3 convicted of conspiring to wage war on US

He said in a statement that the convictions were handed down against Masoud Khan, Hammad Abdur-Raheem and Seifulla Chapman in US District Court in Alexandria, Virginia, adjacent to Washington by Judge Leonie Brinkema.

Khan and Abdur-Raheem were to be sentenced on June 4 and Chapman on June 11.

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"The defendants convicted today were associates of a violent Islamic extremist group known as Lashkar-e-Taiba, which operates in Pakistan and Kashmir and which has ties to the al-Qaeda terrorist network," said Ashcroft.

A total of 11 defendants have been charged in indictments related to the Virginia case, including the three convicted Thursday.