six and had tried to get his money back after learning some of the men left the al-Qaida camp without completing their training.
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