A Florida dentist received a prison sentence for aiding a man who tried to bomb an Islamic center, ostensibly to send a message on behalf of the Jewish people. Michael Hardee on May 1 received 41 months in prison for agreeing to drive Robert Goldstein to the Islamic Society of Pinellas County, which Goldstein planned to blow up.
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