Jordanian who attacked US businesses over Israel support sentenced
WASHINGTON: A Jordanian man who vandalized businesses in Florida for their perceived support of Israel was sentenced to six years in prison on Thursday for threatening to blow up an energy facility, the US Justice Department said.Hashem Younis Hashem Hnaihen, 44, targeted businesses in the Orlando area beginning in June of last year, causing more than $450,000 in damages, according to court documents.'Wearing a mask, under the cover of night, Hnaihen smashed the glass front doors of businesses and left behind 'Warning Letters,'' the Justice Department said in a statement.The letters were addressed to the president of the United States and laid out a series of political demands, it said.They culminated in a threat to 'destroy or explode everything here in whole America. Especially the companies and factories that support the racist state of Israel.'In one of his attacks, Hnaihen broke into a solar power generation facility in Wedgefield, Florida, and spent hours destroying solar panel arrays, the Justice Department said.He was arrested on July 11 after another 'warning letter' threatening to 'destroy or explode everything' was discovered at an industrial propane gas distribution depot in Orlando, it said.
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