Biography
Sahim Alwan was identified among the Lackawanna Six in FBI official John S. Pistole’s April 14, 2004 statement. The statement dates his arrest near Buffalo, New York to September 13, 2002. All six were indicted October 21, 2002. The FBI reported guilty pleas, cooperation and sentences ranging from seven to ten years for the group. The statement alleges travel to an Al Qaeda training camp in Afghanistan in 2001; this characterization is attributed to the FBI. It does not identify each individual sentence length, actual discharge or complete time served. The historical account supplies no current custody status. Source: https://www.globalsecurity.org/security/library/congress/9-11_commission/040414-pistole.pdf#page=12
Sources
The Justice Department’s December 17, 2003 announcement individually reports Sahim Alwan’s sentencing that afternoon before District Judge William W. Skretny to nine and a half years imprisonment, following an April 2003 guilty plea. This supplies an individual sentence and exact sentencing date rather than applying the earlier group range. The official BOP name search did not return a discharge record. Reporting of bail authorization in October 2002 does not establish an executed physical release or later readmission, so no continuous custody term or actual release date is inferred and the unknown-total flag remains.
