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NEW YORK (AP) - A prosecutor says the government has an extensive statement from an Eritrean charged with providing support to a Somali terrorist organization linked to al-Qaida.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Christopher LaVigne made the revelation during a plea proceeding Tuesday for Mohamed Ibrahim Ahmed (moh-HAH'-mehd EE'-bruh-heem AKH'-mehd) in Manhattan. Ahmed's lawyer entered a not guilty plea on his behalf.
Ahmed was brought to the United States on Saturday from Nigeria on charges that he supported al-Shabaab, a violent extremist group in Somalia.
Prosecutors say he gave the organization European money and studied weapons and explosives at a training camp. It was designated by the U.S. as a terrorist group in 2008.
(This version CORRECTS that the prosecutor said the government has anextensive statement, not a confession.)
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