Oussama Abdallah Kassir is a Lebanese-born militant Islamist.
10 Facts About Oussama Kassir
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Oussama Kassir is a citizen of Sweden who served a prison sentence in Sweden on a number of violence and drug related offenses, and was later convicted by an American court for conspiring to support terrorism.
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Oussama Kassir moved to Sweden in 1984 and was granted Swedish citizenship in 1989.
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Oussama Kassir participated in the Lebanese Civil War during the 1980s and was hurt in battle.
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Oussama Kassir's last address in Sweden is an apartment in Bandhagen in southern Stockholm.
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Oussama Kassir spent ten months in prison for possession of illegal firearms.
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Oussama Kassir was arrested in Prague, Czech Republic, while on his way to Beirut, on 11 December 2005, on a warrant filed by United States federal prosecutors.
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Oussama Kassir was charged with conspiring to support terrorism by traveling from London to Bly, Oregon, in 1999 to help set up a jihad training camp.
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On 25 September 2007 Oussama Kassir was extradited from Prague to the United States to face trial.
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On 12 May 2009 Oussama Kassir was found guilty by a federal jury on all eleven charges brought against him.