Terrorist from Falls Church sentenced to life in prison

Published July 27, 2009 4:00am ET



Ahmed Omar Abu Ali, a Falls Church man and a member of al Qaeda who admitted he was planning to assassinate then-President George W. Bush, was sentenced to life in prison Monday at federal court in Alexandria.

Abu Ali was originally sentenced in 2005 to 30 years in prison. 

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