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Al Qaeda leader sentenced to 27 years

Spain’s High Court jailed an al Qaeda leader for 27 years on Monday, finding he conspired with the September 11 plotters but clearing him and two others of killing 2,973 people in the attacks on New York and Washington. Imad Eddin Barakat Yarkas, Driss Chebli and Ghasoub al Abrash Ghalyoun could have faced jail sentences of more than 74,000 years each if convicted of helping plan the September 11 attacks. Full Story