AWOL soldier gets life term for Fort Hood plot

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Story Created: Fri Aug 10, 2012 10:01 AM

Story Updated: Fri Aug 10, 2012 10:01 AM

WACO, Texas (AP) - An AWOL soldier convicted of planning to blow up a restaurant full of Fort Hood troops has been sentenced to life in prison by a federal judge in Texas.
   
Army Pfc. Naser Jason Abdo received the punishment Friday in Waco.
   
Abdo told authorities he planned to make bombs as part of a "massive attack" against Fort Hood soldiers last year. He was convicted in May on six federal charges, including attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction.
   
The 22-year-old represented himself at the sentencing.
   
Abdo was AWOL from Fort Campbell, Ky., when he was arrested with bomb-making materials last summer at a Fort Hood-area motel.

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