Associated Press - May 12, 2009 4:15 PM ET

NEW YORK (AP) - A jury has convicted a man accused of helping al-Qaida by trying to set up a weapons-training post in a small town in Oregon.

Oussama Kassir (oh-SAH'-muh kuh-SEHR') watched passively as the jury in Manhattan found he had helped support al-Qaida by teaching others how to make bombs, poison people and slit throats.

The verdict followed a three-week trial.

The government said Kassir joined a conspiracy to set up the military-style training camp in 1999 in Bly, Ore.

Kassir could face life in prison when he is sentenced.

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