Via Al Jazeera -
A British court has jailed the ringleader of a plot to behead a Muslim soldier in the British army "like a pig" and release a video of the killing to the media.
Parviz Khan, who holds both British and Pakistani passports, was sentenced to at least 14 years in prison on Monday.
Prosecutors said Khan was angry that Muslims were serving in the British army, which has been part of the invasions of both Iraq and Afghanistan.
During the trial at Leicester crown court, Nigel Rumfitt, the prosecutor, said Khan was "a man who has the most violent and extreme Islamist views".
Khan pleaded guilty last month to charges that included the beheading plot, which was foiled by police and Britain's MI5 security service a year ago.
Khan also admitted sending equipment such as night-vision cameras, balaclavas and computers to Pakistan to be used by fighters against US and British troops in Afghanistan.
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