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| | CNN.com - Four embassy bombers get life - October 21, 2001 |
 | | El Hage, 41, a naturalized American from Lebanon, was found guilty of belonging to a worldwide conspiracy to kill Americans and destroy U.S. property, as were his three co-defendants. |
 | | El Hage's attorneys argued that their client, not convicted of any violent act, did not deserve as severe punishment as the convicted bombers. |
 | | El Hage, who said he was a devout, nonviolent activist, spent more than 20 minutes reading a treatise on Islam and religious freedom -- one of the reasons, El Hage said, that he immigrated to the United States in 1978. |
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