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Kenyan man convicted of plotting 9/11-style attack on U.S.

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A federal jury convicts Cholo Abdi Abdullah of conspiring to hijack an aircraft and slam it into a building.

He's due to be sentenced next March and faces a mandatory minimum of 20 years in prison.

Prosecutors say Abdullah plotted the attack for four years , undergoing extensive training in explosives and explosives.

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